The Holocaust By Joshuaraum Jan 21, 1924 Lenin Dies Period: Jan 1, 1929 to Dec 31, 1929 U.S.S.R Becomes third largest economy Jun 30, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor Sep 2, 1938 Formal surrender of Japan Sep 30, 1938 Munich Pact is signed Aug 3, 1939 Britain and France declare war on Germany Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Sudetenland Period: Jul 10, 1940 to Oct 31, 1940 Battle of Britain Jan 10, 1941 Lend-Lease Act Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Apr 9, 1942 Battan death march Apr 18, 1942 Doolittle Raids launched from the U.S.S Hornet Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Period: Aug 13, 1944 to Aug 25, 1944 Paris liberated Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jun 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Apr 12, 1945 Roosevelt dies May 11, 1945 V-E Day Oct 6, 1945 Dropping of first A-Bomb