WWII By mlester Sep 19, 1931 Japan ivades Manchuria Jul 20, 1937 Japan invades China Mar 16, 1938 Hitler takes over Czehoslovakia Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland May 10, 1940 France falls Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain this went through the summer Sep 22, 1940 Japan invades Indochina Mar 11, 1941 Lend-Lease Act Aug 14, 1941 Atlantic Charter Dec 7, 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor A day that will live in infamy. Apr 4, 1942 Bataan Death March May 8, 1942 Coral Sea Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Jun 6, 1942 Invasion of Normandy - D Day Jul 20, 1942 El Alamein Aug 20, 1942 Germany attacks Stalingrad Sep 18, 1943 Italy surrenders Oct 23, 1944 Leyte Gulf Dec 16, 1944 Batle of the Bulge Apr 12, 1945 FDR dies Apr 13, 1945 Truman becomes president May 8, 1945 Germany surrenders Jun 26, 1945 United Nations signs charter Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Bombing of Nagasaki Aug 15, 1945 Japan surrenders