Appeasement By Emma13 Sep 18, 1931 Japan begin takeover of Manchuria Nov 8, 1932 FDR is elected president of the United States. Jan 30, 1933 Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor of Germany. Mar 22, 1933 the first concentration camp, is established in Germany. Mar 25, 1933 Adolph Hitler seizes power in Germany. Hindenburg is reduced to a figure head Oct 21, 1933 Germany withdraws from the League of Nations. Aug 2, 1934 Hindenburg dies and Hitler gains full control of the government. Oct 20, 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia Jul 17, 1936 Spanish civil war begins. Aug 20, 1937 Japan invades China. Nov 13, 1938 Kristallnacht. Nazis violently attack Jews and destroy Jewish property. Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland from the west. Sep 3, 1939 Britain declares war on Germany. France then declares war on Germany. Sep 5, 1939 United States declares its neutrality. Sep 9, 1939 Germans reach Warsaw Sep 17, 1939 Soviet Union invades Poland. Sep 27, 1939 Warsaw surrenders. Sep 28, 1939 Soviet Union and Germany divide Poland. Nov 30, 1939 Soviet troops invade Finland. Apr 9, 1940 German troops invade Denmark and Norway. May 15, 1940 Holland surrenders to Germany May 28, 1940 Belgium surrenders to Germany Jun 3, 1940 Norway surrenders to Germany. Jun 10, 1940 Italy declares war on Britain and France. Jun 13, 1940 Germans enter Paris. Aug 8, 1940 The Battle of Britain begins Oct 28, 1940 Italy invades Greece. Apr 6, 1941 Germany invades Greece and Yugoslavia. Jun 22, 1941 Germany attacks the Soviet Union Dec 7, 1941 Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary, and Rumania. Japanese bomb the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor. Dec 8, 1941 Britain and the United States declare war on Japan. Dec 9, 1941 Japan invades Philippines. Dec 11, 1941 Germany and Italy declare war on United States. Jan 20, 1942 The Final Solution. May 6, 1942 Battle of Coral Sea Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Island. Aug 7, 1942 Americans land on Guadalcanal. Nov 11, 1942 United States win The Battle of Guadalcanal. May 13, 1943 German surrender in Tunisia Sep 8, 1943 Italy surrenders. Nov 24, 1943 Conference between churchill and FDR Nov 28, 1943 Conference between Big three- Churchill, FDR, Joseph Stalin Mar 22, 1944 Japanese invades India May 20, 1944 Battle of the Philippine sea. Japan wins. Jun 6, 1944 D-day Dec 20, 1944 Battle of the Bulge. Dec 30, 1944 Hungary declares war on Germany. Apr 12, 1945 FDR dies, and Truman becomes president. Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini is captured and shot to death. May 1, 1945 Hitler commits suicide. May 8, 1945 V-E day: Germans surrender Aug 5, 1945 Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima Aug 8, 1945 Russia declares war on Japan. Aug 9, 1945 Atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki. Aug 15, 1945 V-J day