World War II Timeline by Colby Baird By bairdcd15 Sep 1, 1939 Start of World War II Germany invades Poland, England and France then declare war on Germany Nov 30, 1939 Soviets invade Finland Mar 12, 1940 Finland signs peace treaty with the USSR Apr 9, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark and Norway May 10, 1940 Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands May 15, 1940 Holland surrenders to the Nazis May 28, 1940 Belgium surrenders to the Nazis Aug 13, 1940 German bombing against airfields and factories in England Mar 11, 1941 President Roosevelt signs the lend-lease act The lend-lease act provided military aid to foregin countries May 10, 1941 The German bomb London and Britain bomb Hamburg Jun 14, 1941 The United States freeze German and Italian assets in America Sep 3, 1941 The first experimental use of the gas chamber was done in Auschwitz Sep 29, 1941 Nazis murder 33,771 Jews at Kiev which was overtaken by the Nazis just 10 days before Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 The United States and Britain declare war on Japan Dec 11, 1941 Hitler declares war on the United States Dec 19, 1941 Hitler takes complete control over the German army Jun 1, 1942 Mass murder of jews by gassing at Auschwitz begin Sep 13, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad starts Dec 2, 1942 Professor Enrico Fermi sets up an atomic reactor in Chicago Feb 2, 1943 Germany surrenders at Stalingrad in their first big defeat Jul 5, 1943 Mussolini is arrested and the Italian fascist government falls Jun 6, 1944 D-Day landing in northern France Sep 2, 1945 End of World War II
