Overview of WWII By HESRose Sep 19, 1931 Invasion of Manchuria Period: Aug 2, 1934 to Sep 2, 1945 The Holocaust Aug 31, 1935 Neutrality Act Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939 Spanish Civil War Apr 26, 1937 Bombing of Guernica Aug 23, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact Sep 1, 1939 Invasion of Poland Sep 1, 1939 WWII declared by Allies Period: Sep 1, 1939 to May 1, 1940 Phony War Period: Sep 3, 1939 to May 8, 1945 Battle of the Atlantic Nov 5, 1939 Cash and Carry Nov 30, 1939 Winter War May 10, 1940 The Invasion of Western Europe Belgium, Luwembourg, France and the Netherlands. May 27, 1940 Dunkirk Jul 1, 1940 Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Ended September 30, 1940. Mar 23, 1941 Lend-Lease Act Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa Sep 8, 1941 Siege of Leningrad Oct 1, 1941 Oil Embargo on Japan, by America Oct 2, 1941 Battle of Moscow Nov 30, 1941 Winter War Dec 7, 1941 Bombing of Pearl Harbour, by Japanese Jan 20, 1942 Wannsee Conference Apr 18, 1942 Dolittle Raid May 4, 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Aug 23, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad Oct 23, 1942 El Alamein Nov 8, 1942 Operation Torch Jul 9, 1943 Operation Husky/Invasion od Sicily Jul 10, 1943 Italian Campaign Aug 17, 1943 Quebec Conference Nov 28, 1943 Tehran Conference Jun 5, 1944 Fall of Rome Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Jun 13, 1944 V-1 Attacks Sep 8, 1944 V-2 Attacks Sep 17, 1944 Operation Market Garden Oct 23, 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf Dec 13, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Feb 19, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima Apr 1, 1945 Battle of Okinawa Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Dies May 7, 1945 Germany Surrenders May 28, 1945 Victory in Europe Day Jul 17, 1945 Potsdam Conference Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima Bombed Aug 9, 1945 Nagasaki Bombed Sep 2, 1945 WWII Ends Nov 20, 1945 Nuremberg Trials