World War 2 By susii_tobar Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 4, 1939 Battle of the Atlantic beings May 1, 1940 Auschwitz established Jun 10, 1940 Italy declares war on France and Great Britain Mar 11, 1941 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend- Lease bill May 27, 1941 The Bismark is sunk Dec 7, 1941 The Japanese launch a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Jun 3, 1942 The Battle of Midway begins Jul 6, 1942 Anne Frank and her family go into hiding Nov 8, 1942 The Allies invade North Africa (Operation Torch) 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 Sep 3, 1943 Italy surrenders Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Aug 4, 1944 Anne Frank and her family are discovered and arrested 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 28, 1945 Mussolini is hanged by Italian partisans Apr 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide May 7, 1945 Germany signs an unconditional surrender 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
