World War II By cramereva49 Jul 28, 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes Nazi Leader On Jan. 21, 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party. Oct 31, 1922 Mussolini appointed prime minister of Italy In october of 1922 Mussolini gets appointed PRime minister of Italy Dec 7, 1929 Stalin becomes sole soviet leader In November of 1929 The Union agrees to let Stalin become the sole leader of the Soviet Union. Sep 22, 1931 Japans Army siezes Manchuria China Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany Aug 31, 1935 Us congress passes the acts of neutrality Oct 3, 1935 Italian forces invade Ethiopia Feb 16, 1936 Militarists sieze governmental control in Japan Mar 7, 1936 German troops enter the Rhineland against the Treaty of Versailles Jan 14, 1937 Japanese military pillages the Chinese city of Nanjing killing 250,000 people Apr 26, 1938 Nazis begin forcing the jews into labor camps Sep 30, 1938 Munich pact signed giving Sudentenland to Germany Aug 14, 1939 Nazi-Soviet pact signed by Hitler and Stalin ending fighting between them Sep 1, 1939 Hitler invades poland as a result France and Great Britian declare war on Germany Apr 9, 1940 Nazis take over Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Nedtherlands Period: May 22, 1940 to Jun 10, 1940 german invasion of France and surrender of France to Germany Period: Jun 10, 1940 to May 13, 1943 North African campaign Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britian takes place Britians air force defeats Germanys Sep 2, 1940 Japanese invade French Indochina Sep 16, 1940 First ever peactime draft in U.S Jun 2, 1941 Hitler invades USSR breaking pact with stalin USSR joins England in fight against Nazis Aug 2, 1941 Atlantic Charter issued by FDR and Churchill Dec 7, 1941 Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor US declares war on Japan Italy and Germany declare war on US Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Americans interned by government Apr 9, 1942 Japanese takes the philippines Bataan Death march Period: Jun 4, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway turning point in war Aug 23, 1942 Russians stop Nazis at Stalingard saving Moscow May 30, 1943 Zoot suit Riots in CA Sep 8, 1943 Italy Surrenders Mousallini dismissed Jun 6, 1944 D-day allied forces invade Normandy Aug 25, 1944 Allied Forces Retake Paris Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Germany's last stand Jan 16, 1945 US moves to recapture the Philippines Apr 16, 1945 FDR dies Truman becomes president May 8, 1945 V-E day War in Europe ends Aug 6, 1945 First atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima Aug 14, 1945 V-J day Japan surrenders Period: Nov 20, 1945 to Oct 1, 1946 War crime trial held in Nuremburg Germany, Manila Philippines, and Tokyo Japan
