WWII Timeline By jgutierre30 Jan 1, 1934 Japan begins to expand Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Sep 2, 1945 Worl War II Jan 1, 1936 Militarization of The Rhine Land Jan 1, 1936 Japan signs anticommunist pact with Germany Jan 1, 1937 Japan begins war against China Jan 1, 1938 Austria joins with Germany, Anschluss Jan 1, 1938 Germany gains control of the Sudetenland Aug 1, 1939 Germany announces nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union Sep 1, 1939 Germany attacks Poland Sep 3, 1939 Great Britain and France declare war on Germany Jan 1, 1940 Japan makes military alliance with Germany and Italy May 1, 1940 Germany attacks France Oct 1, 1941 Tojo takes control of Japan Dec 7, 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 US declares war on Japan Apr 18, 1942 Air raid of Tokyo Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Dec 16, 1944 Germany launches surprise attack, Battle of the Bulge May 8, 1945 Germany surrenders Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders
