WWII Timeline By DallasSwisher 1938 Germany invades Austria 1938 Kristallnacht Nazist mobs burn down Jewish people's store's and synagogues. Sep 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 World War II Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor (December 8th in Japan) 1942 US and Britain Land in French North Africa 1943 German 6th Army Surrenders at Stalingrad Turning point of the war in Russia. 1944 D-Day Allies invade Normandy, France. 1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide, Germany surrenders.