WW2 By ss1705401 Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles causes depression and resentment in Germany Sep 18, 1931 Japan invades Manchuria Jan 29, 1933 Hitler elected as Chancellor in Germany Aug 31, 1935 Neutrality Act of 1935 Mar 7, 1936 Hitler Militarizing the Rhineland Oct 5, 1937 FDR gave Quarantine speech Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 WW2 1940 US extends aid to China after Japanese raids Jan 10, 1941 FDR proposed Lend Lease Act Jun 22, 1941 Hitler invades Soviet Union Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Nov 8, 1942 The Americans and British invaded North Africa (Operation Torch) Jun 4, 1944 Battle of Midway Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Dec 13, 1944 Battle of the Bulge 1945 Liberation of Concentration Camps Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Jima Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide May 2, 1945 Germans Surrender Jul 17, 1945 Potsdam Conference Deciding the future of Germany Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima hit with Atomic bomb Aug 9, 1945 Nagasaki hit with second Atomic Bomb Sep 2, 1945 Japan Surrender Nov 20, 1945 Nuremburg Trials