WW2 Timeline By OnetimeUser34 Sep 18, 1931 Japanese Invasion of Manchuria Sep 18, 1931 Manchukuo Feb 27, 1932 End of Japanese Invasion of Manchuria Jan 30, 1933 Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany Dec 13, 1937 Nanking Massacre/ Rape of Nanking Jan 24, 1938 End of Nanking Massacre Sep 30, 1938 Munich Conference Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht Nov 10, 1938 End of Kristallnacht Aug 23, 1939 Non-Aggression Pact is signed Sep 1, 1939 Germany's Invasion of Poland/Blitzkrieg Oct 6, 1939 End of Germany's Invasion of Poland May 10, 1940 Fall of Paris May 26, 1940 Dunkirk Jun 4, 1940 End of Dunkirk Jun 25, 1940 End of the Fall of Paris Sep 7, 1940 The Blitz Sep 16, 1940 Selective Training and Service Act is passed May 11, 1941 End of The Blitz Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa Dec 5, 1941 End of Operation Barbarossa Dec 7, 1941 Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor Apr 9, 1942 Bataan Death March Apr 17, 1942 End of the Bataan Death March Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Jun 7, 1942 End of the Battle of Midway Aug 23, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad Feb 2, 1943 End of the Battle of Stalingrad Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Jan 25, 1945 End of the Battle of the Bulge Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Feb 11, 1945 End of Yalta Conference Feb 19, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima Mar 26, 1945 End of the Battle of Iwo Jima Apr 1, 1945 Battle of Okinawa Apr 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler Commits Suicide May 8, 1945 VE-Day Jun 22, 1945 End of the Battle of Okinawa Aug 6, 1945 Dropping of the Atomic Bombs (Little boy) Aug 9, 1945 Dropping of the Atomic Bombs (Fat Man) Aug 15, 1945 VJ-Day