World War 2

By moshersam86

  • 1921

    Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party.

  • 1922

    Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy.

  • 1929

    Josef Stalin sole director of the Soviet Union (USSR).

  • 1931

    Japan's Army seizes Manchuria, China.

  • 1933

    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

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

  • 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.

  • 1939

    Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin.

  • 1939

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

  • 1940

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

  • 1940

    Battle of Britain begins- Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island.

  • 1940

    22 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender.