World War II Timeline by Josiah Morris By josiahmorris Sep 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland (Start of WW2) Sep 3, 1939 Battle of the Atlantic May 26, 1940 Battle of Dunkirk Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain May 20, 1941 Battle of Crete Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarbossa Sep 8, 1941 The Seige of Leningrad Oct 2, 1941 Battle of Moscow Dec 7, 1941 Japanese air forces attack Pearl Harbor May 12, 1942 Second Battle of Kharkov Period: Jun 4, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway Aug 7, 1942 Battle of the Guadalcanal Campaign Aug 23, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad Nov 8, 1942 Operation Torch Jul 5, 1943 Battle of Kursk Jun 6, 1944 Battle of Normandy Jun 19, 1944 Battle of Philippine Sea Oct 23, 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Feb 19, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima Apr 1, 1945 Battle of Okinawa (start of the last ww2 battle) Apr 16, 1945 Battle of Berlin Jun 2, 1945 End of Battle of Okinawa (last battle of ww2) Period: Aug 6, 1945 to Aug 9, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japan Surrenders to US (End of WW2)