WW2 By alison_bargas Jan 30, 1933 Beginning of the Holocaust Mar 12, 1938 Austria- peacefully annexed Aug 23, 1939 Nonaggression Pact that Germany makes with Russia Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Official start of the war Sep 1, 1939 Blitzkreig- Hitler called a lightening war against Poland Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Dec 31, 1946 World War 2 Sep 3, 1939 Britain and France declare war on Germany Jun 22, 1940 France surrendered to Germany after 6 weeks of fighting Jun 22, 1940 National Assembly voted Marshal Philippe Petain as President of the Council of the regime Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades Russia Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; U.S. joins the war Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion, Allied invasion of France Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference May 7, 1945 Germans surrender and leave the war Jul 17, 1945 Potsdam Conference Aug 6, 1945 Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima Aug 6, 1945 Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japanese surrender from WW2