World War 2 By renbosenholtz Period: Mar 23, 1919 to Apr 28, 1945 Rise of Mussolini Period: Sep 1, 1919 to Apr 30, 1945 Hitler's Rise to Power Period: Apr 24, 1924 to Apr 24, 1953 Rise of Stalin Apr 1, 1933 Boycott of Jewish owned businesses This was the beginning of the anti semitist regime in Germany Sep 15, 1935 Nuremburg Race Laws Period: Oct 3, 1935 to May 24, 1936 Italy's Conquest of Ethiopia Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939 Spanish Civil War Oct 25, 1936 Rome Berlin Axis Formed Mar 12, 1938 Annexing of Austria Aug 23, 1938 Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact Sep 1, 1939 Poland Attacked Apr 9, 1940 Germany Invades Denmark and Norway Period: Jul 10, 1940 to Oct 31, 1940 Battle of Britain Period: Jul 22, 1940 to Jul 22, 1944 Rise of Tojo Apr 6, 1941 Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Period: Aug 23, 1942 to Feb 2, 1943 Battle of Stalingrad Jul 5, 1943 Battle of Kursk Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Apr 12, 1945 Death of FDR May 8, 1945 VE Day Aug 6, 1945 The Bombing of Hirshima and Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 VJ Day