World War II By KevinDardik Dec 5, 1934 Italy Skirmishes With Ethiopia, Prepares Invasion Force Oct 3, 1935 Italy Invades Ethiopia Mar 7, 1936 Garmany Begins its Occupation of the Rhineland Period: Jul 18, 1936 to Mar 29, 1939 Spanish Civil War Apr 26, 1937 German Condor Legion Bombs Guernica Mar 13, 1938 Anschluss Declared Aug 23, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact Signed Sep 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland Sep 30, 1939 Munich Conference Actually from Sep. 29-30 Jun 22, 1940 France Surrendurs to Germany Period: Jun 23, 1940 to Aug 25, 1944 Vichy France Period: Jun 23, 1940 to Aug 31, 1944 The Free French Resisted the Germans and Vichy France Sep 7, 1940 Battle of Britain begins with a German Air Raid on London Sep 27, 1940 Tripartite Pact Signed Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa Put Into Effect Dec 7, 1941 Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor Period: Jan 20, 1942 to May 8, 1945 Final Solution Implemented Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Actually fought June 4-7 Oct 23, 1942 2nd Battle of El Aleiman Actually fought October 23-November 4 Period: Nov 19, 1942 to Feb 2, 1943 Battle of Stalingrad Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion of Normany Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 17, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Feb 19, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima Actually fought February 19-March 17 May 8, 1945 Victory in Europe by Allies Aug 5, 1945 Hiroshima Uranium Bombed Aug 8, 1945 Nagasaki Plutonium Bombed Aug 14, 1945 Victory in Japan by Allies