WWII By bsingleto81 Nov 25, 1936 Japan signs anti-communist pact with Germany Dec 13, 1937 Rape of Nanjing Nov 9, 1938 Night of Broken Glass Sep 1, 1939 Germany invaded Poland Sep 3, 1939 Britain & France declare war on Germany Apr 9, 1940 Germany invades Norway and Denmark May 10, 1940 Germany invades France Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Ended on October 31, 1940 Sep 27, 1940 Japan signs the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy Oct 16, 1941 Hideki Tojo becomes Prime Minister of Japan Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor Feb 27, 1942 Battle of Java Sea Apr 18, 1942 The Doolittle Raid May 4, 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Jun 6, 1944 Allies invade beaches of Normandy Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Ended on January 25, 1945 Feb 19, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide May 8, 1945 End of the war in Europe Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan Aug 9, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders
