WWII

Important Events
1931 Japan invades Manchuria

Germany invades Poland,

1939
marking the beginning of
the war in Europe SEP 1

Britain and France declare 1939

SEP 3
war on Germany

1940 Germany invades Belgium,

MAY 10
the Netherlands, and
Luxembourg

France surrenders to
Germany
1940
JUNE 22

1941 Germany invades the

JUNE 22
Soviet Union, breaking the
non-aggression pact
between the two countries

Japan launches a surprise

1941
DEC 7
attack on the United States
at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

1942 Battle of Midway, a naval

battle fought between the

JUNE 7
United States and Japan,
results in a decisive victory
for the US

D-Day, the Allied invasion of

1944
JUNE 6
Normandy, France, begins

1944 Failed assassination

JULY 20
attempt on Adolf Hitler by
German officers
Adolf Hitler commits suicide 1945
APRIL 30
in his bunker in Berlin

1945 United States drops atomic

bombs on Hiroshima and

AUG 6-9
Nagasaki, Japan, leading to
Japan's surrender

Japan formally surrenders

aboard the USS Missouri in
1945
Tokyo Bay, officially ending
World War II SEPT 2