World War 2 Era By bradleyhal02 Jan 30, 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party Sep 1, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Sep 1, 1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR) Sep 1, 1931 Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China Mar 21, 1933 Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany Dec 18, 1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress Dec 18, 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa Dec 18, 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government Dec 18, 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty Dec 18, 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people. Dec 18, 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany Dec 18, 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps Jan 10, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin Sep 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany Jan 10, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control Jan 10, 1940 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender Apr 10, 1940 Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island Sep 16, 1940 First time Peacetime Draft in US Aug 23, 1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans Sep 10, 1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter Sep 24, 1941 Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia) Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces Dec 9, 1941 US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US Jan 10, 1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March Mar 10, 1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific Oct 10, 1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow Jan 10, 1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa Jun 10, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA Jul 10, 1943 Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min. Jun 6, 1944 D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies Aug 10, 1944 Paris retaken by Allies Forces Dec 10, 1944 Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces Jan 10, 1945 US forces return to recapture the Philippines Apr 16, 1945 FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President May 8, 1945 V-E Day, war ends in Europe Aug 10, 1945 first atomic bomb was dropped Aug 14, 1945 V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces Jan 10, 1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
