World War II By butlerca Sep 1, 1931 Germany invades Poland Sep 8, 1931 Japan invades Manchuria Jan 30, 1933 The Holocaust Oct 3, 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia Mar 7, 1936 Occupation of the Rhineland Jul 17, 1936 Spanish Civil War Apr 26, 1937 bombing of Guernica Mar 12, 1938 The Anschluss Sep 30, 1938 Munich Agreement Mar 16, 1939 German occupation of Czechoslovakia Aug 23, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 World War II May 10, 1940 Fall of France Jul 10, 1940 Formation of Vichy France Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Sep 27, 1940 Formation of the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa Dec 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor May 1, 1942 El Alamein Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Aug 23, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Jima May 8, 1945 V-E Day Sep 2, 1945 V-J Day
