World War 2 Timeline By noahgibson1 Jan 30, 1933 Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany Oct 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Oct 3, 1939 France and England declared war on Germany Jun 4, 1940 British and French troops evacuate Dunkirk Jun 14, 1940 Paris Falls to Germany Mar 11, 1941 Lend Lease Act is signed into law Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades Russia breaking their "nonaggression" partnership Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Attack Dec 8, 1941 US declares war on Japan Feb 7, 1942 Japanese Americans are sent to internment camps Jun 6, 1942 US Navy wins Battle of Midway Jun 6, 1944 D-Day (Allied invasion of Europe Begins) Apr 12, 1945 President Roosevelt died at his retreat in Warm Springs, GA Apr 30, 1945 Hitler poisons his wife and kills himself May 8, 1945 V-E Day Aug 6, 1945 The Atomic Bomb is dropped on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 The atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders to the United States
