ww2 By ethang Sep 19, 1931 Japanese succesfully invade Manchuria Jan 30, 1933 Hitler is appointed chancellor of Germany by Presudebt von Hindenburg Mar 4, 1933 FDR begins his presidency of the US Aug 2, 1934 President von Hindenberg dies and Hitler declares himself the leader of Germany Aug 23, 1934 Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact is signed Aug 31, 1935 US passes the Neutrality Acts Oct 3, 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia Oct 15, 1935 Nazi party institutes the Nuremberg Laws Mar 7, 1936 Germany invades the Rhineland area Aug 9, 1936 Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at the olympics in Berlin Nov 19, 1937 Germans attack the soviet union at Stalingrad Mar 12, 1938 germany invades austria May 17, 1938 FDR gets permission from Congrence to expand the Nazy Sep 9, 1938 Kristallnaght occurs Sep 30, 1938 The Sudentenland area is ceded to Germany through the Munich Pact Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 Battle of the Atlantic occurs Sep 3, 1939 Britain and France declare war on Germany Apr 9, 1940 Germany invades Denmark and Norway May 10, 1940 Germany invades Belguim May 26, 1940 Germany forces trap the French and British troops and force them to retreat to dunkirk Jun 22, 1940 Hitler takes over france and divides it into zones Jul 6, 1940 Hitler begins bombing Britain nightly Sep 27, 1940 Tripartite Pact is signed and the Axis Powers are formed Mar 11, 1941 FDR signs the Lend-Lease act Jun 28, 1941 FDR creates the OFfice of Scientidic Research & Development to have scientists develop new weapons Aug 14, 1941 FDR and Winston Churchill negotiate the Atlantic Charter Oct 17, 1941 Tojo takes control of japan and forces the Japanese gov't to resign Dec 7, 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor Feb 19, 1942 FDR issues Executive Order 9066 establishing the internment of Japanese-Americans Apr 9, 1942 US surrenders Bataan in the Phillipines and Bataan Death March takes place Apr 18, 1942 Tokyo is bombed in the Doolittle raid May 4, 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea takes place Jun 4, 1942 Allies defeat Japan in the Battle of the Midway Aug 7, 1942 Allied troops storm Guadalcanal Feb 2, 1943 Axis troops surrender in USSR May 13, 1943 The last troops of the Afrika Korps surrender to the Allies Jul 9, 1943 Allies invade the island of Sicily Apr 6, 1944 D-Day takes place Oct 20, 1944 Macarthur fulfills his promise and returns to the Philippines Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge occurs Jan 27, 1945 Russian troops discover Auschwitz Feb 4, 1945 Yalta conference takes place Feb 19, 1945 American forces capture Iwo Jima Apr 1, 1945 Allied troops invade Okinawa Apr 12, 1945 FDR Dies Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide May 8, 1945 VE Day Period: Jul 1, 1945 to Aug 30, 1945 Potsdamn Conference takes place Aug 6, 1945 US drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders Jun 10, 1946 Allied troops land in North Africa
