WW2 By mrmarples Sep 1, 1939 German invasion of Poland Period: Sep 1, 1939 to May 7, 1945 War in Europe Sep 3, 1939 Great Britian & France declare war on Germany Apr 9, 1940 Germany invades Denmark & Norway May 10, 1940 Germany invades Low Countries Jun 10, 1940 Italy declares war on Great Britian & France Jun 22, 1940 France signs armistice with Germay Apr 6, 1941 Germany invades Greece and Yugoslavia Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades USSR Dec 7, 1941 Pearl harbour Period: Dec 7, 1941 to Sep 2, 1945 War in the Pacific Dec 8, 1941 U.S. declares war on Japan Dec 11, 1941 Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S. Jun 3, 1942 Battle of Midway Nov 8, 1942 Allied troops land at Morocco and Algeria Jul 10, 1943 Allies land at Sicily Sep 3, 1943 Italians secretly surrender Jun 6, 1944 Allies invade Normandy Aug 25, 1944 Paris liberated Feb 19, 1945 Invasion of Iwo Jima begins Apr 16, 1945 Soviets invade Berlin May 7, 1945 Germany surrenders VE day Jun 21, 1945 Okinawa captured Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders. VJ day
