World War II By D_Web_6600 Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles Mar 25, 1933 Japan Withdraws From the League of Nations Oct 14, 1933 Germany Withdraws From the League of Nations Aug 19, 1934 Hitler Takes Over Germany May 28, 1937 Neville Chamberlain Becomes British Prime Minister Jul 7, 1937 Japan Invades China (Sino-Japanese War Begins) Mar 12, 1938 Germany Invades; Annexes Austria Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass); Thousands of Synagogues and Jewish Businesses Destroyed Throughout Germany Aug 23, 1939 Signing of the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact Sep 1, 1939 The War Officially Begins (Germany attacks Poland) Sep 3, 1939 Britain and France Declare War on Germany Sep 15, 1939 Russia and Japan Sign a Peace Treaty Oct 5, 1939 Polish Campaign Ends (Poland Surrenders) Nov 30, 1939 Finnish-Soviet War begins Dec 14, 1939 League of Nations Expels the Soviet Union Mar 12, 1940 Russo-Finnish war ends (Finland Loses) May 10, 1940 Neville Chamberlain Resigns as British Prime Minister (Winston Churchill Replaces) Jun 5, 1940 Battle of France Jun 10, 1940 Italy Declares War on Britain and France Sep 7, 1940 Germany Begins Blitz of Britain Sep 21, 1940 Germany, Italy, and Japan sign Tripartite Pact Mar 11, 1941 US Congress Passes Lend-Lease Act Oct 2, 1941 Battle of Moscow Begins Dec 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese Dec 8, 1941 USA Declares War on Japan Dec 11, 1941 Germany and Italy Declare War on USA Jan 18, 1942 Battle of Moscow Ends (Russians Win) Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Jul 25, 1943 Mussolini Resigns Sep 8, 1943 Italy Surrenders to the Allies Oct 13, 1943 Italy Declares War on Germany Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Apr 12, 1945 Woodrow Wilson Dies (Harry Truman Takes Over) Apr 16, 1945 Battle of Berlin Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini Assassinated Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide May 8, 1945 V-E Day (Germany Surrenders) Aug 6, 1945 USA Drops Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan Aug 9, 1945 USA Drops Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki, Japan Aug 14, 1945 War Ends (Japanese Surrender)
