world war II timeline By rubio.briseyda Sep 18, 1931 japan invades china Sep 1, 1939 germans invade poland Oct 1, 1939 german blitzkerig May 10, 1940 fall of paris Dec 7, 1941 pearl harbor Mar 9, 1942 bataan death of march Sep 3, 1943 alied invasion of italy Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Jul 23, 1944 liberation of concentration camps Feb 19, 1945 battle of iow jima Apr 1, 1945 battle of okinawa May 8, 1945 VE Day Aug 6, 1945 dropping ofthe atomic bombs Sep 2, 1945 VJ Day