Emily Morris- WWII Timeline By emorris1042@yahoo.com Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht "Night of the Broken Glass" Sep 1, 1939 Gemany Invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 Britain and France Declare War on Germany Oct 31, 1940 British Victory in Battle of Britain Dec 7, 1941 Japan Attacks at Pearl Habor Apr 18, 1942 The Doolittle Raid May 8, 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway Jan 1, 1943 Soviet Union Announces German Defeat in Stalingrad May 7, 1943 North African Countries Liberated by Allies Jul 9, 1943 Allies Invasion of Sicily Begins Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion Oct 26, 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf Nov 7, 1944 FDR Wins Election of 1944 Jan 25, 1945 Allied Victory in the Battle of the Bulge Feb 11, 1945 Yalta Conference May 8, 1945 V-E Day (victory in Europe) Jul 26, 1945 FDR Demanded Japanese Surrender or "Prompt and Utter Destruction" Aug 6, 1945 U.S. Bombs Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 U.S. Bombs Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 V-J Day (Japanese surrender)