WWII Timeline By mollylavoie123 Mar 1, 1933 First Concentration Camps Created Sep 30, 1938 Munich Agreement Signed Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 1, 1939 Tanks immediately came into use in WWII Period: Sep 1, 1939 to May 9, 1945 World War II Sep 3, 1939 France declares war on Germany May 26, 1940 Auschwitz Created Jul 3, 1941 Stalin orders scorched earth policy Dec 7, 1941 Japan attacks U.S.- Pearl Harbor Feb 2, 1943 German Sixth-Army surrenders to Russia Jul 10, 1943 General Patton invades Sicily Sep 3, 1943 Invasion of Italy Sep 26, 1943 End of Q-Ships Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Jun 6, 1944 Eisenhower commands Allied forces in Normandy Invasion Jun 6, 1944 Normandy Landing Operations(D-Day) Jul 25, 1944 Operation Cobra Aug 8, 1944 Kangaroo first used during Operation Totalize Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide Apr 20, 1946 UN replaces League of Nations after WWII
