World War 2 By schroedeluk Period: Jan 1, 1921 to Dec 31, 1945 From the rise of dictators, to the end of World War 2 Jul 1, 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the German National Socialists Oct 30, 1922 Benito Mussolini overthrows Italian government Feb 1, 1929 Josef Stalin becomes sole dictator of Soviet Russia Sep 19, 1931 Japan invades Manchuria, China Mar 5, 1933 Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany Jan 1, 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia Jan 1, 1935 American Congress passes the Neutrality Act Jan 1, 1936 Japanese militarists control government Jan 1, 1936 Adolf Hitler send troops to the Rhineland, against Treaty of Versailles Jan 1, 1937 Japan increases aggression againt China Jan 1, 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews Jan 1, 1938 Germany occupies Austria Sep 1, 1938 Munich Pact gets signed Oct 21, 1938 Germany occupies the Sudetenland Jan 1, 1939 Germany takes over the rest of Czechoslovakia Jan 1, 1939 Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin sign Non-Aggression Pact Sep 1, 1939 Soviets invade Poland (east) Sep 1, 1939 Britain and France declare war on Germany Sep 1, 1939 Russia invades Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia Sep 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland (west) Jan 1, 1940 Franklin Roosevelt gets reelected to a 3rd term of presidency Apr 1, 1940 Germany invades Denmark and Norway May 1, 1940 Germany invades Netherlands, Luxemburg and Belgium Jun 4, 1940 Churchill's famous speech Jun 22, 1940 France surrenders to Germany Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Jan 1, 1941 Roosevelt and Churchill sign Lend-Lease Program Jun 22, 1941 Adolf Hitler breaks Non-Aggression Pact with Stalin Jul 1, 1941 Japan invades French Indochina Aug 1, 1941 Atlantic Cherter, Roosevelt and Churchill outlining wargoals Dec 1, 1941 Germany invades Russia Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 United States declare war on Japan May 1, 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Aug 23, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad Oct 1, 1942 British troops push back Germany at El Alamein, Egypt Nov 1, 1942 First U.S. troops land in Northern Africa Jan 1, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots May 1, 1943 General Dwight. D. Eisenhower defeats Erwin Rommel Jul 1, 1943 Invasion of Sicily Sep 8, 1943 Mussolini gets removed from office, Italy surrenders Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Feb 19, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima Apr 1, 1945 Russians invade Germany Apr 1, 1945 Britain invades Germany Apr 1, 1945 Battle of Okinawa Apr 12, 1945 President Roosevelt dies from a stroke Apr 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide, Germany surrenders May 8, 1945 Official Victorie of the Allies, V-E Day Aug 6, 1945 Atomic Bomb dropping on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Atomic Bomb droppping on Nagasaki Aug 14, 1945 Japan officialy surrenders, V-J Day, Aug 14, 1945 End of World War 2