Chapter 22 Notes By tonytwu 1856 Marshal Henri Petain born 1869 Neville Chamberlain born 1874 Winston Churchill born 1885 Hideki Tojo born 1887 Chiang Kai-shek born 1890 Charles de Gaulle born 1892 Francisco Franco born 1893 Mao Zedong born 1894 Sino-Japanese War begins 1895 Sino-Japanese War ends 1911 Revolt against Manchu dynasty 1922 Japanese leaders sign Nine Power Treaty 1927 Civil war begins in China 1930 Hiroto seizes control of government 1930 Japan, Germany, and Italy threaten world peace 1930 China focuses on defending from Japan 1931 Japan seizes Manchuria 1933 Hitler ends German participation in the Geneva Disarmament Conference 1934 Nazis attempt to seize Austria 1935 Hitler violates Versailles Treaty and reestablishes German General Staff and reintroduces a military draft 1935 Italian army invades Ethiopia 1936 Rome-Berlin Axis forms 1936 Civil war breaks out in Spain Mar 7, 1936 German troops march into Rhineland 1937 Japanese full-scale invasion of China 1938 Hitler seizes Austria Sep 29, 1938 Hitler given Sudetenland in the Munich Conference Oct 3, 1938 Chamberlain speaks in defense of his appeasement policy 1939 Italy seizes Albania 1939 Finland fights Soviet Union 1939 Franco wins civil war in Spain 1939 Japan moves into southeast Asia Mar 15, 1939 German troops march into Prague Aug 23, 1939 Hitler announces that German signed nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union Sep 1, 1939 German forces attack Poland 1940 Neville Chamberlain dies 1940 Germany attacks Denmark and Norway 1940 Hitler prepares to "crush Soviet Union" 1940 Germany vs Britain air fight May 10, 1940 Germany attacks Holland, Luxembourg and Belgium Jun 22, 1940 French sign surrender documents 1941 Erwin Rommel arrives in North Africa 1941 Germany invades Russia 1941 Lend-Lease Act passed 1941 Japan and Russia sign nonaggression pact 1941 Hirohito appointed Hideki Tojo Jun 22, 1941 Hitler launches attack into Russia Dec 7, 1941 Four hundred Japanese planes descended on Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 President Roosevelt declared the attack a "date which will live in infamy" 1942 Rommel's forces advance into Egypt 1942 Pearl Harbor repaired 1942 Axis advance halted 1942 United States defeats Japan in two naval battles 1942 Resistance ceases in Philippines 1943 Germany surrenders to Russia 1943 Allies supplies pour into Russia 1943 Italy surrenders unconditionally 1943 Axis troops surrender in Africa 1943 Allies held two important conferences 1943 Soviet troops push German troops 1943 Conference in Tehran 1944 Soviet troops push German troops 1944 Nazis launch rocket bombs 1944 General MacArthur returns to Philippines 1944 Conference in Dumbarton Oaks Jun 6, 1944 Allies attack Normandy 1945 Yalta Conference 1945 Mussolini attempted to escape to Switzerland 1945 U.S. troops targets Iwo Jima and Okinawa 1945 Roosevelt dies 1945 Conference in San Francisco 1945 Conference in Yalta Apr 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide May 7, 1945 German troops surrender unconditionally May 8, 1945 Victory in Europe Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki Aug 14, 1945 Japanese government surrenders Sep 2, 1945 Victory in Japan 1948 Hideki Tojo dies 1951 Marshal Henri Petain dies 1965 Winston Churchill dies 1970 Charles de Gaulle dies 1975 Chiang Kai-shek dies 1975 Francisco Franco dies 1976 Mao Zedong dies