World War 2

By Katie00009
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    World War II Timespan

  • Adolf Hitler became Leader of the Nazi Party

    Adolf Hitler became Leader of the Nazi Party

    The Nazi Party was a political party between 1921 through 1945
  • 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Benito Mussolini served as the 40th prime minister in Italy

  • 1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

    Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR

  • 1931 Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

  • 1933, March 21 - Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    1933, March 21 - Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

  • 1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

  • 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

  • 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government

  • 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty

  • 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.

  • 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

  • 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

    1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

  • 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

  • Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

  • 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control

  • 1940 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

  • Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

    Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

  • First time Peacetime Draft in US

  • Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans

  • Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

  • Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

    Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

  • Dec. 7 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

  • Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

  • Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

  • June 4-7 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

    June 4-7 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

  • Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

  • Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

  • July - Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min

  • June 6 - D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

  • Aug. - Paris retaken by Allies Forces

  • Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces

    Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces

  • US forces return to recapture the Philippines

  • FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

    FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

  • V-E Day, war ends in Europe

  • First Atomic Bombs dropped

    First Atomic Bombs dropped

  • V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

    V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

  • War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.

    War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.

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