World War 2 Main Events By tgalla14 Sep 1, 1939 War Begins. Germans invade Poland Sep 3, 1939 France and Britain Join Jun 10, 1940 Italy Enters War Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Dec 7, 1941 Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway US defeats Japan Jun 6, 1944 D-Day and Normandy Invasion Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Germans lose Feb 15, 1945 Iwo-Jima US invades and captures island Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Kills Himself May 7, 1945 Germany Surrenders to Allies Aug 6, 1945 US Drops Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 US Drops Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japan Surrenders to US
