World War II Timeline (Mr. White B Block) By GJCLAD Jan 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler Becomes Chancellor Oct 14, 1933 Hitler Withdraws Germany From the League of Nations Oct 25, 1936 Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy Sign a Treaty of Cooperation Jun 7, 1937 Japan Invades China Sep 1, 1939 Nazi Germany Invades Poland May 10, 1940 Neville Chamberlain Resigns as British Prime Minister & Winston Churchill Replaces Him May 14, 1940 Nazis Occupy Paris, France Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Nov 5, 1940 Frenklin Roosevelt Elcted to a Thrid Term Apr 10, 1941 First Military Encounter Between Germany and the US: Destroyer Niblack Attacks a German U-boat Dec 7, 1941 Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor Dec 11, 1941 Nazi Germany and the Other Axis Power Declare War on the United States. Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Aug 7, 1942 Battle of Guadalcanal Jun 6, 1944 D-Day: Allie Troops Storm the Beaches of Normandy Apr 30, 1945 Adolf HItler Committs Suicide May 8, 1945 Victory in Europe Aug 6, 1945 The United States Drops Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima. Aug 9, 1945 The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Sep 2, 1945 Japan Formally Surrenders
