WWII By millybock Mar 15, 1939 Nazis take Czechoslovakia. Mar 28, 1939 Spanish Civil war ends. May 22, 1939 Nazis sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy. Aug 23, 1939 Nazis and Soviets sign Pact. Aug 25, 1939 Britain and Poland sign a Mutual Assistance Treaty. Aug 31, 1939 British fleet mobilizes; Civilian evacuations begin from London. Sep 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland. Sep 3, 1939 Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany. Sep 4, 1939 British Royal Air Force attacks the German Navy. Sep 5, 1939 United States proclaims its neutrality; German troops cross the Vistula River in Poland. Sep 10, 1939 Canada declares war on Germany; Battle of the Atlantic begins. Sep 17, 1939 Soviets invade Poland. Sep 27, 1939 Warsaw surrenders to Nazis; Reinhard Heydrich becomes the leader of new Reich Main Security Office (RSHA). Sep 29, 1939 Nazis and Soviets divide up Poland. Nov 8, 1939 Assassination attempt on Hitler fails. Nov 30, 1939 Soviets attack Finland. Dec 14, 1939 Soviet Union expelled from the League of Nations. Jan 8, 1940 Rationing begins in Britain Mar 12, 1940 Finland signs a peace treaty with Soviets. Mar 16, 1940 Germans bomb Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland. Apr 9, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark and Norway. May 10, 1940 Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister. May 15, 1940 Holland surrenders to the Nazis. May 26, 1940 Evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk begins. May 28, 1940 Belgium surrenders to the Nazis. Jun 3, 1940 Germans bomb Paris Jun 10, 1940 Norway surrenders to the Nazis; Italy declares war on Britain and France. Jul 1, 1940 German U-boats attack merchant ships in the Atlantic. Nov 5, 1940 Roosevelt re-elected as U.S. president. Dec 8, 1941 US declares war on Japan