World War II Timeline By Brody Folkerts May 16, 1922 Mussolini Takes Power Apr 6, 1924 Joseph Stalin Rises in Russia Jul 18, 1925 Hitler publishes Mein Kampf Mar 4, 1933 FDR becomes President in the U.S. Aug 19, 1934 Hitler Leader of Germany Mar 7, 1936 Germany Insvades Rhineland Mar 12, 1938 Germany invades Austria Sep 3, 1939 Germany Invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 G.B./France Declare War on Germany Jul 1, 1940 Battle of Britain Sep 27, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy become the Axis Dec 7, 1941 Bombing of Pearl Harbor Dec 31, 1941 North Africa Liberated Feb 9, 1942 Internment of American Japanese Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Aug 23, 1942 Stalingrad Nov 10, 1942 Operation Torch Mar 6, 1943 Victory at the Guadalcanal Nov 20, 1943 Battle of Tarawa Jun 9, 1944 Operation Overlord Oct 23, 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Jan 27, 1945 Liberation of Auschwitz Mar 16, 1945 Iwo Jima Captured Apr 1, 1945 Battle of Okinawa Apr 12, 1945 FDR Dies Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide May 7, 1945 Germany Surrenders May 8, 1945 V-E Day Aug 6, 1945 Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima Aug 6, 1945 Atomic Bomb: Nagasaki Aug 14, 1945 VJ