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World War 2 (WW2) was a long and bloody war that lasted for six years. Officially beginning on September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland, World War 2 lasted until both the Germans and the Japanese had surrendered to the Allies in 1945. Find out what happened in this timeline of World War 2. 1939

August 23 - Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact September 1 - Germany invades Poland, starting World War 2 September 3 - Britain and France declare war on Germany September - Battle of the Atlantic begins 1940

May - Auschwitz established May 10 - Germany invades France, Belgium, and the Netherlands May 26 - Evacuation begins of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France June 10 - Italy declares war on France and Great Britain June 22 - France surrenders to Germany July 10 - Battle of Britain begins September 16 - The United States begins its first peacetime draft 1941

March 11 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease bill May 24 - The British ship Hood is sunk by Germany's Bismarck May 27 - The Bismarck is sunk June 22 - Germany invades the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) August 9 - Atlantic Conference begins September 8 - Siege of Leningrad begins December 7 - The Japanese launch a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii December 11 - Germany and Italy declare war on the United States; then the United States declares war on Germany and Italy 1942

January 20 - The Wannsee Conference February 19 - Roosevelt issues Executive Order 9066, which allows the internment of Japanese Americans April 18 - The Doolittle Raid on Japan June 3 - The Battle of Midway begins July 1 - First Battle of El Alamein begins July 6 - Anne Frank and her family go into hiding August 2 - Guadalcanal Campaign begins August 21 - Battle of Stalingrad begins October 23 - Second Battle of El Alamein begins November 8 - The Allies invade North Africa (Operation Torch) 1943

January 14 - Casablanca Conference begins February 2 - The Germans surrender at Stalingrad, Soviet Union April 19 - The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins July 5 - Battle of Kursk begins July 25 - Mussolini resigns September 3 - Italy surrenders November 28 - Tehran Conference begins 1944

January 27 - After 900 days, the Siege of Leningrad is finally over June 6 - D-Day June 19 - Battle of the Philippine Sea July 20 - Assassination attempt against Hitler fails August 4 - Anne Frank and her family are discovered and arrested August 25 - The Allies liberate Paris October 23 - Battle of Leyte Gulf begins December 16 - Battle of the Bulge begins 1945

February 4 - Yalta Conference begins February 13 - Allies begin bombing Dresden February 19 - Battle of Iwo Jima begins April 1 - Battle of Okinawa April 12 - Franklin D. Roosevelt dies April 16 - Battle of Berlin begins April 28 - Mussolini is hanged by Italian partisans April 30 - Adolf Hitler commits suicide May 7 - Germany signs an unconditional surrender July 17 - Potsdam Conference begins August 6 - The United States drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan August 9 - The United States drops a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan Related Articles World War II Timeline World War 1 Timeline - 1914 to 1918 WWI Timeline - 1914 to 1918 World War 1 Battles -Battles of World War 1 Civil War Battles - Civil War Battles Timeline