WWII Events Timeline By e_johnson10 Jan 30, 1933 Holocaust Aug 23, 1939 German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Nov 30, 1939 Stalin attacks Finland May 10, 1940 Germany attacks France May 10, 1940 Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Oct 12, 1940 Hitler takes over the Balkans Mar 11, 1941 Lend-Lease Act Dec 7, 1941 Bombing of Pearl Harbor Jan 1, 1942 Formation of the U.N. Feb 19, 1942 Japanese internment camps Jun 3, 1942 Battle of Midway Oct 23, 1942 Battle of El Alamein Nov 28, 1943 Tehran Conference Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Apr 12, 1945 F.D.R’s Death Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini’s assassination Jul 17, 1945 Potsdam Conference Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 McArthur’s plan for Japan Nov 20, 1945 Nuremburg Trials Apr 3, 1948 Marshall Plan Jun 24, 1948 Berlin Airlift Jun 25, 1950 Cold War Oct 14, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall
