World War II by Kelsey Walker By walkerkm Sep 1, 1939 World War II Begins Apr 1, 1940 Auschwitz Was Established Apr 8, 1940 The German Army Invades Denmark Apr 8, 1940 The German Army Invades Norway May 10, 1940 Adolf Hitler Launches His Western Offensive Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Begins Apr 6, 1941 Germany Invades Yugoslavia and Greece Jun 22, 1941 Germany Invades the Soviet Union Sep 28, 1941 Einsatzruppen Shoot About 34,000 Jews Nov 7, 1941 Rinsatzruppen Round Up 13,000 Jews Dec 6, 1941 Soviet Winter Counteroffensive Dec 7, 1941 Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor and U.S. Declares War the Next Day Dec 8, 1941 First Killing Operations Begin at Chelmno in Occupied Poland Dec 11, 1941 Nazi Germany Declares War On the U.S. Jan 20, 1942 Wannsee Conference Held Near Berlin, Germany Mar 27, 1942 Germans Begins the Deportation of More Than 65,000 Jews From Drancy Jul 22, 1942 Germans Being the Mass Deportation of Over 300,000 Jews from Warsaw Apr 19, 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Beings Jul 5, 1943 Battle of Kursk Oct 1, 1943 Rescue of Jews in Denmark Aug 1, 1944 Warsaw Polish Uprising Begins Apr 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler Commits Suicide May 7, 1945 Germany Surrenders To the Western Allies May 9, 1945 Germany Surrenders To the Soviets Sep 2, 1945 World War II Ends