WWII Visual Timeline By Brie Kramer, Kyla Kelly, Brynn Hainey Period: Mar 1, 1939 to Oct 31, 1945 WWII Mar 16, 1939 Annexation of Czechoslovakia May 22, 1939 Pact of Steel signed Sep 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 Declaration of War on Germany Sep 17, 1939 Russia Invades Poland Dec 17, 1939 Partition of Poland May 10, 1940 Invasion of Low Countries and France Begins May 27, 1940 Beginning of Evacuation of Dunkirk Jun 22, 1940 France Surrenders to Germany Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Begins Sep 27, 1940 Tripartite (Axis) Pact Signed Mar 11, 1941 Lend-Lease Act Signed Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa Begins Jul 31, 1941 Final Solution Begins Dec 4, 1941 Germans Abandon Attack on Moscow Dec 7, 1941 Peal Harbor Bombed Dec 8, 1941 U.S. Declares war on Germany and Japan Jun 1, 1942 Auschwitz Opened Jul 17, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad May 13, 1943 German and Italian Surrender in North Africa Jul 10, 1943 Allies land in Sicily Sep 8, 1943 Italy Surrenders Oct 13, 1943 Italy Declares War on Germany Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Jul 20, 1944 Failed Assassination Attempt on Hitler Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Begins Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini Hanged Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide Jul 17, 1945 Potsdam Conference Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima Bombed Aug 9, 1945 Nagasaki Bombed Aug 15, 1945 V-J Day Oct 24, 1945 U.N. Established Oct 30, 1945 Nuremburg Trials Begin
