World War 2 By csweis17 Jan 30, 1933 Hitler Becomes Chancellor Oct 3, 1935 Mussolini Invades Ethiopia May 1, 1937 Neutrality Act Jul 7, 1937 Japan Defeats China Sep 14, 1937 Roosevelt Limits Ships to Asia Oct 5, 1937 Roosevelt Quarantines War Dec 12, 1937 Attack on the Panay Jan 21, 1938 March of Time Feb 1, 1938 U.S. Against Japan Feb 20, 1938 Hitler Supports Japan Mar 13, 1938 Anschluss Mar 26, 1938 Hermann Goering Warns Jews Apr 6, 1938 U.S. Recognizes Austria May 14, 1938 Mussolini Joins Hitler May 17, 1938 Naval Expansion Act Sep 29, 1938 Hitler Promises Peace Nov 10, 1938 Kristallnacht Apr 1, 1939 Roosevelt Writes Hitler and Mussolini Aug 23, 1939 Stalin and Hitler Sign Nonaggression Pact Sep 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 Britain and France Declare War Nov 3, 1939 Congress Lifts Aid Embargo Apr 1, 1940 Hitler Defeats France Jun 10, 1940 Italy Attacks France Jun 22, 1940 France Surrenders Sep 25, 1940 U.S. Extends Japanese Embargo Nov 1, 1940 Roosevelt Reelected for Third Term May 1, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima Sep 2, 1945 World War II Ends