Adam Javed World War 2 Timeline By 2kbball Jan 30, 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party Jan 20, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Mar 20, 1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR) Mar 20, 1931 Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China Mar 21, 1933 Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany Mar 20, 1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress Jun 21, 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa Mar 20, 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government Jun 20, 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty Mar 20, 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people. Mar 20, 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany Sep 23, 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps Mar 20, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin Sep 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany Apr 16, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control Apr 17, 1940 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender Apr 19, 1940 Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island Apr 26, 1940 First time Peacetime Draft in US Apr 16, 1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans Apr 17, 1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter Apr 18, 1941 Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia) Dec 9, 1941 Dec. 7 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 16, 1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March Apr 16, 1942 June 4-7 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific Apr 16, 1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow Apr 17, 1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps Apr 16, 1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa Apr 16, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA Jul 16, 1943 July - Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min Jun 6, 1944 D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies Aug 16, 1944 Paris retaken by Allies Forces Dec 17, 1944 Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces Jan 17, 1945 US forces return to recapture the Philippines Apr 16, 1945 FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President May 8, 1945 V-E Day, war ends in Europe Aug 9, 1945 First Atomic Bombs dropped Aug 14, 1945 V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces Apr 17, 1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
