World War II

WWII

Period: Jan 1, 1931 to May 8, 1945

Japan invades manchuria

Sep 18, 1931

Adolf Hitler is appointed as chancellor

Jan 30, 1933

Night of the Long Knives

Jun 30, 1934

Wiped out all Nazi members that Hitler didnt need anymore

Hindenburg died; Hitler in sole power.

Aug 2, 1934

Reoccupation of the Rhineland

Jan 1, 1936

German Chancellor and Führer Adolf Hitler decided to reoccupy the Rhineland

Italy invades , conquers, and annexes Ethipoia

Oct 2, 1936

Rome-Berlin Axis is announced

Oct 25, 1936

Nazi Germany and imperial Japan sign the Anti-Cominern Pact

Nov 25, 1936

Japan invades China initiating WWII in the Pacific

Jul 7, 1937

Germany, Italy, Great Britian, and France sign the Munich Agreement

Sep 29, 1938

Nazi Germany and the soviet Union sign a nonagression agreement

Aug 23, 1939

Nazi invaded Poland, initiating WWII in Europe

Sep 1, 1939

Wehrmacht invaded Denmark and Norway

Apr 1, 1940

Battle of Britain

Jul 10, 1940

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Battle of Midway

Apr 24, 1942

Battle of the Coral Sea

May 4, 1942

a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia.

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France.

World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union

Feb 4, 1945

End of WWII

May 8, 1945