WWII Background By savannah.kobza Sep 1, 1939 WWII Starts WWII Begins Sep 3, 1939 Britain and France Declare War on Germany Dec 7, 1941 Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor in Hawaii Jun 6, 1944 D-Day 150,000 Allies land in Normandy, France Jan 27, 1945 Auschwitz is Liberated Apr 6, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide Sep 2, 1945 Japan Surrenders and the War is Officially Over