World War Two Timeline

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  • Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party

    Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party

    Hitler wanted a "pure" race.
  • 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Ruled from 1922 to 1942.
  • 1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

    1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

    Was apppinted general secretary of the Russian Revolution in 1922.
  • Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    The Japanese established a puppet state called Manchukuo, and their occupation lasted until the end of World War II.
  • Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    Appointed by President Paul Von Hindenburg.
  • Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

    Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

    Imposed a ban on shipments of weapons and war materiel to belligerent countries.
  • 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

  • 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty

    1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty

  • 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government

  • 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.

    1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.

  • 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

    1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

  • 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

    1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

  • 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

  • Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

  • 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control

    1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control

  • Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

    Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

  • Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

    Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

  • First time Peacetime Draft in US

    First time Peacetime Draft in US

  • Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans

    Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans

  • Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

  • Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

    Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

  • Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US

    Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US

  • Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

    Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

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    Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

  • Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

    Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

  • Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

    Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

  • British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

    British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

  • Zoot Suit Riots- Los Angeles, CA

    Zoot Suit Riots- Los Angeles, CA

  • Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as prime minister

    Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as prime minister

  • D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

    D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

  • Paris retaken by Allies Forces

    Paris retaken by Allies Forces

  • Battle of the Bulge- last offensive of the German Forces

    Battle of the Bulge- last offensive of the German Forces

  • U.S. forces return to recapture the Philippines

    U.S. forces return to recapture the Philippines

  • FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

    FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

  • V-E Day, war ends in Europe

    V-E Day, war ends in Europe

  • V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

    V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

  • First Atomic Bombs dropped

    First Atomic Bombs dropped

  • War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.

    War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.