Key Moments in World War ll

By arianasubhit

  • Japan invades Manchuria

    Japanese troops begin invasion and occupation of Manchuria after the "Mukden Incident "
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  • President Roosevelt elected

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected president of the United States.

  • Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor of German

  • 20th Amendment to the Constitution

    Establishes the line of presidential succession in which the Vice-President becomes president if the President can no longer perform the duties of office.

  • Anti-Comintern Pact signed

    Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, directed against the Soviet Union and the international Communist movement.

  • World War II in the Pacific.

    Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the Pacific.

  • World War II in Europe.

    Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe.

  • Tripartite Pact. signed

    Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.

  • Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.

  • US enters World War ll

    The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II.

  • Japan Surrenders

    Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.