World War 2 By Kayla Ball Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 Britian and France declare war on Germany Sep 27, 1939 The Polish capital of Warsaw surrenders to Germany Sep 28, 1939 Germany and the Solviet Union divides Poland between them Nov 30, 1939 The Solviet Union invades Finland Apr 26, 1940 Germany invades Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France May 26, 1940 Operation Dynamo evactuates over 330,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk, France Jun 10, 1940 Italy declairs war on Britian and France Jun 14, 1940 German troops enter Paris, France Jun 21, 1940 France surrenders, and Germany governs northern France Jul 10, 1940 The Battle of Britian begins Sep 7, 1940 German bombers begin Blitz against British cities Sep 12, 1940 Italy invades Egypt Sep 27, 1940 Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact Oct 12, 1940 The Battle of Britian ends Jan 22, 1941 British and Australian troops capture Tobruk, Libya Mar 1, 1941 Bulgiria joins the Axis Apr 5, 1941 Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece May 27, 1941 The British sink the Bismark Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa: Germany invades the Solviet Union Sep 15, 1941 The Siege of Leningrad begins: German and Finnish troops surround the Solviet city Dec 7, 1941 Japan attacks the US fleet at Pearl Harbor and starts to invade Malaya Dec 8, 1941 Britian and the US declare war on Japan Dec 11, 1941 Germany declares war on the US Dec 25, 1941 Hong Kong surrenders to the Japanese Feb 15, 1942 The Japanese captured Singapore Mar 20, 1942 First prisinors at Aushwits, Poland, are gassed Apr 28, 1942 The US halts Japanese advance at the Battle of the Coral Sea Jun 5, 1942 The US defeats the Japanese at the Battle of Midway Aug 19, 1942 The battle for the Solviet city of Stalingrad begins Oct 23, 1942 Britian defeats Germany at El Alamein, North Africa Nov 8, 1942 US and Britian troops land in northwest Africa Jan 31, 1943 The German army is defeated at Stalingrad Feb 8, 1943 The US captures the Solomon Island of Guadalcanal from the Japanese Apr 19, 1943 Nazi troops attack the Warsaw ghetto in Poland May 12, 1943 The German Army in North Africa surrenders Jul 9, 1943 Allied troops invade Sicily, Italy Jul 25, 1943 Italian dictator Benito Mussolini is overthrown Sep 3, 1943 Allied troops invade mainlan Italy. As a result, Italy surrenders. Oct 13, 1943 Italy declares war on Germany Jan 27, 1944 In the Solviet Union, the Siege on Leningrad ends after two years and three months Mar 8, 1944 Japan attempts an invasion on India Jun 6, 1944 D-Day: Allied force lands in Normandy, France, and presses inland US troops in the Philippines Aug 25, 1944 The Allies liberate the French city of Paris Oct 17, 1944 US troops land in the Philippines Mar 7, 1945 British and US troops cross the Rhine River, Germany Apr 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler, Channcellor of Germany, commited suicide May 7, 1945 Germany unconditionally surrenders May 8, 1945 V-E (Victory in Europe) Day Aug 6, 1945 The US drops "little Boy" atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan Aug 9, 1945 The US troops drop "Fat Man" atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan Aug 15, 1945 V-J (Victory in Japan) Day following Japan's surrender Oct 24, 1945 Permanent United Nations (UN) is founded