WW2 By makenzienglish Mar 15, 1939 Nazis take Czechoslovakia May 22, 1939 Nazis sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy. Aug 23, 1939 Nazis and Soviets sign Pact. Sep 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland. Sep 3, 1939 Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany. Sep 5, 1939 United States proclaims its neutrality; German troops cross the Vistula River in Poland. Sep 10, 1939 Canada declares war on Germany; Battle of the Atlantic begins. Sep 17, 1939 Soviets invade Poland. Sep 29, 1939 Nazis and Soviets divide up Poland. Nov 30, 1939 Soviets attack Finland. Dec 14, 1939 Soviet Union expelled from the League of Nations Jan 8, 1940 Rationing begins in Britain. Mar 12, 1940 Finland signs a peace treaty with Soviets. Apr 9, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark and Norway. May 10, 1940 Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister. May 15, 1940 Holland surrenders to the Nazis. May 28, 1940 Belgium surrenders to the Nazis. Jun 10, 1940 Norway surrenders to the Nazis; Italy declares war on Britain and France. Jun 22, 1940 France signs an armistice with Nazi Germany. Jul 23, 1940 Soviets take Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Aug 17, 1940 Hitler declares a blockade of the British Isles. Sep 3, 1940 Hitler plans Operation Sea Lion (the invasion of Britain). Sep 7, 1940 German Blitz against Britain begins. Sep 13, 1940 Italians invade Egypt. Sep 27, 1940 Tripartite (Axis) Pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan. Jun 6, 1944 D-Day. Allies invade Normandy beaches Apr 16, 1945 Soviet troops begin their final attack on Berlin; Americans enter Nuremberg. Apr 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide. May 8, 1945 V-E (Victory in Europe) Day. Jul 1, 1945 American, British, and French troops move into Berlin. Aug 6, 1945 First atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan. Aug 9, 1945 Second atomic bomb dropped, on Nagasaki, Japan. Sep 2, 1945 Japanese sign the surrender agreement; V-J (Victory over Japan) Day. Nov 20, 1945 Nuremberg war crimes trials begin.