World War Two Timeline By childershan81 Jan 30, 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party. Hitler was highly effective for talking to big crowds and very persuasive. Jun 27, 1922 Mussolini appointed prime minister of Italy. Jan 29, 1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Unity (USSR) He also worked with Hitler. Feb 27, 1931 Japan's Army seizes Manchuria, China Mar 21, 1933 Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany Feb 5, 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa Feb 11, 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government Feb 12, 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Verslles Treaty Mar 14, 1937 Japan's army pillages Nanjing, Chine; massacre a quarter million people May 11, 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany Sep 17, 1938 Nazis begin to round up Jews for labor camps Jun 11, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin Sep 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany. Feb 25, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium-take control Feb 26, 1940 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender Mar 3, 1940 Battle of Britain - Royal Airforce defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island Jun 3, 1940 First time Peacetime Draft in US Mar 3, 1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin's Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans Nov 5, 1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter Nov 30, 1941 Japanese invaded France Indochina 9Viet. aos, Cambodia0 Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and AIr Forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US on Dec 9th Mar 3, 1942 Phillipines fall to Japanese - Bataan Death March May 5, 1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway,turning point of the war in the Pacific Jul 14, 1942 Russian stop Nazi advance atStalingrad save Moscow Apr 11, 1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa Jun 17, 1943 Zoot Suits Riots - Los Angeles, CA Jul 20, 1943 Italy surrrenders, Mussolini dismissed at Prime MIn. Jun 6, 1944 D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies Aug 5, 1944 Paris retaken by Allies forces Dec 2, 1944 Battle of the Bulge - last offensive of German forces Jan 25, 1945 US forces return to capture the Philipines Apr 16, 1945 FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes president May 8, 1945 V-E Day, war ends in Europe Aug 3, 1945 First Atomic Bomb drops Aug 14, 1945 V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied forces Sep 20, 1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, German, Manila, Philipines and Tokyo, Japan
