WWII timeline Jacobs By T.W.Alvey Period: Jan 1, 1922 to Dec 31, 1946 World War 2 time span Jan 21, 1924 Lenin dies Dec 24, 1925 Mussolini appointed king of Italy Jan 1, 1933 Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany Apr 3, 1935 Hitler takes full controal of Germany Apr 3, 1938 Germany agrees to stop taking land Jan 3, 1939 Germany invades Poland Aug 23, 1939 Soviet Union and Germany sign nonaggression pact Apr 3, 1940 Denmark and Norway fall to Germany May 3, 1940 The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg fall to Germany Jun 3, 1940 France falls to France Period: Sep 7, 1940 to May 12, 1941 The Blitz of london Jun 3, 1941 Hitler breaks nonagressin pact with Soviet Union Dec 7, 1941 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 Congress Declares war on Japan Dec 11, 1941 Germany declares war on U.S.A. May 3, 1942 Philippines fall to Japan May 3, 1942 Battle of Coral Sea Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Jan 31, 1943 Germany surrenders at the Battle of Stalingrad May 3, 1943 Allies kik axis out of Africa Jul 3, 1943 Allies take Sicily Aug 3, 1943 Mussolini overthrown as leader of Italy Nov 3, 1943 Big three meet in Teheran, Iran Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Aug 3, 1944 Paris Liberated Dec 3, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Feb 19, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima Apr 1, 1945 battle of Okinawa Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Commits suicide May 8, 1945 V-E Day May 26, 1945 Bombing of Tokyo Jul 16, 1945 First Atomic bomb tested in New Mexico Aug 6, 1945 Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 V-J Day
