WWII Timeline By Bjax35 Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany Mar 7, 1936 Hitler invades the Rhineland (demilitarized western part of Germany) Oct 25, 1936 Hitler and Mussolini sign the Rome-Berlin Axis Mar 12, 1938 Hitler annexess Austria Sep 29, 1938 The Munich Conference allows Hitler to take the Sudetenland Sep 30, 1938 Hitler demands the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia Aug 23, 1939 Stalin (USSR) and Hitler (Germany) sign the Non-Agression Pact Sep 28, 1939 Hitler invades Poland; WWII is declared Apr 9, 1940 Hitler uses blitzkreig against Demark and Norway Jul 1, 1940 Battle of Britain begins Sep 15, 1941 Battle of Britain ends Dec 7, 1941 Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor and the US enters the war May 7, 1942 US wins Battle of Coral Sea Jun 4, 1942 US wins Battle of Midway Feb 2, 1943 Germans surrender at Stalingrad to the Red Army (Soviets) May 12, 1943 German and Italian troops surrender in North Africa ALLIED Aug 23, 1943 Soviets defeat Germans at Battle of Kursk Jun 6, 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy (D-Day) Feb 11, 1945 Yalta Conference results in the establishment of the United Nations Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini killed by Italian partisans Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide May 7, 1945 Germany Surrenders Aug 6, 1945 Two atomic bombs used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Japan surrenders
