Time Toast Timeline By JØN BE$$ER 1111 BCE LINK I USED http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ww2_summary_01.shtml Oct 29, 1929 Great Depression This is when the stock market crashed and the worldwide economy dropped 30% Sep 18, 1931 Japan Invades Manchuria Oct 2, 1935 Italy Invades, conquers, and annexes Ethiopia Period: Oct 25, 1936 to Nov 25, 1936 Germany, Italy, and Japan Become friends Apr 9, 1940 Germany Invades Denmark and Norway Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Habor Dec 8, 1941 US declares war on Japan Dec 13, 1941 The Axis Powers declare war on the US May 13, 1943 Axis forces surrender in Tunisia, ending the North African campaign Jun 4, 1944 Allied troops Liberate Rome Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide May 9, 1945 Germany surrenders Aug 9, 1945 America drops little boy and fat man on Japan Sep 2, 1945 Japan Surrenders ending ww2 Nov 20, 1945 Nuremberg war crime trials