WWII Events Timeline By Connor Freeman Period: Jan 1, 1939 to Dec 31, 1990 WWII Timeline Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 1, 1939 Hitler takes over the Balkans Nov 30, 1939 Stalin attacks Finland May 10, 1940 Germany attacks France Sep 1, 1940 Battle of Britain Mar 11, 1941 Lend-Lease Act Jun 25, 1941 Holocaust Jul 22, 1941 German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union Dec 7, 1941 Bombing of Pearl Harbor May 8, 1942 Japanese internment camps Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Jul 27, 1942 Battle of El Alamein Aug 7, 1942 Guadalcanal Aug 23, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad Nov 28, 1943 Tehran Conference Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Feb 04, 1945 Apr 12, 1945 F.D.R’s death Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini’s assassination Apr 30, 1945 Hitler’s suicide Jul 17, 1945 Potsdam Conference Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki Aug 20, 1945 McArthur’s plan for Japan Sep 2, 1945 Cold War Oct 24, 1945 Formation of the U.N. Nov 20, 1945 Nuremberg Trials Jul 1, 1947 Marshall Plan Jun 27, 1948 Berlin Airlift Oct 14, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall
