ww2 By JackieRogers99 Sep 18, 1931 Japan invades Manchuria . Oct 2, 1936 Fascist Italy invades, conquers, and annexes Ethiopia. Nov 25, 1936 Nazi German and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades China and starts WW2 in Pacific Sep 1, 1939 Hitler called lighting war against Poland Sep 3, 1939 Great Britain and France declare war on Germany Sep 17, 1939 The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east Apr 9, 1940 Germany invades Denmark and Norway Jun 10, 1940 Italy enters the war and invades France Oct 31, 1940 The Battle of Britain (air war) ends in defeat for Germany Dec 7, 1941 Suprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 US declares war on Japan and enters into WW2 May 1, 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea Feb 1, 1943 Yalta conference Jun 6, 1944 Allied invasion of France stormed the beaches of Normandy Jun 6, 1944 the largest water-to-land inrasion in history led by Eisenhower Dec 1, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Apr 1, 1945 Untied Nations formed Apr 12, 1945 President Roosevelt dies Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide May 8, 1945 Germany surrendered Jul 1, 1945 Postdam confrence Aug 6, 1945 President Truman ordered the 1st bomb dropped on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 US droped 2nd bomb on Japan Aug 15, 1945 Japan surrenders to USA