World War II Time Line By abigail0337 Mar 28, 1939 Spanish Civil war ends Sep 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland. Sep 4, 1939 British Royal Air Force attacks the German Navy Apr 9, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark and Norway. May 28, 1940 Belgium surrenders to the Nazis Aug 25, 1940 First British air raid on Berlin Sep 16, 1940 United States military conscription bill passed Nov 5, 1940 Roosevelt re-elected as U.S. president Apr 6, 1941 Nazis invade Greece and Yugoslavia Sep 3, 1941 First experimental use of gas chambers at Auschwitz Dec 6, 1941 Soviet Army launches a major counter-offensive around Moscow Dec 7, 1941 Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor;Hitler issues the Night and Fog decree. Dec 19, 1941 Hitler takes complete control of the German Army Jul 3, 1942 Germans take Sevastopol. Aug 17, 1942 First all-American air attack in Europe Dec 13, 1942 Rommel withdraws from El Agheila Dec 31, 1942 Battle of the Barents Sea between German and British ships. Jan 23, 1943 Montgomery's Eighth Army takes Tripoli. Jan 27, 1943 First bombing raid by Americans on Germany Apr 19, 1943 Waffen-SS attacks Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto May 7, 1943 Allies take Tunisia. Oct 1, 1943 Allies enter Naples, Italy Dec 24, 1943 Soviets launch offensives on the Ukrainian front May 11, 1944 Allies attack the Gustav Line south of Rome Jun 6, 1944 D-Day landings on the northern coast of France. Sep 26, 1944 Soviet troops occupy Estonia Nov 24, 1944 French capture Strasbourg Jan 26, 1945 Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz Apr 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide. May 8, 1945 V-E (Victory in Europe) Day Sep 2, 1945 Japanese sign the surrender agreement Oct 24, 1945 United Nations is born
