WW2 Events By Jenaman 1938 German Anschluss with Austria Hitler went ahead with his plans to unify all German people Sep 30, 1938 Treaty of Munich 1939 Hitler invades Czechoslovakia 1939 Britain rearms and reassures Poland 1939 Russia and Germany sign pact Period: 1939 to 1940 Phoney War Sep 1, 1939 Hitler invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 Britain and France declare war on 1940 Hitler invades Denmark and Norway 1940 British route Italians in N. Africa May 10, 1940 Blitzkrieg May 13, 1940 Chamberlain resigns May 26, 1940 Dunkirk Jun 11, 1940 Italy enters war on side of Axis powers Jun 22, 1940 France signs armistice with Germany Period: Jul 10, 1940 to Oct 31, 1940 Battle of Britain Sep 22, 1940 Tripartite pact 1941 Italy and Germany attack Yugoslavia Jun 22, 1941 Hitler attacks Russia Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 Britain and US declare war on Japan 1942 Jspanese take Singapore 1942 Battle of Midway 1942 Allies in N. Africa 1942 Battle of Stalingrad 1942 Allies push into N. Africa Oct 23, 1942 Battle of El Alamein 1943 Allies invade Sicily 1943 Allies take Sicily 1943 Allies meet at Tehran May 12, 1943 Axis surrender N. Africa Sep 3, 1943 Italy surrenders 1944 Leningrad relieved 1944 Rome liberated 1944 Japanese evicted from Burma 1944 Battle of the Bulge Jun 6, 1944 D Day Aug 25, 1944 Paris liberated Sep 8, 1944 V2 flying bombs 1945 Allies cross the Rhine 1945 Death of Roosevelt 1945 Russians reach Berlin Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini captured and executed Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide May 2, 1945 German forces surrender May 4, 1945 German forces surrender May 7, 1945 Donitz offers unconditional surrender May 8, 1945 VE Day Jul 5, 1945 Churchill loses election Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped in Hiroshima Aug 8, 1945 Russia declares war on Japan Aug 9, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped in Nagasaki Aug 14, 1945 Japanese surrender Sep 2, 1945 MacArthur accepts Japans surrender