World War II

  • Japan begin takeover of Manchuria, which is later renamed Manchukuo.

    Japan begin takeover of Manchuria, which is later renamed Manchukuo.
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) is elected president of the United States.

  • Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor of Germany.

  • FDR implements the beginning of the New Deal with the Hundred Days

  • Several thousand Americans attend a pro-Nazi rally in Queens. New York.

  • In Germany, 30,000 are now interned.

  • In Germany, the first Nuremberg Laws are passed revoking citizenship from Jews and prohibiting them from marrying non-Jews.

  • Spanish Civil War begins

  • Japan and Germany sign Anti-Comiterm Pact.

  • FDRs Quarantine Speech calls for international cooperation against aggression.

  • Germany signs military agreement with Japan.

  • Jews eliminated from the economy in Germany. Their assets can be seized.

  • Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact announced in Moscow.

  • Germany invades Poland from the west.

  • In Poland, the process of moving the Jewish population into ghettos begins.

  • German troops invade Denmark and Norway.

  • British forces land in Norway.

  • Germans occupy Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Russo-Japanese neutrality pact signed.

  • Rationing in the United States begins with auto tires.

  • The United States first attacks the Japanese by air.

  • German surrender in Tunisia.

  • Allied landings south of Rome in Anzio

  • Americans enter Manila: Yalta Conference

  • Americans capture Nuremberg.

  • Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.