Bailey MacDermaid World War 2 timeline By baileymacdermaid Jan 30, 1921 Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi party Jan 31, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Jan 18, 1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR) Jan 30, 1931 Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China Jan 30, 1933 March 21 - Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany Jan 29, 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa Jan 30, 1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress Jan 1, 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty Jan 30, 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government Jan 30, 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people Jan 30, 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps Jan 30, 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany Jan 30, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin Sep 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany Jan 30, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control Jan 30, 1940 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender Jan 30, 1940 Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island Jan 30, 1940 First time Peacetime Draft in US Jan 30, 1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter Jan 30, 1941 Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia) Jan 30, 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 Dec 9, 1941 US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US Jan 30, 1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March Jan 31, 1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps Jan 31, 1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific Jan 31, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA Jan 31, 1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa Jul 30, 1943 Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min. Jun 6, 1944 D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies Aug 30, 1944 Paris retaken by Allies Forces Dec 30, 1944 Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces Jan 20, 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 14, 1945 V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces Aug 30, 1945 First Atomic Bombs dropped Jan 30, 1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
