ww2 timeline by- ryan mannise By zekedafreak22 Sep 1, 1939 start of ww2 Jun 22, 1940 France surrenders Aug 8, 1940 battle of Britain begins Feb 5, 1941 battle of keren Jun 22, 1941 Germans invade the soviets Dec 11, 1941 United States declares war on Japan and Germany May 4, 1942 battle of the coral sea Aug 17, 1942 raid on Makin island Jul 9, 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily Mar 19, 1944 Germany occupies Hungary Jun 19, 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea Dec 16, 1944 battle of bulge Jan 12, 1945 Vistula–Oder Offensive Feb 19, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima Feb 19, 1945 US Marines land on Iwo Jima Mar 29, 1945 The last bomb of the war falls on Britain, a V1. Apr 1, 1945 Ruhr Pocket Apr 1, 1945 Battle of Okinawa Apr 16, 1945 Battle of Berlin Apr 22, 1945 Hitler decides to stay in Berlin ‘until the end’. Jul 16, 1945 detanates first atomic bomb Jul 28, 1945 approves atomic bombs to be used Jul 28, 1945 b25 crashes into the empire state building Aug 1, 1945 The Potsdam Agreement august Sep 2, 1945 end of ww2