WW2 Events By sethscarbro 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 27, 1940 British and French Troops Evacuate Dunkerque Jun 14, 1940 Paris Falls to Germany Mar 11, 1941 The Lend-Lease Act Signed Jun 22, 1941 Germant Invades Russia - Breaks Pact Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 US Declares War on Japan Feb 1, 1942 Japanes Americans Put in Interment Camps Jun 4, 1942 The Battle of Midway Jun 6, 1944 D-DAY Apr 12, 1945 President Roosevelt Dies Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Poisons His Wife and Kills Himself May 8, 1945 V-E Day Aug 6, 1945 The Atomic Bomb is Dropped on Hiroshima Aug 15, 1945 Japan Surrenders to the US