WWII Events By jclear 1933 Hitler named Chancellor of Germany Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 France and England declare war on Germany May 10, 1940 British and French troops invade Dunkirk Jun 14, 1940 Paris falls to Germany Mar 11, 1941 Lend-Lease act is signed Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades Russia Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attacks Dec 8, 1941 US Declares war on Japan Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Americans are sent to interment camps Jun 7, 1942 US Navy wins battle of Midway Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Apr 12, 1945 Roosevelt dies Apr 30, 1945 Hitler poisons wife and kills himself May 8, 1945 V-E Day Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrendered to the US
