Important Events World War II

WWII Events

Period: Jan 1, 1930 to Jan 1, 1947

Japan invades Manchuria

Jan 1, 1931

Italy invades Ethiopia

Jan 1, 1935

Japan begins all out war against China

Jan 1, 1937

Hitler annexes Austria

Jan 1, 1938

Hitler claimed the Sudentenland

Jan 1, 1938

Nazi-Soviet Pact

Aug 5, 1938

Munich Conference

Sep 1, 1938

Hilter launches Blitzkrieg against Poland

Sep 5, 1939

Britian and France declare war against Germany

Sep 5, 1939

Battle of Britain

Jun 5, 1940

June - December 1940

France Surrenders to Germany

Jun 22, 1940

Japan jions forces with Germany and Italy

Sep 5, 1940

FDR wins third term

Nov 11, 1940

Lend-Lease Act is passed

Mar 5, 1941

The United States effort to support Britian by sending arms and money, not troops

Hitler surprise invasion of the Soviet Union

Jun 5, 1941

Atlantic Charter

Aug 5, 1941

Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

"A Day that will live in infamy..." FDR. Dec. 8, 1941

Battle of Stalingrad

Jan 1, 1942

1942-1943

Battle of Midway

Jun 5, 1942

Battle of El Alamein

Oct 5, 1942

Invasion of Italy

Jan 1, 1943

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

Invasion of Normandy

FDR Elected a 4th time

Nov 11, 1944

FDR Dies

Apr 5, 1945

Harry S> Truman becomes President

Japan surrenders

May 5, 1945

VJ Day: Victory in Japan

Germany Surrenders

May 7, 1945

VE Day: Victory in Europe

Hiroshima, Japan

Aug 6, 1945

Truman dropped the first Atmoic Bomb ever.

Nagasaki, Japan

Aug 9, 1945

Truman dropped a second Atomic Bomb. He wanted to end the war and save American lives.

Nuremberg Trials

Dec 1, 1945

1945-1946. Nazi soilders are tried from war crimes.