Lauren Goddard- WWII timeline By lmgoddard98 Jan 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler becomes Germany's Chancellor Oct 3, 1935 Mussolini Invades Ethiopia Sep 14, 1937 Roosevelt Limits Ships to Asia Sep 25, 1938 Hitler forces Czechoslovakia to surrender the Sudetenland to Germany Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht (night of broken glass)-German government organized massive riots and destruction of Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues Sep 1, 1939 Nazi Germany invaded Poland, Sep 3, 1939 France and Britain declare war on Germany Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Dec 11, 1941 Germany and Italy declare war the U.S. in support of Japan Feb 15, 1942 Battle of Signapore Feb 19, 1942 Allies began large scale attacks on Germany Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Dec 4, 1944 Battle of the Bulge-Hitler's last attempt to stop the Allies Apr 12, 1945 Truman Becomes president Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide by gunshot May 8, 1945 Victory In Europe Day Aug 6, 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 tomic bombing of Nagasaki? Sep 2, 1945 Japan Surrenders ending WWII