WWII By nataliyas Period: Jan 1, 1939 to Dec 31, 1945 1939-1945 Mar 15, 1939 Nazis take czechoslavakia Sep 1, 1939 World War 2 starts Nov 30, 1939 Soviets attack Finland Sep 1, 1940 Roosevelt ordered the Army Air Corps to organize an African American Unit Sep 27, 1940 Italy, Germany, and Japan sighn the Tripartite Pact Feb 11, 1941 British forces advance into Italian Somaliland in east Africa Jul 24, 1941 Japan invaded the French colony of indochina Aug 14, 1941 Roosevelt and Churchill issue the Atlentic Charter Dec 7, 1941 America joins the war Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbore May 1, 1942 Bataan Death march Oct 1, 1942 British troops defet Germany at El Alamein Nov 8, 1942 American ground troops in combat land in North Africa Mar 2, 1943 Germans beging to withdraw from Tunisia, Africa Sep 8, 1943 Italy surrenders Jan 22, 1944 Allie land at Anzio Italy Jun 1, 1944 D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies Aug 25, 1944 Paris retaken by Allies Apr 21, 1945 Soviets reach berlin Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide May 2, 1945 German troops in Italty surender