WW2 By ecbakker Jan 30, 1933 Hitler Named Chancellor of Germany Jan 30, 1933 Hitler Named Chancellor of Germany Sep 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 France and England Declare War on Germany May 26, 1940 British and French Troops Evacuate Dunkirk Jun 14, 1940 Paris Falls to Germany Mar 11, 1941 The Lend-Lease Act is Signed Into Law Jun 22, 1941 Germany Invades Russia Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Attack Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Attack Dec 8, 1941 U.S. Declares War on Japan Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Americans Are Sent to Internment Camps Jun 7, 1942 U.S. Navy Wins the Battle of Midway Jun 6, 1944 D-Day: the Allied Invasion of Europe Begins Feb 23, 1945 Six Marines Plant the U.S. Flag on Iwo Jima Apr 12, 1945 President Roosevelt Dies in Warm Springs, GA Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Poisons His Wife and Kills Himself May 8, 1945 V-E Day Jul 30, 1945 U.S.S. Indianapolis is Sunk by a Sub Leading to the Worst Shark Attack in History Aug 6, 1945 Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japan Surrenders to the U.S.