WWII Events By jgodfrey Jan 30, 1933 Hitler was named chancellor of Germany Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 France and England declare war on Germany May 26, 1940 British and French troops evacuate Dunkirk Jun 25, 1940 Paris falls to Germany Mar 11, 1941 The Lend-Lease Act is signed into law Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades Russia breaking their "nonaggression" partnership Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Attack Dec 8, 1941 U.S. declares war on Japan Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps Jun 7, 1942 U.S. Navy wins Battle of Midway Jun 6, 1944 D-Day: The Allied invasion of Europe begins Apr 12, 1945 President Roosevelt dies at his retreat in Warm Spring, GA Apr 29, 1945 Adolf Hitler poisons his wife and kills himself May 8, 1945 V-E Day Aug 6, 1945 The atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima Aug 6, 1945 The atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders to United States
