World War II By abaugnet1 May 14, 1938 Mussolini joins Hitler http://alphahistory.com/nazigermany/hitler-and-mussolini/ Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht-Night of Broken Glass http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005201 Sep 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland Sep 3, 1939 Britain and France declare War on Germany http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/vocham.htm Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades Russia http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005164 Dec 4, 1941 Pearl Harbor http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor Dec 8, 1941 United States declares war on Japan http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/tmirhdee.html Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway http://combinedfleet.com/battles/Battle_of_Midway Jun 6, 1944 D-Day http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dday/ Aug 6, 1945 Atomic Bomb Drops on Hiroshima http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/hiroshima.htm Sep 2, 1945 WWII Ends Japan Surrenders http://history.howstuffworks.com/world-war-ii/japan-surrenders-world-war-2-ends.htm