WWII Timeline By agutierre69 Apr 10, 1924 Stalin comes to power after Lenin's death Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht “the night of broken glass” takes place Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 Britan and France declare war on Germany Apr 10, 1940 Germany invades Norway and Denmark May 10, 1940 Germany attacks France Apr 10, 1941 Allies break Enigma code and get vital information about German U-boat attacks Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa begins Oct 10, 1941 Hideki Tojo takes control of Japan Dec 7, 1941 Japan launch aerial attack on Pearl Harbor Apr 18, 1942 Doolitle Raids begin on Tokyo Aug 10, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad begins Jun 6, 1944 D-Day begins Jul 10, 1944 General Douglas MacArthur returns to the Philippines Nov 10, 1944 Battle of The Bulge begins May 8, 1945 VE Day, official end of war in Europe Jul 26, 1945 US demands Japan surrender or face "prompt and utter destruction"(referring to atomic bomb) Aug 6, 1945 US drops first atomic bomb, Little Boy, on Hiroshima Aug 8, 1945 Soviet Union joins war against Japan Aug 9, 1945 Second bomb, Fat Man, is dropped on Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders
