World War ll Timeline by: Taylor Walls By taylorwalls Jan 30, 1933 Hindenburg makes adolf hitler chancellor of germany https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 Mar 20, 1933 SS opens dachau concentration camp https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 Sep 15, 1935 Nuremberg race laws https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 Aug 23, 1939 Nazi-soviet nonaggresion agreement https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades poland, starts world war 2 https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 Sep 17, 1939 Soviet union occupies poland from the east https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 Apr 9, 1940 Germany invades denmark and norway https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 May 10, 1940 Germany attackswestern europe https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 Jun 6, 1941 Einsatzgruppen shoot nearly 3,000 jews at the seventh fort https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades the soviet union https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 Sep 28, 1941 Eisatzgruppen shoot about 34,000 jews at babi yar https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs pearl harbor https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 Dec 8, 1941 The US declares war https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 Dec 8, 1941 The first killing operations begin at chelmno in occupied Poland https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 Dec 11, 1941 Nazi germany declares war on the US https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 Jan 16, 1942 Germany begins mass deportatioln of 65,000 jews from drancy to Auschwitz https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 Jul 15, 1942 Mass deportation of 100,000 jews to auschwitz https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 Apr 19, 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising begins https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 Jul 5, 1943 Battle of Kursk https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 Jun 6, 1944 D-day https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 Jan 25, 1945 Death march of 50,000 prisoner from the stutthof camp system in northern poland https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 Jan 27, 1945 Soviet troops liberate the auschwitz camp complex https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 Apr 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 May 7, 1945 Germany surrenders to the western allies https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 May 9, 1945 Germany surrenders to the soviets https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653 Sep 2, 1945 End of WW2 https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007653