Adolf Hitler becomes the laeder of the Nazi party By vanhoornhan42 Dec 6, 1919 Lloyed George England and Woodrow Wilson met to dicuss how Germany should pay for ww1 debt Jan 30, 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi party Jan 1, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Dec 1, 1929 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Dec 4, 1931 Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China Mar 21, 1933 Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany Dec 6, 1933 Hitler became Chancellor of Germany Dec 6, 1934 Hitler increased size of the Germany military Dec 5, 1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress Dec 7, 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa Sep 5, 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government Dec 5, 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government Dec 6, 1936 Hitler made alliances with Rome-Berlin Axis Pact and Mussolini's Italy Dec 6, 1936 Hitler ordered German troops to enter Rhineland Dec 5, 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people. Aug 5, 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps Dec 4, 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany Sep 1, 1939 Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany Dec 5, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin Aug 5, 1940 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender Oct 5, 1940 Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island Nov 5, 1940 First time Peacetime Draft in US Dec 5, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control Sep 5, 1941 Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia) Dec 5, 1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans Dec 7, 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 - Dec. 9 Dec 7, 1941 Japaneese bomb Pearl Harbor Mar 8, 1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific Dec 5, 1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March Dec 5, 1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow Jul 20, 1943 Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min. Aug 6, 1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa Dec 9, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA Jun 6, 1944 D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies Aug 21, 1944 Paris retaken by Allies Forces Dec 26, 1944 Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces Jan 6, 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 6, 1945 First Atomic Bombs dropped Aug 14, 1945 V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces Dec 6, 1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
