Timeline By pvestal Nov 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Nov 3, 1939 France and England declare war on Germany 1940 Paris fall to Germany Jun 4, 1940 British and French troops evacuate Dunkirk 1941 Germany invades Russia Mar 11, 1941 The Lend-Lease Act is signed into law Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attack Dec 8, 1941 U.S declares war on Japan 1942 Japanese Americans are sent to interment camps Jun 3, 1942 U.S Navy wins the Battle of Midway Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Apr 12, 1945 President Roosevelt dies Apr 30, 1945 Hitler poisons his wife and kills himself May 8, 1945 V-E day Aug 6, 1945 The atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 The atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki Nov 2, 1945 Japan Surrender to U.S 1993 Hitler was named chancellor of Germany
