WWII Timeline By tomventola Apr 18, 1931 Japan Invades Manchuria Jan 30, 1933 Hitler Becomes Chancellor Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. May 14, 1938 Hitler Joins Mussolini Sep 1, 1939 Japan Invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 Britain, Australia, New Zealand, And France Declare War On Germany Sep 4, 1939 British Royal Airforce Attacks The German Navy Sep 5, 1939 United States Proclaims Neutrality Sep 10, 1939 Canada Declares War On Germany Apr 9, 1940 Germany Invades Norway and Denmark Apr 10, 1940 Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands Apr 10, 1940 Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister Jun 10, 1940 Italy Declares War On Britain And France Jun 22, 1940 France Signs An Armistice With Nazi Germany Jul 10, 1940 The Battle Of Britain Begins Sep 27, 1940 Germany, Italy, And Japan Sign Pact Dec 1, 1941 The Bombing Of Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941 Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 US Led Br Roosevelt Declares War On Axis Powers Dec 11, 1941 Germany And Italy Declare War On US Feb 2, 1943 Surrender at Stalingrad marks Germany's first major defeat May 13, 1943 German And Italian Troops Surrender In North Africa Oct 13, 1943 Italy Declares War On Germany Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion Occurs Jan 26, 1945 Soviet Troops Liberate Auschwitz Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini Captured And Hung Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide May 2, 1945 German Troops In Italy Surrender May 8, 1945 V-E Day(Victory In Europe) Aug 6, 1945 1st Atomic Bomb Dropped On Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Second Atomic Bomb Dropped On Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 V-J Day(Victory Over Japan)
