WWII Timeline By liamkeohan Period: 1939 to 1945 WWII Timeline Sep 1, 1939 1939 Germany Invades Poland Sep 10, 1939 Canada declares war on Germany Sep 17, 1939 Russia invades Poland Mar 12, 1940 Finland signs peace treaty with Russia May 10, 1940 Winston Churchill becomes prime minister May 26, 1940 Battle of Dunkirk Jun 10, 1940 Italy declares war on Britain and France Jun 14, 1940 Germany marches into Paris Jun 22, 1940 France signs armistice with Germany Apr 6, 1941 Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades Russia (Operation Barbarossa) Nov 25, 1941 Germany attacks Moscow Dec 7, 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor/ Japanese declare war on US Dec 11, 1941 Germany declares was on US Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Nov 23, 1942 Battle of El Alamein Jan 31, 1943 Germany surrenders in Stalingrad May 12, 1943 Axis powers surrender in N. Africa Jul 25, 1943 Mussolini is overthrown Sep 3, 1943 Italy signs armistice Jun 6, 1944 D-Day/ Invasion of Normandy Aug 25, 1944 Allies free Paris from Axis control Feb 19, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima Apr 12, 1945 FDR dies, and Truman is put into office Apr 23, 1945 Russia enters Berlin Apr 30, 1945 Hitler dies (suicide) May 8, 1945 V-E Day (Victory in Europe) Aug 6, 1945 US drop bomb on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 US drop bomb on Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Surrender of Japan
