World War II Events By hcps-chenw1 Mar 2, 1898 Erwin Rommel takes control of Libya Aug 31, 1935 First Neutrality Act is passed Oct 2, 1935 Mussolini invades Albania Nov 25, 1936 Signing of the Anti-Comintern Pact Mar 12, 1938 Hitler declares Austria as part of the Third Reich Mar 12, 1938 Bataan Death March Sep 29, 1938 Munich Conference Mar 15, 1939 German troops invade Czechoslovakia May 22, 1939 Signing of the Rome-Berlin Axis Aug 23, 1939 German-Soviet Non-Agression Pact signed Sep 1, 1939 Germany attacks Poland Nov 30, 1939 The Soviet Union attacks Finland Mar 2, 1940 Mussolini declares was on France and Great Britain Mar 2, 1940 Winston Churchill is named as Prime Minster of Great Britain Apr 9, 1940 Germany invades Denmark and Norway May 2, 1940 Germans invade the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg May 27, 1940 Dunkerque is evacuated Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Jul 27, 1940 Japan forms an alliance with Germany and Italy Jun 22, 1941 Germany attacks the Soviet Union Aug 14, 1941 Roosevelt and Churchill sign the Atlantic Charter Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Habor is attacked Dec 12, 1941 US Congress declares was on Japan Jan 20, 1942 Wannsee Conference Jun 2, 1942 Battle of Midway Nov 2, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Oct 10, 1944 McArthur lands in the Philippines May 8, 1945 V-E Day Jul 2, 1945 V-J day Jul 2, 1945 Postdam Conference