World war 2 By JasmineBell Jul 10, 1919 Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min. Jul 7, 1921 Adlof hitler becomes the leadder of the Nazi Party Mar 14, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Jan 29, 1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR Mar 21, 1931 Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China Mar 21, 1933 Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany Mar 21, 1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress Oct 14, 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa Feb 26, 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government Mar 7, 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty Dec 6, 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people. Sep 29, 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany Oct 8, 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps Aug 23, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin Sep 1, 1939 Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany Mar 14, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control Apr 9, 1940 First time Peacetime Draft in US Jun 9, 1940 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender Dec 7, 1940 Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island Feb 13, 1941 Churchill The fdr issued the Atlantic Charter Mar 23, 1941 Japanese invade Japanese invaded French Indochina Apr 9, 1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans May 13, 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 - Dec. 9 Feb 10, 1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March Apr 14, 1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps Aug 27, 1942 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific Nov 30, 1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow Jan 2, 1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa Jan 8, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA Jun 26, 1944 D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies Aug 5, 1944 Paris retaken by Allies Forces Dec 2, 1944 Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces Jan 28, 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 4, 1945 First Atomic Bombs dropped Aug 14, 1945 V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces Apr 4, 1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
