Bailley's awsome timeline ( by Jessica Kendziorski) By jessie!! Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1947 World War 2 Jul 28, 1921 Hitler became leader of the Nazi party Jan 1, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Mar 14, 1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR) he'd been fighting for the position sinse 1924 Mar 14, 1931 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR) Mar 14, 1933 Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany Feb 14, 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa Aug 14, 1935 Neutrality Act passed by US Congress Jan 2, 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government Mar 14, 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty Mar 14, 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people. Feb 17, 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps Oct 30, 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany Mar 18, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin Aug 23, 1939 Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany Apr 9, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control Jun 12, 1940 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender Oct 19, 1940 First time Peacetime Draft in US Nov 21, 1940 Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island Feb 13, 1941 Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia) May 20, 1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter Nov 18, 1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR 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 Mar 18, 1942 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific Jun 21, 1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March Jun 21, 1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps Sep 21, 1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow Mar 18, 1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa Jul 1, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA Jun 18, 1944 D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies Aug 1, 1944 Paris retaken by Allies Forces Dec 1, 1944 Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces Jan 1, 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 18, 1945 First Atomic Bombs dropped Jan 1, 1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
