WW2 By Voldemortlover Period: Jan 30, 1933 to May 7, 1945 Holocaust Aug 23, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact Sep 3, 1939 Britain and France declare war on Germany May 4, 1940 Auschwitz Established Sep 16, 1940 The United States begins its first peacetime draft Mar 11, 1941 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease bill May 27, 1941 The Bismarck is sun Aug 9, 1941 Atlantic Conference begins Dec 11, 1941 Germany and Italy declare war on the United States; then the United States declares war on Germany and Italy Jan 20, 1942 The Wannsee Conference Jul 1, 1942 First Battle of El Alamein begins Jul 6, 1942 Anne Frank and her family go into hiding Apr 19, 1943 The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins Jun 25, 1943 Mussolini resigns Jan 27, 1944 After 900 days, the Siege of Leningrad is finally over Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Jul 20, 1944 Assassination attempt against Hitler fails Aug 14, 1944 Anne Frank and her family are discovered and arrested Feb 13, 1945 Allies begin bombing Dresden Apr 12, 1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt dies Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini is hanged by Italian partisans
