Important Events of WWII By vgodwin45 Period: Mar 12, 1930 to Dec 31, 1945 Important dates of WWII Jan 1, 1931 Japan invades Manchuria Jan 1, 1935 Benito Mussolini invaded Poland Jan 1, 1936 Hitler sends troops into the Rhineland, violating the Treaty of Versailles Jan 1, 1936 Hitler gained conrol of the Sudetenland through the policy of appeasement Jan 1, 1936 Japan signed an anticommunism pact with Germany Jan 1, 1937 War with China "Rape of Nanjing" Jan 1, 1938 Hitler forces Austrian government to agree to Anschluss Jan 1, 1939 Hitler attacked and gained Czecholovakia easily. Aug 12, 1939 Hilter agreed to a Nonaggression Pact with the Soviet Union. Sep 1, 1939 Hitler invaded Poland Sep 3, 1939 Worl War II begins!! Jan 1, 1940 Japan formed a military alliance with Germany and Italy May 12, 1940 Germany attacks France Jun 12, 1940 Germany trapped thousands of Allied soldiers at Dunkirk. Oct 1, 1941 General Hideki Tojo took control of Japan Dec 7, 1941 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor Apr 18, 1942 16 American bombers attacked Tokyo Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Jul 1, 1944 Douglas MacArthur is ready to return to his troops Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide May 8, 1945 VE Day-Official end of the war in Europe Aug 6, 1945 America drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima Aug 15, 1945 VJ Day-Victory over Japan
