World War II By mschuelke Sep 30, 1938 Treaty of Munich Mar 15, 1939 German Invasion of Czechoslovakia Mar 16, 1939 Britain Rearms and Reassures Poland Aug 23, 1939 Germany and Russia Sign Pact Sep 1, 1939 Hitler Invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 Britain and France go to War with Germany Apr 8, 1940 Hitler Invades Norway Apr 9, 1940 Germany Invades Denmark May 10, 1940 Blitzkrieg on Holland and Belgium May 13, 1940 Neville Chamberlain Resigns May 26, 1940 Retreat at Dunkirk Jun 11, 1940 Italy Enters the War on the Axis Side Jun 22, 1940 France Signs Armistice with Germany Jun 22, 1940 Hitler Attacks Russia in Operation Barbarossa Period: Jul 10, 1940 to Oct 31, 1940 Battle of Britain Sep 22, 1940 Tripartite Pact is Signed Between Germany, Italy, and Japan Dec 5, 1940 British Rout Italians in North Africa Apr 6, 1941 Italy and Germany Invade Yugoslavia Dec 7, 1941 Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 Britain and US Declare War on Japan Feb 15, 1942 Japan Takes Singapore Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Aug 10, 1942 Allies in North Africa Called Upon Period: Aug 23, 1942 to Feb 2, 1943 Battle of Stalingrad Oct 23, 1942 Battle of El Alamein Nov 8, 1942 Allies Push into North Africa May 12, 1943 Axis Powers Surrender in North Africa Jul 10, 1943 Allies Invade Sicily Aug 17, 1943 Allies Take Sicily Sep 3, 1943 Italy Surrenders Nov 28, 1943 Allies Meet at Tehran Jan 27, 1944 Leningrad Relieved Jun 5, 1944 Rome is Liberated Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Jul 13, 1944 Japanese Evicted from Burma Aug 25, 1944 Paris Liberated Sep 8, 1944 V2 Flying Bombs Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Mar 7, 1945 Allies Cross the Rhine Apr 12, 1945 FDR Dies Apr 15, 1945 Russians Reach Berlin Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini Captured and Executed Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide May 2, 1945 German Forces Surrender in Italy May 4, 1945 German Forces in Northwest Germany, Holland, and Denmark Surrendered May 7, 1945 Donitz offers Unconditional Surrender May 8, 1945 V.E. Day Jul 5, 1945 Churchill Loses Election Aug 6, 1945 Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima Aug 8, 1945 Russia Declares War on Japan Aug 9, 1945 Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki Aug 14, 1945 Japan Surrenders Sep 2, 1945 MacArthur Accepts Japan's Surrender