world war 2 timeline By Polarden Dec 13, 1937 Rape of Nanking 1939 German Blitzkrieg Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Jan 20, 1942 Wannsee Conference Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Jul 17, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad Apr 19, 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Sep 3, 1943 Allied invasion of Italy Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Jan 27, 1945 Liberation of Concentration Camps Feb 19, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima May 8, 1945 VE Day Victory in Europe Day Aug 6, 1945 Dropping of the atomic bombs The USA dropped a atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, and then another one on Nagasaki on August 9. Aug 15, 1945 VJ Day Victory over Japan Day