World War II By Danger Dave 1940 Winston Churchill - Prime Minister of UK 1940 Denmark and Norway Invaded by Nazis 1941 Lend Lease Act Signed (US) 1941 Soviet Union invaded by Germany 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor 1942 Battle of Midway 1943 Allies invade Italy 1943 Italy Surrenders 1943 Italy Declares war on Germany 1944 Invasion of Normandy 1945 Soviet Union liberates Auschwitz 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima 1945 Germany Surrenders 1945 Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki and Japan Surrenders