World War 2 End of Course Exam Timeline By arielp1 1918 End of WW1 1929 Stock market crashes 1933 Hitler becomes chancellor 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia 1939 Start of WW2 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor 1945 Germany surrenders 1945 Japan surrenders 1947 Cold war begins 1989 Berlin Wall falls 1991 Soviet Union collapses 1991 Cold War ends