World War 2 By carriebeimler Sep 18, 1931 Japan invades Manchuria Nov 8, 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt elected President of the United States Jan 31, 1933 Hitler came into power Aug 2, 1934 hitler became Führer (Supreme Leader) Aug 23, 1939 Germany and soviet union sin the non agggression pact Sep 1, 1939 germany invades poland starts ww2 Sep 3, 1939 Britan and France declare war on German May 10, 1940 Germany invades France, Belgium, and the Netherlands May 26, 1940 Evacuation begins of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France Jun 10, 1940 Italy declares war on France and Great Britain Jun 22, 1940 France surrenders to Germany Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain begins Sep 16, 1940 The United States begins its first peacetime draft Mar 11, 1941 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease bill May 24, 1941 The British ship Hood is sunk by Germany's Bismarck May 27, 1941 The Bismarck is sunk Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) Aug 9, 1941 Atlantic Conference begins Sep 8, 1941 Siege of Leningrad begins Dec 7, 1941 The Japanese launch a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Dec 11, 1941 Germany and Italy declare war on the United States; then the United States declares war on Germany and Italy Jan 20, 1942 The Wannsee Conference Feb 19, 1942 Roosevelt issues Executive Order 9066, which allows the internment of Japanese Americans Apr 18, 1942 The Doolittle Raid on Japan Jun 3, 1942 The Battle of Midway begins Jul 1, 1942 First Battle of El Alamein begins Jul 5, 1942 Battle of Kursk begins Jul 6, 1942 Anne Frank and her family go into hiding Aug 2, 1942 Guadalcanal Campaign begins Aug 21, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad begins Oct 23, 1942 Second Battle of El Alamein begins Nov 8, 1942 The Allies invade North Africa (Operation Torch) Jan 14, 1943 Casablanca Conference begins Jan 14, 1943 Casablanca Conference begins Feb 2, 1943 The Germans surrender at Stalingrad, Soviet Union Feb 2, 1943 The Germans surrender at Stalingrad, Soviet Union Apr 19, 1943 The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins Jul 5, 1943 Battle of Kursk begins Jul 25, 1943 Mussolini resigns Sep 3, 1943 Italy surrenders Nov 28, 1943 Tehran Conference begins Jan 27, 1944 After 900 days, the Siege of Leningrad is finally over Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Jun 19, 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea Jul 20, 1944 Assassination attempt against Hitler fails Aug 4, 1944 Anne Frank and her family are discovered and arrested Aug 25, 1944 The Allies liberate Paris Oct 23, 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf begins Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge begins Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference begins Feb 13, 1945 Allies begin bombing Dresden Feb 19, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima begins Apr 1, 1945 Battle of Okinawa Apr 12, 1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt dies Apr 16, 1945 Battle of Berlin begins Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini is hanged by Italian partisans Apr 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide Apr 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide May 7, 1945 Germany signs an unconditional surrender Jul 17, 1945 Potsdam Conference begins Aug 6, 1945 The United States drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan Aug 9, 1945 The United States drops a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan
