world war two By ignaceanj79 Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Dec 31, 1947 world war two Jan 30, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Jan 1, 1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR) Sep 18, 1931 Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China Mar 21, 1933 Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany Jan 1, 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa Dec 4, 1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress Jan 1, 1936 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government Dec 4, 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty Jan 4, 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people. Feb 4, 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany Apr 4, 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps Jan 4, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin Sep 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany Jan 4, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take contro Jan 4, 1940 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender Sep 4, 1940 1940 First time Peacetime Draft in US Dec 4, 1940 Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island Jan 5, 1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans Mar 4, 1941 Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia) Dec 4, 1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter Dec 7, 1941 1941, Dec. 7 Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US Apr 10, 1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific Jul 13, 1942 1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps Aug 16, 1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow Sep 20, 1942 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa Dec 20, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA Dec 20, 1943 July - Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min Jun 6, 1944 D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies Aug 13, 1944 Paris retaken by Allies Forces Dec 20, 1944 Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces Jan 3, 1945 US forces return to recapture the Philippines Apr 16, 1945 FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President May 8, 1945 V-E Day, war ends in Europe Aug 12, 1945 First Atomic Bombs dropped Aug 14, 1945 V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces Dec 20, 1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
