WW2 By Li Lin Aug 3, 1939 Britain and France declare war on Germany Aug 23, 1939 Germany invades Poland, starting World War 2 Jul 23, 1940 Soviets take Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia Sep 7, 1940 German Blitz against Britain begins. Dec 7, 1941 Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Dec 10, 1941 Japanese invade the Philippines and also seize Guam. Jun 15, 1942 General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in London Sep 13, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad begins May 10, 1943 U.S. Troops invade Attu in the Aleutian Islands. Jul 25, 1943 Mussolini resigns Jan 31, 1944 - U.S. Troops invade Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands. Jun 6, 1944 D-Day landings on the northern coast of France. Jun 15, 1944 U.S. Marines invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands. Jul 27, 1944 American troops complete the liberation of Guam. Aug 25, 1944 Liberation of Paris. Oct 11, 1944 U.S. Air raids against Okinawa Nov 11, 1944 Iwo Jima bombarded by the U.S. Navy. Feb 4, 1945 Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin meet at Yalta. Feb 16, 1945 U.S. Troops recapture Bataan in the Philippines. Aug 6, 1945 - First Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima