World War 11 Timeline By alexadrudi Period: Dec 6, 1920 to Dec 6, 1947 World War 2 Timeline Jan 30, 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party Jun 10, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Aug 10, 1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR) Aug 10, 1931 Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China Mar 21, 1933 Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany May 10, 1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress Dec 10, 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa Dec 10, 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government Dec 10, 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty Dec 10, 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people. Dec 10, 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany Dec 10, 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps Sep 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany Dec 10, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin Dec 10, 1940 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender Dec 10, 1940 Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island Dec 10, 1940 First time Peacetime Draft in US Dec 10, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Dec 9, 1941 Germany and Italy declare war on the US Dec 11, 1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans Dec 11, 1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter Dec 11, 1941 Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia) Mar 11, 1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March Apr 11, 1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps Jun 5, 1942 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific Dec 11, 1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow Apr 11, 1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa Jun 11, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA Jul 11, 1943 Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min. Jun 6, 1944 D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies Aug 11, 1944 Paris retaken by Allies Forces Dec 11, 1944 Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces Jan 11, 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 Europe Aug 11, 1945 First Atomic Bombs dropped Aug 14, 1945 V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces Jun 11, 1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
