history timeline

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  • 1921, Jan. 30 Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party

    1921, Jan. 30 Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party

    Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party
  • Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
  • Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

    Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

    Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
  • Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
  • Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
  • Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

    Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

    Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
  • Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
  • Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty

    Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty

    Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
  • Dec 11, 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    Dec 11, 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government

  • Dec 11, 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.

    Dec 11, 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.

  • Dec 11, 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

    Dec 11, 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

  • Dec 11, 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

    Dec 11, 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

  • Sep 1, 1939 - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Sep 1, 1939 - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

  • Dec 15, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    Dec 15, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

  • Dec 15, 1940 First time Peacetime Draft in US

    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

    Dec 15, 1940 Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

  • Dec 15, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control

    Dec 15, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control

  • 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

    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

  • Dec 15, 1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans

    Dec 15, 1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans

  • Dec 15, 1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    Dec 15, 1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

  • Dec 15, 1941 Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

    Dec 15, 1941 Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

  • Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

    Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

  • Dec 15, 1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

    Dec 15, 1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

  • Dec 15, 1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

    Dec 15, 1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

  • Dec 15, 1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

    Dec 15, 1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

  • Dec 15, 1943 July - Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

    Dec 15, 1943 July - Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

  • Dec 15, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

    Dec 15, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

  • Dec 15, 1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

  • Jun 6, 1944 - D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

  • Dec 16, 1944 Aug. - Paris retaken by Allies Forces

  • Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces

  • Jan 16, 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

  • Dec 16, 1945 First Atomic Bombs dropped

  • War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.

    War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.

    War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.