World War II By s-lcortes Sep 18, 1931 Japan invades Manchuria Oct 25, 1936 Germany and Italy sign a treaty of cooperation Nov 25, 1936 Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades China Sep 29, 1938 Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement Mar 31, 1939 France and Great Britain guarantee the integrity of the borders of the Polish state. Aug 23, 1939 Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. Sep 27, 1940 Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact. Nov 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor May 13, 1943 Axis forces in Tunisia surrender to the Allies, ending the North African campaign. Nov 6, 1943 Soviet troops liberate Kiev Oct 20, 1944 US troops land in the Philippines. Apr 16, 1945 The Soviets launch their final offensive, encircling Berlin Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide. May 7, 1945 Germany surrenders to the western Allies. May 9, 1945 Germany surrenders to the Soviets. Jul 6, 1945 The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Aug 8, 1945 The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria. Aug 9, 1945 The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.
