Chapter 27 By kaylalovesf1 1921 New Economic Policy in USSR 1922 Mussolini seizes dictatorial powers Oct 31, 1922 Mussolini gains power in Italy 1928 Collectivization begins in the USSR Oct 1, 1928 Stalin’s first 5 year plan 1929 Stalin Gaines power in USSR Feb 11, 1929 Lateran Agreement Oct 29, 1929 Great Depression Sep 18, 1931 Japan invades Manchuria 1932 Famine in Ukraine Jan 30, 1933 Hitler appointed chancellor Mar 23, 1933 Enabling Act Sep 15, 1935 Nuremberg Laws 1936 Stalin’s great purges Mar 7, 1936 Germany militarizes the Rhineland Jul 18, 1936 Spanish Civil War begins Jul 7, 1937 Japanese army invades China Oct 10, 1938 Germany occupies the Sudetenland Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 Britain and France declare war on Germany Jun 25, 1940 Germany defeats France Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain 1941 The Holocaust Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Attack Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Aug 23, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad Nov 8, 1942 Operation Torch Jun 6, 1944 D-Day May 8, 1945 VÊ Day Aug 6, 1945 Atomic Bomb drops on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Atomic Bomb drops on Nagasaki Aug 15, 1945 VJ Day