WWII Events By Michael Holness Sep 1, 1939 Start of WWII Sep 17, 1939 Soviet Union Invades Poland Apr 8, 1940 Nazis Invade Norway May 10, 1940 Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister Jun 4, 1940 Miracle at Dunkirk Jun 14, 1940 Paris falls to the Nazis Period: Jul 10, 1940 to Aug 31, 1940 Britain Fights for it's Life Period: Sep 7, 1940 to May 11, 1941 The Blitzkrieg Period: Dec 9, 1940 to Feb 9, 1941 Operation Compass Feb 12, 1941 The Desert Fox Arrives Jun 22, 1941 Hitler Launches operation Barbarossa Dec 7, 1941 U.S. Plunged Into War Jan 20, 1942 Wannsee Conference Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway Sep 3, 1943 Italy Surrenders Jun 6, 1944 D-day Aug 25, 1944 Paris liberated Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini captured and exectued Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki Aug 14, 1945 Japanese surrender Sep 2, 1945 End of WWII
