Timeline History chapter 3 by Yasmin By yasmintheunissenn 1931 Japan invaded Manchuria 1933 Hitler took power 1933 Re-armament of the German army 1933 The beginning of the persecution of Jews 1935 Germany introduced general conscription 1935 Germany started building up a fleet and air force 1936 Germany reoccupied the Rhineland 1936 Hitler made an alliance with Mussolini 1937 Japan invaded other parts of China 1938 The Austrian nazi Seyss-Inquart became government leader 1938 The Munich agreement was signed Nov 7, 1938 A boy in Paris shot a member of the German embassy Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht 1939 Germany made a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union 1939 Jews had to wear a David Star in Poland Period: 1939 to 1945 The second World War Period: 1939 to 1940 Phoney war Aug 31, 1939 A German radio station was attacked Sep 1, 1939 The invasion of Poland by Germany (blitzkrieg) Sep 3, 1939 Great Britain and France declared war on Germany 1940 Germany occupied Denmark and Norway 1940 Japan took power over Indochina May 10, 1940 Operation Yellow May 15, 1940 The Netherlands' capitulation 1941 Japan attacks the Pearl Harbor 1941 The United States joins the war 1941 Razzia's against Jews in the Netherlands 1941 Protest in Amsterdam against the Jewish measurements Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa, Germany invides the Soviet Union 1942 US attacks German cities with terror bombings 1942 Jews had to wear David Star in the Netherlands 1942 The Japanese army became rulers of the most important Indonesian islands 1942 Battles at the Coral Sea and Midway Jan 20, 1942 The endösung of the 'Jewish problem' Feb 27, 1942 The Dutch attacked the Japanese fleet at the Java Sea 1943 The Battle of Stalingrad 1943 Mussolini was arrested in Italy 1943 The Dutch had to hand in their radios Period: 1944 to 1945 The Hungerwinter Jun 6, 1944 D-day Sep 5, 1944 Mad Tuesday Sep 17, 1944 The Battle of Arhnem 1945 The Red Army invaded Germany 1945 Canadians liberated the south of the Netherlands May 7, 1945 Germany signed capitulation Aug 6, 1945 US bombs Hiroshima in Japan Aug 9, 1945 US bombs Nagasaki in Japan Aug 15, 1945 Japan capitulated 19,444 Failed attack on SS-leader Rauter in Prutten