WWII Timeline By davidr437 Sep 18, 1931 Japan Invades Manchuria Sep 30, 1938 Treaty of Munich Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 1, 1939 Hitler Invades Poland Sep 11, 1939 ‘Phoney War’ May 10, 1940 Blitzkrieg Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor gets Bombed Oct 23, 1942 Battle of El Alamein Sep 3, 1943 Italy Surrenders Jun 5, 1944 Battle of Anzio Jun 6, 1944 Normandy Landings Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Aug 25, 1944 Paris Liberated Sep 8, 1944 V2 Flying Bombs Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge 1945 Russians reach Berlin Hitler commits suicide and Germany surrenders. Feb 19, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima May 8, 1945 Victory in Europe Sep 2, 1945 Japan Surrenders