Tell me if I made any mistakes or if I missed any events (I probably did) or if any movies will fit in better and I will add them to the list.
- 1899-1934 - Hitler's rise to power: "Hitler: Rise of Evil" (2003)
- September 1, 1939 - Germany invades Poland: "The Pianist" (2002)
- September 3, 1939 - Britain and France declare war on Germany: "Dunkirk" (2017)
- September 17, 1939 - Soviet Union invades Poland: "Katyn" (2007)
- April 9, 1940 - Germany invades Norway: "Max Manus: Man of War" (2008)
- May 10, 1940 - Germany invades France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands: "Atonement" (2007)
- May 26-June 4, 1940 - Evacuation of Dunkirk: "Dunkirk" (2017)
- June 22, 1940 - France surrenders to Germany: "Casablanca" (1942)
- July 10-31, 1940 - Battle of Britain: "The Battle of Britain" (1969)
- June 22, 1941 - Germany invades Soviet Union: "Enemy at the Gates" (2001)
- December 7, 1941 - Japan attacks Pearl Harbor: "Pearl Harbor" (2001)
- December 8, 1941 - United States declares war on Japan: "Tora! Tora! Tora!" (1970)
- December 11, 1941 - Germany and Italy declare war on the United States: "Patton" (1970)
- January 14, 1942 - First U.S. victory of the war at Guadalcanal: "The Thin Red Line" (1998)
- February 19, 1942 - FDR issues Executive Order 9066, authorizing internment of Japanese Americans: "Snow Falling on Cedars" (1999)
- June 4-7, 1942 - Battle of Midway: "Midway" (1976)
- Jul 17, 1942 – Feb 2, 1943 - Battle of Stalingrad- "Stalingrad" (2015)
- August 23, 1942 - German troops surrender at Stalingrad: "Stalingrad" (1993)
- November 8, 1942 - Allied invasion of North Africa: "Casablanca" (1942)
- February 15-17, 1943 - Battle of Kasserine Pass: "Patton" (1970)
- July 10-August 25, 1943 - Allied invasion of Sicily: "The Guns of Navarone" (1961)
- September 8, 1943 - Italy surrenders to the Allies: "The English Patient" (1996)
- June 6, 1944 - D-Day invasion of Normandy: "Saving Private Ryan" (1998)
- July 20, 1944 - Failed assassination attempt on Hitler: "Valkyrie" (2008)
- August 15, 1944 - Allied invasion of Southern France: "A Bridge Too Far" (1977)
- December 16, 1944-January 25, 1945 - Battle of the Bulge: "Band of Brothers" (2001)
- January 27, 1945 - Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz: "Schindler's List" (1993)
- February 3-14, 1945 - Yalta Conference: " When Lions Roared " (1994)
- April 12, 1945 - FDR dies; Truman becomes president: "Truman" (1995)
- April 30, 1945 - Hitler's suicide and the invasion of Berlin : "Downfall" (2004)
- May 7-9, 1945 - Germany surrenders: "The Longest Day" (1962)
- August 6, 1945 - United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima: "Fat Man and Little Boy" (1989)
- August 9, 1945 - United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki: "Hiroshima" (1995)
- November, 1945 - Nuremberg Trails: "Nuremberg" (2000)
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