World War II By osgoodj16 Sep 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Aug 14, 1945 World War II Sep 3, 1939 Britan and france declare war on Germany Sep 27, 1939 Poland surrenders to Germany Apr 7, 1940 Germany Invades Norway and Denmark Apr 14, 1940 Allied troops land in Norway May 10, 1940 Britan takes control of Iceland Jun 10, 1940 Italy declares war on France and England Sep 2, 1940 United States starts to help supply Britan Jan 11, 1941 Hitler creates Afrika corps Feb 8, 1941 First German troops leave for North Africa Mar 11, 1941 The US Congress passes the Lend-Lease Bill This will provide billions of dollars to allies Jul 7, 1941 US troops arrive in Icland Aug 7, 1941 Stalin appoints himself commander-in-chief of the Russian army Oct 16, 1941 General Hideki Tojo becomes Prime Minister of Japan Dec 7, 1941 Japan launches suprise attack on Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 United States declares war on Japan Dec 11, 1941 Germany and Italy declare war on United states Apr 18, 1942 Doolittle’s raid on Tokyo Aug 7, 1942 United States Marines land on Guadalcanal Nov 8, 1942 Allied forces land in North Africa Jan 27, 1943 American 8th Air Force conducts its first raid against Germany May 13, 1943 Germans give up North Africa Sep 8, 1943 Italy surrenders to the Allies Jun 6, 1944 D-Day, the Allied Invasion of Normandy, France Aug 25, 1944 Germans surrender Paris Feb 19, 1945 U. S. Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima Apr 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin; Karl Dönitz appointed leader of Germany Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan Aug 9, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan Aug 14, 1945 Japanese surrender; World War II ends
