WW2 By mbrewer66 Jan 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany Oct 3, 1935 Mussolini invades Ethiopia Mar 13, 1938 Hitler declares Austria part of the Third Reich Sep 1, 1939 Start of WW2 World War 2 Starts Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 World War 2 Apr 20, 1940 Germany occupies France Jul 26, 1940 U.S. Embargos Patroleum to Japan Sep 25, 1940 Japan joins the Axis powers Dec 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor Japan attacks the U.S. sparking a conflict between the two nations Sep 3, 1943 Allies invade Nazi occupied Italy Jun 6, 1944 D-Day American troops land in normandy May 8, 1945 VE-Day Germany unconditionally surrenders Aug 6, 1945 The "Little Boy" is dropped on Hiroshima, Japan Aug 9, 1945 The "Fat Man" is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan
