World War II By kamilakuchta Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany Sep 29, 1938 The Munich Conference Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 World War II Jul 10, 1940 The Battle of Britain July 10th - October 31st Dec 7, 1941 Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor Jun 3, 1942 The Battle of Midway June 3rd- 7th Jan 27, 1944 German siege of Leningrad is broken Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Jul 21, 1944 American forces capture Guam July 21st- August 10th Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge December 16th- January 25th 1945 Feb 19, 1945 Americans capture Iwo Jima February 19th Apr 30, 1945 Hitler dies May 1, 1945 U.S. and Soviet Forces discover the Holocaust May 8, 1945 V-E Day Aug 6, 1945 Enola Gay drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima Sep 2, 1945 V-J Day