World War 2 By HipsterGinger Sep 18, 1931 Japan invades Manchuria Oct 2, 1936 Fascist Italy takes over Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades China starting war in the pacific Apr 7, 1939 Italy invades Albania Jun 10, 1940 Italy enters war Dec 11, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor Dec 12, 1941 axis powers declare war on United States Jun 6, 1944 Normandy invasions start in France Sep 12, 1944 Finland leaves axis alliance May 7, 1945 Germany surrenders to the Western Allies May 9, 1945 Germanny Surrenders to the Soviet Union Aug 6, 1945 united States drops abomb on Hiroshima Aug 8, 1945 United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders, ending world war 2