World War II events By PIMPDADDYK Sep 1, 1939 1ST GERMAN INVADED POLAND GERMAN INVADED POLAND May 19, 1940 2ND GERMANY INVADED FRANCE AND CAPTURED PARIS GERMANY INVADED FRANCE AND CAPTURED PARIS Oct 22, 1940 THE UNITED STATES HAD GAVE GREAT BRITAIN IN RETURN FOR BASES IN THE BURMUDA AND THE CARIBBEAN Jun 22, 1941 GERMANY INVADED THE SOVIET UNION Sep 7, 1941 3RD GERMANY BOMBED LONDON, AND THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN BAGAN Dec 7, 1941 JAPAN BOMBS PEARL HARBOR Dec 11, 1941 GERMANY DECLARES WAR ON US AND WE DECLARE WAR ON JAPAN AN GERMANY Jun 7, 1942 THE U.S. VICTORY IN THE BATTLEOF MIDWAY AGAINST JAPAN WAS THE TURNING POINT OF THE WAR Jun 6, 1944 D-DAY Aug 22, 1945 THE U.S. DROPPED TWO ATOMIC BOMBS ON JAPAN FORCING THEM TO SURRENDER ENDING THE WAR