World War II Timeline by Elizabeth Wells By elizabethwells1 Jan 30, 1933 President Hidenburg appoints Adolf Hitler chancellor of Germany. Mar 20, 1933 First official Nazi concentration camp opens in Dachau asfasdfasdfasdf Apr 1, 1933 Boycott of Jewish-owned shops and businesses in germany Sep 15, 1935 Nuremberg Race Laws Aug 1, 1936 Summer Olympics begin in Berlin Sep 29, 1938 Munich Agreement May 13, 1939 The St. Louis sails from Hamburg, Germany. Sep 1, 1939 Germaeny invades Poland, starting World War II in Europe Sep 17, 1939 The Soviet Union occupies Poland from the east. Oct 8, 1939 Germans establish a ghetto in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland Apr 9, 1940 Germany invades Denmark and Norway May 10, 1940 Germany attacks western Europe (France and the low countries) Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Apr 6, 1941 Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades the Soviet Union Jul 6, 1941 Einzatzgruppen (mobile killing units) shoot nearly 3,000 Jews at the Seventh Fort, one of the 19th-century fortifications surrounding Kovno. Sep 28, 1941 Einzatazgruppen shoot about 34,000 Jews at Babi Yar, outside Kiev. Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor and the U.S. declares war the next day Dec 11, 1941 Nazi Germany declares war on the United States Jan 16, 1942 Germans begin the mass deporatation of more than 65,000 Jews from Lodz to the Chelmo Killing Center Apr 19, 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising begins Jul 5, 1943 Battle of Kursk Oct 1, 1943 Rescue of Jews in Denmark Apr 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide May 9, 1945 Germany surrenders to the Soviets
