World War 2 By Diego Ortiz Sep 18, 1931 japan invades manchuria Dec 13, 1937 rape of nanking , mass murders Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht The night of broken glass Sep 1, 1939 World War 2 begins Germany invades poland Germany Invades poland Jan 1, 1941 Enigma broken by allies Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs pearl harbor Apr 18, 1942 16 American bombers attacked tokyo May 1, 1943 Rommels forces are defeted Jul 1, 1943 Invasion of Sicily Feb 1, 1944 Roosevelt ,Churchill and stalin meet to plan for postwar peace Jun 6, 1944 D Day Dec 1, 1944 The Battle of the bulge Mar 8, 1945 VE DAY,end of the war in europe Apr 12, 1945 FDR dies suddenly and vice president harry trumen takes over Apr 30, 1945 Hiter Commites Suicide Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima, 80,000 killed Aug 8, 1945 Soviets joins the war against japan Aug 9, 1945 Nagasaki, Over 40,000 killed Aug 15, 1945 Emperor Hirohito Surrended over Radio Sep 2, 1945 japans surrender on uss missouri