WW2 history bY JASPER By toastmanjasper Sep 1, 1939 Poland are invaded by the Germans Sep 1, 1939 germany sign Pact with USSR Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 1, 1945 Timeline of events Sep 17, 1939 Battle of the Atlantic May 26, 1940 Dunkirk Jun 16, 1940 France are taken by Germany Jul 17, 1940 War starts in Africa in Eqypt Jul 22, 1940 Hitler wants to invade Britain Aug 15, 1940 Operation Sealion Sep 7, 1940 The Italians attack Sep 15, 1940 Battle for Britain Jun 1, 1941 edwin Marcus in the new paper did a drawing on Hitler and Stalin Jun 22, 1941 operation Barbosa Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbour Jan 18, 1942 Britain low on ships due to the Batlle of the Atlantic Dec 19, 1942 America join the war Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Aug 6, 1945 America drop the Atom bomb