Sammy Denoyer (World war 2 Timeline! By denoyersammy94 Mar 16, 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party Mar 17, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Mar 19, 1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union Mar 19, 1931 Japan's Army seizes Manchuria, China Apr 9, 1933 Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany Apr 9, 1935 Neutrality Act passes by US Congress Apr 10, 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa Apr 9, 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government Apr 9, 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty Apr 9, 1937 Japan's Army pillages Nanjing, China; Massacre a Quarter million people Apr 9, 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany Apr 9, 1938 Nazis begin rounding up jews for labor camps Apr 9, 1939 Nazi-Soviet pact signed by Hitler and Stalin Sep 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany Apr 9, 1940 Naziz invade denmark, Norway, The netherlands, luxembourg and belgium - Take Control Apr 9, 1940 Germany invades france and forces it to surrender Apr 9, 1940 Battle of Britain - Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their land Apr 9, 1940 First time Peacetime draft in US Apr 9, 1941 Hitler breaks pact with Stalin's Russia and invades - USSR now joins England in fighting the germans Apr 9, 1941 Curchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter Apr 9, 1941 Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia) Apr 9, 1941 Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air Forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and italy declare was on the US Apr 9, 1942 Philippines fall to Japanese - Bataan Death March Apr 9, 1942 Japanese Americansinterned in isolated camps Apr 9, 1942 Battle if Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific Apr 9, 1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow Apr 9, 1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa Apr 9, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots - Los Angeles, CA Jul 9, 1943 Italy Surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Minister. Jun 9, 1944 D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies Aug 9, 1944 Paris retaken by Allies Forces Dec 9, 1944 Battle of the bulge - last offensive of German Forces Jan 9, 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 Erope Aug 9, 1945 First Atomic Bombs dropped Aug 14, 1945 V-J Day, Japan surrenders to allied Forces Apr 9, 1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan
