WORLD WAR II - Callum Blake By facebooker_1783590925204631 Sep 1, 1939 German Troops Invade Poland Sep 3, 1939 Britian & France Declare War on Germany Jan 8, 1940 Rationing starts in the UK May 1, 1940 Mass murder of Jewish people at Auschwitz begins May 10, 1940 Winston Churchill became Prime Minster of UK May 10, 1940 Germany Invaded France, Belgium and Holland, and western Europe encountered the Blitzkrieg - or 'Lightning War' Jun 4, 1940 British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk. Jun 22, 1940 France Surrenders to Germany Jun 22, 1941 Axis Forces Invade Russia Dec 7, 1941 Japan Attacks U.S at Pearl Harbour Dec 8, 1941 U.S Declares War on Japan Jun 15, 1942 U.S Declares War on Bulgaria, Hungary & Romania Feb 2, 1943 Germany Surrendered Stalingrad Jun 6, 1944 D-Day the Allied Invasion of Normanday, France Dec 16, 1944 Germany Begin the Battle of the Bulge Jan 27, 1945 Soviet liberation of Auschwitz Feb 19, 1945 U.S Invade Iwo Jima Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Committed Suicide May 7, 1945 Germany Surrenders to the Allies May 8, 1945 VE Day - Victory in Europe Aug 6, 1945 First Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Second Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki Aug 15, 1945 Japan Surrenders Aug 15, 1945 Victory over Japan Day - also known as Victory in the Pacific Day, V-J Day, or V-P Day
