World War II By Adrian Tijerina Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles Sep 18, 1931 Invasion of Manchuria Dec 13, 1937 Rape of Nanjing Apr 10, 1938 Anschluss Oct 30, 1938 Germany takes Czechoslovakia Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 World War II Jun 14, 1940 Germany takes paris Mar 11, 1941 the Lend Lease Act gets passed Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 Battle of Wake Island Jun 4, 1942 D Day Jun 4, 1942 Batlle of Midway Aug 19, 1944 Liberation of Paris Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Mar 7, 1945 America crosses over the Rhine Mar 25, 1945 America takes Iwo Jima Apr 20, 1945 Battle of Berlin May 7, 1945 Germany surrenders to the United States Jun 22, 1945 Battle of Okinawa Jul 6, 1945 America drops the bomb on Hiroshima Jul 9, 1945 America drops the bomb on Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders to the United States Oct 24, 1945 The United Nations is formed