WWII Time Line

World War II Time Line

January 30,1933	Hitler comes to power
March 12, 1938	Aunchluss of Austria (Austria becomes part of Germany)
November 9, 1938	Kristallnacht
August 23, 1939	Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, non aggression agreement between USSR and Germany
September 1, 1939	Germany invades Poland
September 17, 1939	USSR invades Poland
June 10, 1940	Italy enters war
June 22, 1941	Germany invades the USSR
December 7, 1941	Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
December 8, 1941	United States and Britain declare war on Japan
December 11, 1941	Italy and Germany declare war on the United States
June 4,1942	Battle of Midway begins
June 22, 1942	Germany invades the USSR
January 20, 1942	Germany begins "Final Solution" (website)
September 8, 1943	Italy signs the Armistice and joins the Allies
June 4, 1944	American troops enter Rome
June 6, 1944	Allies invade Normandy
December 16, 1944	German troops launch the Battle of the Bulge
January 27, 1945	Auschwitz is liberated by Russian army
February 19, 1945	American marines land on Iwo Jima
April 21, 1945	Soviet troops enter Berlin
April 29, 1945	Dachau is liberated
April 30, 1945	Hitler commits suicide
May 8, 1945	VE Day marks Germany's unconditional surrender
August 6, 1945	Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
August 9, 1945	Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
September 2, 1945	VJ Day commemorated in the U.S.