World War II By shortmas14 Jan 30, 1921 Aldof Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party Jan 28, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Jan 28, 1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR) May 30, 1931 Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China Mar 31, 1933 Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany Feb 28, 1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress Mar 28, 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa Feb 12, 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government Mar 29, 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhinelad of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty Jan 2, 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people. Jan 29, 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany Apr 5, 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps Feb 3, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin Sep 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on German Feb 5, 1941 Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia) Mar 6, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA May 8, 1945 V-E Day, war ends in Europe Mar 6, 1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
