THE SECOND WORLD WAR By Laura Batlle 1939 Invation of Poland. Period: 1939 to 1942 AXIS VICTORIES AND EXPANSION 1940 German offensive to the east. 1941 Invasion of the USSR. 1941 Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor. 1942 American victory at Midway 1942 Allied landings in North Africa Period: 1942 to 1946 ALLIED VICTORIES AND CONQUESTS Period: 1942 to 1943 Battle of Sanlingrad 1943 Italy surrenders 1944 Allied landings in Normandy 1945 Germany surrenders 1945 Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1945 Japan surrenders
