History timeline By dragonslayer24-7 Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Dec 31, 1940 History timeline Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Dec 31, 1946 World War 2 Dec 12, 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes head of the Nazi party Dec 12, 1922 Moussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy Dec 12, 1929 Stalin steals dictstor of the USSR Dec 12, 1931 an’s Army seizes Manchuria, China Dec 12, 1933 Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany Dec 12, 1935 Neutrality Act passed by US Congress Dec 12, 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa Dec 13, 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty Dec 13, 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government Dec 13, 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people. Dec 14, 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany Dec 14, 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps Sep 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany Dec 14, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin Dec 14, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control Dec 15, 1940 First time Peacetime Draft in US Dec 15, 1940 Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island Aug 14, 1941 V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Force Dec 15, 1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR now joins England in fighting the Germans Dec 15, 1941 Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia) Dec 15, 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 Dec 15, 1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March Dec 15, 1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps Dec 15, 1942 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific Dec 15, 1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow Dec 15, 1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa Dec 15, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA Dec 15, 1943 July - Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min. Dec 15, 1944 June - D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies Dec 15, 1944 Aug. - Paris retaken by Allies Forces Dec 15, 1944 Dec. Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces Apr 16, 1945 FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President May 8, 1945 V-E Day, war ends in Europe Aug 15, 1945 First Atomic Bombs dropped Dec 15, 1945 Jan. – US forces return to recapture the Philippines Dec 15, 1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
