World War II

World War II

Period: Apr 9, 1919 to Apr 9, 1945

Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party.

Jul 29, 1921

An Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.

Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

Mar 14, 1922

Mussolini became the 40th Prime Minister of Italy in 1922 and began using the title Il Duce by 1925.

Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

Jan 21, 1929

He eliminated others to make it easier for him to become sole dictator

Japan's Army seizes Manchuria, China

Mar 21, 1931

Japan is able to seize Machuria, China with its sizable force.

Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

Jan 1, 1933

Germany is put into power.

Hitler is named a Chancellor of Germany

Mar 21, 1933

Hilter gets the name.

Itailian Army invades Ethiopia in Afirca

Jan 1, 1935

Ethiopia is invaded by Itailian leader, Mussolini.

Neutrality Acts passes by US Congress

Mar 21, 1935

Neutrality Act is passed to make sure US stays out of war.

Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germant in violation of the Versailles Treaty

Mar 21, 1936

Hitler uses this to take over Rhineland

Japan's army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarted of a million people.

May 1, 1937

Japan attacks.

Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

Mar 22, 1938

Jews were forced to labor camps which later became death camps.

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

Sep 1, 1939

France and Britain declare war on Germany due to alliances.

Poland is invaded by Nazi and Soviet

Sep 1, 1939

An invasion of Poland by Germany, who was led by Hitler, and the Soviet Union, who was led by Stalin. The invasion started on 1 September 1939 and ended 6 October 1939.

First time Peacetime Draft in US

Apr 8, 1940

This marked the end of US staying out of the war.