WW2 Timeline Pooja Dan Grace Caitlee Nate By poojapat Mar 15, 1939 Slovaks declare their independence and form a Slovak Republic under German pressure Sep 17, 1939 Invasion of Poland Jul 10, 1940 The Battle of Britain Dec 8, 1941 United States declares war on Germany and Japan Jul 17, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad Oct 13, 1943 Italy declares war on Germany Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide Jul 17, 1945 Potsdam Conference Aug 6, 1945 The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima Aug 8, 1945 The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders-ending World War II