1921-1946 timeline for jerks By adventuregirl104 Apr 1, 1921 adolf hitler becomes the leader of the nazi party Apr 17, 1922 benito musilini is elected as italy's prime minister Jan 18, 1929 start of the great depression Apr 17, 1929 josef stalin becomes the sole ditcator of russia Apr 17, 1931 Japan's army seizes manchurina china Apr 17, 1933 hitler is named chancellor f germany Apr 17, 1935 Neutrality Act passed by US Congress May 17, 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa Apr 17, 1936 Militarists take control of Japanese Government May 17, 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty Apr 17, 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people. Apr 17, 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany Apr 19, 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps Apr 18, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin Sep 18, 1939 Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany Apr 18, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control Apr 21, 1940 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender May 18, 1940 Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island Jun 18, 1940 First time Peacetime Draft in US Apr 18, 1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR now joins England in fighting the Germans May 18, 1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter Jul 18, 1941 Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia) Aug 18, 1941 Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US Apr 18, 1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March Jul 18, 1942 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific Dec 18, 1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow Apr 18, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA Aug 18, 1944 Aug. - Paris retaken by Allies Forces Dec 18, 1944 Dec. Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces May 8, 1945 May 8th - V-E Day, war ends in Europe Aug 14, 1945 Aug. 14th – V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
