Nicole Blakkan-Esser: World War 2 Timeline - Maxbauer By Blakkannic07 Jul 29, 1921 Adolf Hilter Becomes the Leader of the Nazi Party Oct 31, 1922 Benito Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy Jan 9, 1929 Joseph Stalin is the sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR) Sep 19, 1931 Japan's Army Seizes Manchuria, China Mar 21, 1933 Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany Aug 31, 1935 Neutrality Acts Passed by Congress Oct 12, 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia Mar 22, 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany This violated the Treaty of Versailles Sep 7, 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government Feb 16, 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people Apr 16, 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany Apr 16, 1938 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps Jan 1, 1939 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin Sep 1, 1939 Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany Feb 16, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control May 16, 1940 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender Jun 16, 1940 Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island Oct 16, 1940 First Peacetime Draft in the US First Peacetime Draft in the US Jan 1, 1941 Hitler Breaks Pact with Stalin's Russia and invades USSR USSR joins England in fighting the Germans Jun 19, 1941 Churchill and FDR Issue the Atlantic Charter Jul 19, 1941 Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet., Laos, Cambodia) 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 Jan 19, 1942 Philippines Fall to Japanese- Bataan Death March Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Americans Interned in Isolated Camps Mar 19, 1942 Battle of Midway, Turning point of the war in the Pacific Apr 19, 1942 Russians Stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow Jan 1, 1943 US and Brittish Forces defeat German and Italian Armies in North Africa Mar 5, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots - Los Angeles, California Jul 5, 1943 Italy Surrenders, Mussolini Dismissed as Prime Minister Jun 5, 1944 D-Day Invasion of France at Normandy by Allies Aug 5, 1944 Paris Retaken by Allied Forces Dec 5, 1944 Battle of the Bulge - Last Offensive by German Soldiers Jan 5, 1945 US Forces Return to Recapture the Philippines Apr 16, 1945 FDR Dies, Harry S. Truman Becomes President of the US May 8, 1945 V-E Day, War Ends in Europe Aug 4, 1945 First Atomic Bombs Dropped Aug 14, 1945 V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
