WW2 timeline By Claire manning Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany Aug 23, 1939 Hitler signs Nonaggression Pact with Soviet Union Sep 1, 1939 Hitler invades Poland Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Attacked Jun 6, 1944 Allied invasion of Norway (D- Day) Apr 12, 1945 Death of Franklin D. Roosevelt May 8, 1945 Victory in Europe Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders