ww2 timeline by shamar By vitaly_xvi Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 1, 1939 German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union Nov 30, 1939 Stalin attacks Finland May 10, 1940 Germany attacks France May 10, 1940 Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Oct 28, 1940 Hitler takes over the Balkans Mar 11, 1941 Lend-Lease Act Dec 7, 1941 Bombing of Pearl Harbor Feb 2, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad Jun 3, 1942 Battle of Midway Aug 7, 1942 Guadalcanal Oct 23, 1942 Battle of El Alamein Nov 28, 1943 Tehran Conference Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Apr 12, 1945 F.D.R’s death Apr 25, 1945 Formation of the U.N. Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini’s assassination Apr 30, 1945 Hitler’s suicide May 8, 1945 Holocaust Jul 17, 1945 Potsdam Conference Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki Sep 1, 1945 McArthur’s plan for Japan Nov 20, 1945 Nuremburg Trials Feb 19, 1946 Japanese internment camps Jan 1, 1947 Cold War Apr 3, 1948 Marshall Plan Jun 26, 1948 Berlin Airlift Oct 14, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall