WWII By pkingkeow58 Sep 19, 1931 Japan invaded manchuria Mar 12, 1938 Germany annexed Austria Sep 30, 1938 Treaty of Munich Mar 15, 1939 Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia Sep 1, 1939 Germany invaded Poland Sep 3, 1939 Britain and France declared war on Germany. May 10, 1940 Hitler launched his blitzkrieg (lightning war) against Holland and Belgium. May 26, 1940 Dunkirk Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attacked by Japan May 4, 1942 Battle of Coral sea Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Aug 21, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad Sep 3, 1943 Italy surrenderd Dec 16, 1943 Battle of the Bulge Jun 6, 1944 D-Day. The allied won Nazi Oct 23, 1944 The Battle of Leyte Gulf Apr 1, 1945 The Battle of Okinawa May 8, 1945 V-E Day : The Allies' victory in Europe Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima Aug 8, 1945 Russia declares war on Japan Sep 2, 1945 Formal Surrender of Japan