World War II Timeline By katiesavage Period: Jan 1, 1939 to Dec 31, 1946 World War II Events Mar 16, 1939 Annexation of Czechoclovakia May 22, 1939 Pact of Steel Signed Sep 1, 1939 Invasions (Germany and Russia) of Poland Sep 3, 1939 Declaration of War on Germany Sep 17, 1939 Partition of Poland May 10, 1940 Invasion of the Low Countries and France Begins May 26, 1940 Beginning of the Evacuation of Dunkirk Jun 22, 1940 France Surrenders to Germany Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Begins Sep 27, 1940 Tripartite (Axis) Pact Signed Mar 11, 1941 Lend-Lease Act Signed Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa Begins Jul 31, 1941 Final Solution Begins Oct 16, 1941 Germans Abandon Attack on Moscow Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Bombed Dec 7, 1941 US Declares War on Germany and Japan Jun 1, 1942 Auschwitz Opened Jul 17, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad Begins May 13, 1943 German and Italian Surrender in North Africa Aug 17, 1943 Allies Land in Sicily Sep 8, 1943 Italy Surrenders Oct 13, 1943 Italy Declares War on Germany Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Jul 20, 1944 Assasination Attempt on Hitler Fails Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Begins Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini Hanged Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide Jul 16, 1945 Potsdam Conference Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima Bombed Aug 9, 1945 Nagasaki Bombed Sep 2, 1945 V-J Day Oct 24, 1945 United Nations Established Nov 20, 1945 Nuremburg Trials Begin
