WWII By Dylan._.Anthony Apr 1, 1939 Spanish Civil War ended Sep 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland Sep 29, 1939 Nazis and Soviets divide Poland Jun 22, 1940 France signs an armistice with the Germans Sep 27, 1940 Tripartite (Axis) Pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan Jan 1, 1941 First deportations from the Warsaw Ghetto to concentration camps; Treblinka extermination camp Mar 11, 1941 President Roosevelt signs the Lend-‐Lease Act Apr 17, 1941 Yugoslavia surrenders to the Nazis Jul 26, 1941 Roosevelt freezes Japanese assets in United States and suspends relations Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Feb 8, 1942 Japanese invade Singapore Mar 24, 1942 Chester Nimitz appointed Commander and Chief of the US Pacific theater Apr 10, 1942 Bataan Death March begins Aug 21, 1942 U.S. Marines repulse first major Japanese ground attack on Guadalcanal Dec 17, 1942 Mass murder of Jews by gassing begins at Auschwitz Dec 31, 1942 Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives permission to his troops to withdraw from Guadalcanal after five months of bloody fighting against U.S. Forces Jan 5, 1943 Allies take Tunisia Feb 2, 1943 Germans surrender at Stalingrad in the first big defeat of Hitler's armies Jun 1, 1943 First Japanese submarine sunk by US Jun 21, 1943 Himmler orders the liquidation of all Jewish ghettos in Poland Jun 6, 1944 D-‐Day Landings May 7, 1945 Unconditional surrender of the Germans to the Allied forces Oct 24, 1945 United Nations is officially born