World War II by: Nancy Corona By coronan Apr 1, 1933 Boycott of Jewish shops and businesses Jul 14, 1933 Law excluding East Euopean Jewish immigrants of German citizenship Aug 2, 1934 Hitler proclaims himself leader and Reich Chacellor. Armed forces must now swear alliegiance to him. Oct 25, 1936 Hitler and Mussolini form Rome-Berlin Axis Oct 8, 1938 17,000 Polish Jews living in Germany expelled Aug 23, 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed: non-aggression pact between Soviet Union and Germany Sep 1, 1939 beginning of World War II: Germany invades Poland Oct 12, 1939 Germany begins deportation of Austrian and Czech Jews to Poland Nov 23, 1939 Jews in German-occupied Poland are forced to wear an arm band or yellow star Apr 9, 1940 Germany occupies Denmark and southern Norway May 7, 1940 Lodz Ghetto sealed 165,000 people in 1.6 square miles May 10, 1940 Germany invades the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France Jun 22, 1940 France surrenders Aug 8, 1940 Britain war begins Sep 27, 1940 Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades the Soviet Union Period: Jul 1, 1941 to Aug 1, 1941 dozens of thousands of Russian and Jews are murdered by extermination squads Dec 7, 1941 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor Dec 11, 1941 United States declares war on Japan and Germany Jun 6, 1944 D-Day: Allied invasion at Normand Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide May 8, 1945 V-E Day: Germany surrenders Aug 6, 1945 bombing of Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 bombing of Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders and ends the war
