World War II Timeline_VBenfield By vikki22 Sep 18, 1931 Japan Invades China Period: Jan 30, 1933 to May 8, 1945 The Holocaust Sep 30, 1938 Munich Conference Aug 23, 1939 Non - Aggression Pact Sep 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland Sep 1, 1939 Blitzkrieg Period: Jul 10, 1940 to Oct 31, 1940 Battle of Britain Mar 11, 1941 Lend - Lease Act Period: Jun 22, 1941 to Jan 7, 1942 Operation Barbarossa Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Apr 10, 1942 Bataan Death March Period: Jun 4, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway Period: Aug 23, 1942 to Feb 2, 1943 Battle of Stalingrad Jun 6, 1944 D - Day Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima Apr 1, 1945 Battle of Okinawa May 8, 1945 V-E Day Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 V - J Day May 14, 1955 Warsaw Pact