World War Two Timeline By grammarqueen2.0 Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland and WW2 begins. Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 World War Two Sep 3, 1939 France and Great Britian declare war on Germany. Apr 9, 1940 Germany invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway. May 10, 1940 Germany uses lightning war to takeover much of West Europe. May 30, 1940 Winston Churchill becomes leader of British government. Jun 10, 1940 Italy enters war as a member of the Axis powers Jul 10, 1940 Germany launches air attacks at the Battle of Britian. Sep 22, 1940 Germany, Italy, and Japan sign Tripartite pact. Jun 22, 1941 Axis powers attack Russia with force over 4 million troops. Dec 7, 1941 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor and U.S enter the war on the Allies side. Jun 4, 1942 US Navy defeats Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway Jul 10, 1942 Allies invade and take the island of Sicily, Italy Sep 3, 1943 Italy surrenders to the Allies but Mussolini escapes to create a government in Northern Italy Jun 6, 1944 D-Day and the invasion of Normandy. The Allied forces invade France and push Germany back. Aug 25, 1944 Paris, France is liberated from German control Dec 16, 1944 Germans desperately launch the Battle of the Bulge, which they lose to the Allies. Feb 19, 1945 U.S. Marines invade Iwo Jima, Japan and capture the island. Mar 22, 1945 General Patton leads the US Army to cross the Rhine River. Apr 12, 1945 FDR dies and is succeeded by Harry S. Truman Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide to avoid the shame that he knows will come after Germany loses May 7, 1945 Germany surrenders to the Allied powers. Aug 6, 1945 U.S. drops an atomic bomb nicknamed Little Boy on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Aug 9, 1945 U.S. drops atomic bomb nicknamed Fat Man on Nagaski, Japan. Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders to the Allies and World War Two is over!
