WW ll By gavingarm Dec 1, 1919 Treaty of Versilles Jan 30, 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the nazi party Jan 1, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of italy Jan 1, 1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR) Jan 1, 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 Jan 1, 1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress Jan 1, 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government Dec 11, 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty Dec 11, 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people. Jan 2, 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps Dec 11, 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany Sep 1, 1939 WW ll started Sep 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 WW ll Dec 11, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin Aug 11, 1940 Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island Oct 11, 1940 First time Peacetime Draft in US Nov 11, 1940 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender Dec 11, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control Jan 13, 1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans Dec 7, 1941 Peral harbor Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific Dec 17, 1942 Philippines fall to Japanese Dec 17, 1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps Dec 27, 1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow Jul 17, 1943 Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min. Dec 17, 1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa Dec 17, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA Jun 6, 1944 D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies Aug 20, 1944 Paris retaken by Allies Forces Dec 20, 1944 Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces Jan 20, 1945 US forces return to recapture the Philippines Apr 16, 1945 FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President Aug 14, 1945 V-E Day, war ends in Europe Sep 2, 1945 End of WW ll Dec 20, 1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan
