World War II By Emily^2 Mar 15, 1939 Annexation of Czechoslovakia Period: Mar 15, 1939 to Nov 20, 1945 World War II May 22, 1939 Pact of Steel signed Sep 1, 1939 Invasions of Poland Sep 3, 1939 Declaration of War on Germany Sep 29, 1939 Partition of Poland May 10, 1940 Invasion of Low Countries and France, Blitzkrieg begins May 26, 1940 Evacuation of Dunkirk Jun 22, 1940 France Surrenders to Germany Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Begins Sep 27, 1940 Tripartite Pact Signed Mar 11, 1941 Lend-Lease Act Signed Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa Begins Dec 5, 1941 Germans Abandon attack on Moscow Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Bombed Dec 8, 1941 United States declares war on Germany and Japan Jun 30, 1942 Auschwitz opened Jul 9, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad Jul 9, 1942 Allies land in Sicily Jul 31, 1942 Final Solution Begims Aug 7, 1942 German and Italian Surrender in North Africa Sep 8, 1943 Italy surrenders Oct 13, 1943 Italy declares war on Germany Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Jul 20, 1944 Assassination Attempt on Hitler Fails Dec 6, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Begins Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini hanged Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide Jul 17, 1945 Postdam Conference Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima Bombed Aug 9, 1945 Nagasaki Bombed Aug 15, 1945 V-J Day Oct 24, 1945 UN Established Nov 20, 1945 Nuremburg Trials Begin
