WWII Timeline by Anibal Berrezueta By berrezuetaai1 Sep 18, 1931 Japan Invade Machuria Jan 30, 1933 President Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler as chacellor of Germany Mar 20, 1933 SS open the Dachau concentration camp outside of Muncih Apr 1, 1933 Boycott of jewish owned shops and businesses in Germany Oct 25, 1936 Germany and Italy sign a treaty of cooperation Jul 17, 1937 Japan invades China initiating the war in the pacific Jan 21, 1938 Romanian Jews are stripped of their citizenship Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades poland, starting world war II in Europe Sep 3, 1939 Britain Declares war on Germany Sep 3, 1939 France declares war on Germany Oct 16, 1939 First German air raid on Britain Isles Apr 9, 1940 Germany invades Denmark Apr 9, 1940 Germany invades Norway May 10, 1940 Germany attacks western Europe (France and lower countries) Apr 6, 1941 Germany invades Yugoslavia Apr 6, 1941 Germany invades Greece Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades the Societ Union Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Habor Dec 8, 1941 United States declare was on Japan Dec 11, 1941 Germany Declares war on US Dec 11, 1941 Italy declares war on US Jan 16, 1942 Germans begin the mass deportation of more than 65k jews from Lodz to the Chelmno killing center Jun 6, 1944 D-DAY: Allied forces invade Normandy, France Aug 5, 1945 Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki Aug 15, 1945 V-J DAY: Japan surrenders to Allied powers