WWII By ellisongra Jul 28, 1921 Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi party Oct 31, 1922 Benito Mussolini becomes appointed Prime Minister of Italy Dec 7, 1929 Josef Stalin becomes dictator of the Soviet Union Sep 22, 1931 Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China Jan 30, 1933 Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany Mar 21, 1933 Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany Aug 31, 1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress Oct 3, 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa Feb 16, 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government Mar 7, 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty Jan 14, 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people. Apr 26, 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps Sep 30, 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany Aug 14, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin Sep 1, 1939 Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany Apr 9, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control May 22, 1940 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender Jun 10, 1940 North African Campaign Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island Sep 2, 1940 Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia) Sep 16, 1940 First time Peacetime Draft in United States Jun 2, 1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans Aug 2, 1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter 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 Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps Apr 9, 1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific Aug 23, 1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow May 30, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA Sep 8, 1943 Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Minister Jun 6, 1944 D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies Aug 25, 1944 Paris retaken by Allies Forces Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces Jan 16, 1945 US forces return to recapture the Philippines Apr 16, 1945 FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President May 8, 1945 V-E Day, war ends in Europe Aug 6, 1945 First Atomic Bombs dropped Aug 14, 1945 V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces Nov 20, 1945 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
