WW2 timeline By mguy333 Jul 7, 1937 Japanese invasion of China Period: 1939 to 1940 German Blitzkrieg Sep 1, 1939 Germany's invasion of Poland Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa Dec 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor Jan 20, 1942 Wannsee Conference Apr 9, 1942 Bataan Death March Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Period: Jul 17, 1942 to Feb 2, 1943 Battle of Stalingrad Jul 24, 1943 Operation Gomorrah Sep 3, 1943 Allied Invasion of Italy Jun 6, 1944 Normandy Invasion Dec 16, 1944 The Battle of the Bulge 1945 Liberation of Concentration Camps Feb 13, 1945 Operation Thunderclap Feb 19, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima Apr 1, 1945 Battle of Okinawa May 8, 1945 Victory in Europe Day Aug 6, 1945 First Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Second Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Victory over Japan Day