World War II Timeline By IceBunnies Nov 10, 1922 Joseph Stalin Comes to Power Sep 19, 1931 Japan Invades Manchuria Oct 3, 1935 Italy Attacks Ethiopia Oct 9, 1936 The Great Purge (estimate start) Jun 10, 1937 End of The Great Purge (estimated ending) Sep 30, 1938 Munich Agreement Aug 23, 1939 Stalin/Hitler Sign Non-aggression Pact Sep 1, 1939 Hitler Invades Poland Sep 10, 1939 Francisco Franco Comes to Power (estimated) Jul 10, 1940 Start of Battle of Britain Oct 31, 1940 End of Battle of Britain Jan 6, 1941 FDR’s 4 Essential Freedoms Speech Mar 11, 1941 Lend-Lease Act Aug 14, 1941 The Atlantic Charter Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 Declaring war on Japan Dec 11, 1941 Declaring War on Germany Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Dec 16, 1944 Battle of The Bulge Jan 25, 1945 End of Battle of the Bulge Apr 12, 1945 FDR’s death May 8, 1945 V-E Day
