World War Two Timeline By Benito345 Mar 15, 1939 Annexation of Czechoslovakia May 22, 1939 Pact of Steel Signed Sep 1, 1939 Nazi Invasion of Poland Sep 3, 1939 Declaration of War on Germany Sep 17, 1939 Soviet Invasion of Poland Sep 29, 1939 Partition of Poland May 10, 1940 Invasion of Low Countries and France Begins; Blitzkrieg used against West May 26, 1940 Evacuation of Dunkirk Begins Jun 22, 1940 France Surrenders to Germany Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Begins Sep 27, 1940 Tripartite (Axis) Pact Signed Mar 11, 1941 Lend-Lease Act Signed Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa Begins Jul 31, 1941 Final Solution Begins Dec 5, 1941 Germans Abandon Attack on Moscow Dec 7, 1941 Japanese Bomb Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 US Declares War on Germany and Japan Jun 1, 1942 Auschwitz Opens (exact date unknown) Nov 19, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad Begins May 13, 1943 Germany and Italy Surrender North Africa Jul 9, 1943 Allies Land in Sicliy Sep 8, 1943 Italy Surrenders Oct 13, 1943 Italy Declares War on Germany Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Jul 20, 1944 Assassination Attempt on Hitler Fails Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Begins Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini is Hanged Apr 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler Commits Suicide Jul 16, 1945 Potsdam Conference Held Aug 6, 1945 Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 V-J (Victory over Japan) Day Oct 24, 1945 UN Established Nov 20, 1945 Nuremburg Trials Begin
