Worl War 2 Timeline By Slammy22 Oct 26, 1931 Japan invades Manchuria Mar 13, 1933 Hitler come to power Oct 3, 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia Nov 25, 1936 Japan signed an Anticommunism Act with Germany Jul 7, 1937 Japan goes to war with China Sep 1, 1939 Official Start of World War II Sep 1, 1939 Germany Attacks Poland Apr 9, 1940 Germany takes over Norway and Denmark Nov 6, 1940 Japan forms military alliance with Japan and Italy Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor Apr 18, 1942 American Bomers attack Tokyo Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Apr 1, 1945 Battle of Okinawa Apr 12, 1945 FDR dies and Harry Truman becomes President May 8, 1945 V-E Day Jul 26, 1945 Truman demanded Japanese surrender or be destroyed Aug 6, 1945 United States bomb Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 U.S. bombs Nagaskaki Aug 15, 1945 Emperor Hirohito- VJ Day Sep 2, 1945 Surrender on USS Missouri
