WWII Timeline By Melissa Jackson By Melissa Jackson Sep 1, 1939 Begining of World War II Nov 3, 1939 Congress lifts aid embargo Mar 12, 1940 Finland signs peace treaty with Soviet Union Jun 10, 1940 Italy attacks France Jul 10, 1940 Start of The Battle of Britian Feb 25, 1941 Mogadishu is captured by allied forces Mar 30, 1941 U.S siezes Axis ships Apr 13, 1941 Russia and Japan sign a neutrality agreement Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades the Soviet Union Dec 7, 1941 Japan attacks US fleet in Peral Harbor Feb 15, 1942 Singapore falls to Japanese Jul 3, 1942 Sevestapol falls to Germans Oct 23, 1942 Battle of Alamein begins May 12, 1943 Surrender of Axis forces in North Africa Jul 9, 1943 Allied forces invade Sicily Sep 3, 1943 Italy signs armistice Feb 12, 1944 Battle of Cassino Jun 4, 1944 Rome captured by Allies Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Allied invasion of Nazi controlled France Aug 25, 1944 Allies liberate Paris Feb 23, 1945 US raises its flag on Mount Sabitchi May 8, 1945 VE Day - Germany unconditionally surrenders Aug 6, 1945 Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan by The US Aug 9, 1945 Attomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan Sep 2, 1945 The end of WWII
