World War II By fetta50 Mar 15, 1939 Annexation of Czechoslovakia May 22, 1939 Pact of Steel Signed Sep 1, 1939 German and Russian invasions of Poland Sep 19, 1939 War is Declared on Germany Sep 29, 1939 Partition of Poland May 10, 1940 Invasion of France and Low Countries Begin May 26, 1940 Beginning of the Evacuation of Dunkirk Jun 22, 1940 France Surrenders to Germany Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Begins Sep 27, 1940 Axis pact Signed Mar 11, 1941 Lend-Lease Act Signed Jun 2, 1941 Operation Barbarossa Begins Nov 14, 1941 Germans retreat from Moscow Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Bombed Dec 8, 1941 U.S. Declares war on Japan Jan 5, 1942 Final Solution Begins Jan 9, 1942 Auschwitz Opens Aug 23, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad begins Oct 1, 1942 Germany and Italy surrender in N. Africa Jul 10, 1943 Allied Powers Land in Sicily Sep 8, 1943 Italy Surrenders Oct 13, 1943 Italy Declares War on Germany Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Jul 20, 1944 Assassination Attempt on Hilter Fails Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Begins Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini Hanged Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide Jul 16, 1945 Potsdam Conference Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima Bombed Aug 9, 1945 Nagasaki Bombed Sep 2, 1945 V-J Day Oct 24, 1945 United Nations Formed Nov 20, 1945 Nuremberg Trials Begin
