Pre-WWII and WWII By hcps-dubemc Oct 12, 1935 First Neutrality Act is passed Oct 25, 1936 Signing of the Rome-Berlin Axis Nov 25, 1936 Signing of the Anti-Comintern Pact Mar 15, 1937 German troops invade Czechoslovakia Mar 12, 1938 Hitler declares Austria as part of the Third Reich Sep 29, 1938 The Munich Conference is called Apr 7, 1939 Mussolini invades Albania Aug 23, 1939 German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact signed Sep 1, 1939 Germany attacks Poland Nov 30, 1939 The Soviet Union attacks Finland Apr 9, 1940 Germans invade Denmark and Norway May 10, 1940 Winston Churchill is named as Prime Minister of Great Britain May 10, 1940 Germans invade the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg Jun 4, 1940 Dunkerque is evacuated Jun 10, 1940 Mussolini declares war on France and Great Britain Period: Jul 10, 1940 to Oct 31, 1940 Battle of Britain Sep 27, 1940 Japan forms an alliance with Germany and Italy Feb 12, 1941 Erwin Rommel takes control of Libya Jun 22, 1941 Germany attacks the Soviet Union Aug 14, 1941 Roosevelt and Churchill sign the Atlantic Charter Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor is attacked Dec 8, 1941 US Congress declares war on Japan Jan 20, 1942 Wannsee Conference Apr 9, 1942 Bataan Death March Period: Jun 3, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway Period: Aug 23, 1942 to Feb 2, 1943 Battle of Stalingrad Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Oct 20, 1944 MacArthur lands in the Philippines May 8, 1945 V-E Day Period: Jul 17, 1945 to Aug 2, 1945 Potsdam Conference Aug 15, 1945 V-J Day