WW2 Timeline By johnnyman458 Jul 7, 1937 Japan Invades China Period: Jul 7, 1937 to May 8, 1945 WW2 Mar 11, 1938 Germany Incorperates Austria Period: Mar 11, 1938 to Mar 13, 1938 Germany Incoperates Austria Sep 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 Great Britian and France Declare War On Germany Sep 17, 1939 Soviet Union invades Poland May 10, 1940 Italy invades France Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Starts Oct 31, 1940 Battle Of Britain Ends Germany is Defeated Period: Apr 1, 1941 to Jun 1, 1941 Nazis invade and dismember Yugoslavia Period: Jun 1, 1941 to Nov 1, 1941 Nazi Germany Invades the Soviets Dec 6, 1941 Soviet Counter-Strike Germans from Moscow Dec 7, 1941 Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 America declares war on Japan Dec 11, 1941 Germany Declares War on America May 30, 1942 British Bomb Koln First Strike on Germany Oct 23, 1942 British defeat the Germans and Italians Nov 1, 1942 US Troops halt The Japanese Island Hopping Advances towards Austrailia Jul 15, 1943 German Launch a Massive Tank Assault on the Soviet Union Jun 6, 1944 British and US Troops Sucessfully land on Normandy Aug 25, 1944 Allied Troops Reach Paris Apr 9, 1945 FDR Drops Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki Apr 16, 1945 Soviets Launch Final Offensive in Circling Berlin Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide Aug 6, 1945 FDR Drops Atomic Bomb On Hiroshima Sep 2, 1945 Japan Surrenders