World War Two By tyoung196 Jul 8, 1853 Japan opens for trade Period: Aug 1, 1894 to Apr 17, 1895 Sino-Japanese War Period: Feb 8, 1904 to Sep 5, 1905 Russo-Japanese War Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles Feb 6, 1922 Washington Naval Treaty Jul 18, 1925 Mein Kampf is published May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh flies over the Atlantic Sep 8, 1931 The Manchurian Inccident Apr 10, 1932 Hitler is elected Chancellor of Germany Mar 4, 1933 FDR is elected president Aug 31, 1935 Neutrality Acts are passed Mar 7, 1936 Occupation of the Rhineland Jul 7, 1937 The China Incident Dec 13, 1937 The Rape of Nanking Mar 12, 1938 Anschluss Mar 15, 1939 Hitler takes Czechoslovakia Aug 23, 1939 Nazi/Soviet Negotiation Pact Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Period: Nov 30, 1939 to Mar 13, 1940 Winter War Jan 7, 1940 Battle of Raate Road May 10, 1940 Air raid destroyed London May 10, 1940 Germany invades France May 10, 1940 Churchill is made Prime Minister May 27, 1940 Operation Dynamo Jun 4, 1940 "Miracle of Dunkirk" Jun 26, 1940 France armistice with Germany Period: Jul 10, 1940 to Oct 31, 1940 Battle of Britain Aug 17, 1940 William Fiske III dies in combat Sep 27, 1940 Tripartite Pact is signed Mar 11, 1941 Lend-Lease is esablished Jul 26, 1941 America places oil embargo on Japan Period: Sep 8, 1941 to Jan 27, 1944 Siege of Leningrad Dec 7, 1941 Bombing of Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 US declares war on Japan Dec 10, 1941 Hitler declares war on the US Dec 23, 1941 Commander Cunningham surrenders at Wake Island Jan 20, 1942 Wannsee Conference Feb 19, 1942 FDR signs Executive Order 9066 Apr 9, 1942 Japan takes control of the Philippines Apr 9, 1942 The Bataan Death March Apr 18, 1942 The Doolittle Raid Period: May 4, 1942 to May 8, 1942 The Battle of the Coral Sea Period: Jun 3, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway Aug 19, 1942 Attack at Dieppe Aug 21, 1942 Battle of Tenaru Period: Aug 23, 1942 to Feb 2, 1943 Stalingrad Sep 12, 1942 Battle of Edson's Ridge Period: Nov 8, 1942 to Nov 10, 1942 Operation Torch Nov 19, 1942 Operation Uranus Nov 25, 1942 Operation Mars Feb 2, 1943 General Paulus surrenders Feb 9, 1943 Victory at Guadalcanal Jul 5, 1943 Operation Zitadelle in Kursk Jul 9, 1943 Operation Husky Jul 12, 1943 All day tank battle at Kursk Sep 16, 1943 End of Salamaua Campaign Nov 3, 1943 Feuhrur Directive No. 51 Nov 23, 1943 Tarawas Campaign siezes Betio Nov 28, 1943 Tehran Conference in Iran Feb 3, 1944 Allied victory at the Battle of Kwajalein Jun 6, 1944 Operation Overlord Jun 9, 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea Jul 9, 1944 Battle of Saipan ends Jul 20, 1944 Von Stauffenberg assassination attempt on Hitler Aug 25, 1944 Liberation of Paris Period: Sep 17, 1944 to Sep 27, 1944 Operation Market Garden Oct 24, 1944 The Battle of Leyte Gulf Oct 25, 1944 The Battle off Samar Nov 27, 1944 Battle of Peleiu ends Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Jan 9, 1945 Huge amphibious landing at the Lingayen Gulf Jan 30, 1945 Raid on Cabanatuan POW camp Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Feb 19, 1945 Landing on Iwo Jima Mar 3, 1945 Liberation of Manila Mar 9, 1945 Bombing of Tokyo Period: Apr 1, 1945 to Jun 27, 1945 Okinawa May 9, 1945 The War is Over! Aug 6, 1945 Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders Dec 20, 1945 Seige of Bastogne Jul 26, 1947 The National Security Act Apr 3, 1948 The Marshall Plan