WWII By JosephC Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades China Sep 30, 1938 Munich Act Mar 15, 1939 Annexation of Czechoslovakia by Germany Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 World War II Nov 4, 1939 Neutrality act Mar 11, 1941 Lend Lease Act Jul 26, 1941 USA cutting trade with Japan Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Nov 8, 1942 America and Britain invade North Africa Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Aug 19, 1944 Allies liberate Paris Dec 16, 1944 Battle of Bulge Feb 19, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima May 2, 1945 Soviets capture Berlin May 2, 1945 Germany surrenders Jul 16, 1945 First atomic bomb test Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japan Surrenders