World War II By christopherhall Jan 1, 1929 Great Depression begins Sep 19, 1931 Japan Invades Manchuria Jan 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler comes to power Oct 3, 1935 Mussolini invades Ethiopia Nov 9, 1938 The Night of Broken Glass Sep 1, 1939 German tanks roll into Poland Jun 14, 1940 France falls to the Nazis Jun 22, 1941 KILLING SQUADS ACCOMPANY GERMAN INVASION OF THE SOVIET UNION Dec 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan Dec 11, 1941 Germany declares war on the U.S. Jan 6, 1942 War Production Board Created Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Apr 25, 1945 Italy is liberated Apr 30, 1945 Hitler comits Suicide May 8, 1945 V-E Day (victory over europe day) Aug 6, 1945 U.S. bombs Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 U.S. Bombs Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders Nov 20, 1945 Nuremberg War Crimes trials begin
