World War II By jen10case Jan 5, 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria Mar 12, 1938 Australian Anschluss Sep 30, 1938 Munich agreement and addition of Sudetenland to Germany and then the invasion of the rest of Czechoslovakia Aug 23, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact Sep 21, 1939 Invasion of Poland Apr 9, 1940 Invasion of Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France Jul 15, 1940 Battle of Britain Sep 15, 1940 Japanese invasion of French Indochina Jun 22, 1941 Invasion of Soviet Union Dec 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941 Invasion of the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia Mar 15, 1942 The Battle of the Coral Sea Apr 18, 1942 The Doolittle Raid May 8, 1942 The Fall of the Philippines Jun 4, 1942 The Battle of Midway Aug 23, 1942 The Battle of Stalingrad Nov 8, 1942 Americans land in North Africa Feb 15, 1943 The Battle of Kasserine Pass Jun 15, 1943 Internment of Japanese and Japanese-Americans Jul 10, 1943 Invasion of Italy Jul 10, 1943 Invasion of Italy Aug 25, 1943 Invasion of Guadalcanal Nov 25, 1943 Invasion of Tarawa Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Oct 25, 1944 The Battle of the Leyte Gulf Dec 16, 1944 The Battle of the Bulge Jan 1, 1945 Creation of the United Nations Feb 19, 1945 Invasion of Iwo Jima Mar 10, 1945 Firebombing of Tokyo Apr 25, 1945 Invasion of Okinawa May 7, 1945 The Fall of Berlin May 8, 1945 V-E Day Victory in Europe Aug 6, 1945 Bomb dropped on Hiroshima Aug 6, 1945 Bomb dropped on Nagasaki Aug 14, 1945 V-J Day Victory in the Pacific Apr 25, 1947 Nuremberg Trials Between 1945-1949