world war 2 By urbanjerguix Jan 30, 1933 Holocaust Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Nov 10, 1939 Stalin attacks Finland May 10, 1940 Germany attacks France May 10, 1940 Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Oct 28, 1940 Hitler takes over the Balkans Mar 1, 1941 Lend-Lease Act Jun 22, 1941 German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union Dec 7, 1941 Bombing of Pearl Harbor Feb 2, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad Feb 19, 1942 Japanese internment camps Jun 3, 1942 Battle of Midway Aug 7, 1942 Guadalcanal Oct 23, 1942 Battle of El Alamein Nov 28, 1943 Tehran Conference Jun 6, 1944 D-day Apr 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Apr 12, 1945 FDR's death Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini’s assassination Apr 30, 1945 Hitler’s suicide Jul 17, 1945 Potsdam Conference Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki Oct 24, 1945 Formation of the U.N. Nov 20, 1945 Nuremburg Trials Mar 6, 1946 Cold War Apr 3, 1948 Marshall Plan Jun 24, 1948 Berlin Airlift Apr 28, 1952 McArthur’s plan for Japan Aug 16, 1961 Berlin Wall Oct 14, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
