World War II Timeline By 21mesquivel Mar 23, 1933 German Parliament passes Enabling Act Apr 26, 1933 The Gestapo is born Sep 15, 1935 Nuremberg Laws announced Oct 25, 1936 Rome Berlin Axis Announced Jul 7, 1937 Japan Invades China Mar 12, 1938 Germany's Anschluss with Austria Sep 29, 1938 Munich Agreement signed Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht Aug 23, 1939 Non-Agression Pact Signed Sep 3, 1939 Germany Invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 Great Britain and France declare war on Germany Sep 27, 1939 Poland Surrenders to Germany Sep 28, 1939 Yellow Stars required to be work by Polish Jews over age 10 May 10, 1940 Germany attacks France Jun 10, 1940 Italy enters WWII Jun 25, 1940 Germany defeats France Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Begins Sep 27, 1940 Tripartite Pact Signed Oct 31, 1940 Battle of Britain Ends Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa Begins Sep 30, 1941 Battle of Moscow Dec 5, 1941 Operation Barbarossa Ends Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attacked by Japanese Dec 8, 1941 US declares War on Japan Jan 20, 1942 Wanasee Conference/ Final Solution Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Aug 23, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad Nov 20, 1943 US begins "Island Hopping" Campaign Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Jun 25, 1944 Allied Troops Free Paris Jan 9, 1945 US Troops land on Philippines Feb 19, 1945 US Captures Iwo Jima Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide May 8, 1945 VE Day Jun 21, 1945 US Captures Okinawa Aug 6, 1945 Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japan formally surrenders to US