ww2 By jmkaylor 1933 Hitler gains power Mar 15, 1939 Hitler invades Czechoslovakia Mar 30, 1939 Britain reassures Poland Aug 23, 1939 Non aggression pact between Germany and Russia signed Sep 3, 1939 Britain and France declare war on Germany Mar 10, 1940 Hitler launches Blitzkrieg against Holland Mar 13, 1940 Chamberlain resigns Mar 26, 1940 Dunkirk / Operation Dynamo occurs Jun 11, 1940 Italy enters war as an Axis power Jun 22, 1940 France signs armistice with Germany Dec 20, 1940 Britain routes Italian forces in N. Africa Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor is Bombed Dec 8, 1941 America enters WW2 Feb 1, 1942 Japanese take Singapore Nov 1, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad May 12, 1943 Axis surrenders N. Africa Jul 1, 1943 Allies invade Sicily Oct 3, 1943 Italy Surrenders Nov 1, 1943 Allied leaders meet at Tehran to discuss strategy Jun 6, 1944 D-Day