WWII By Michael Lara Period: Feb 1, 1935 to Nov 2, 1945 WWII Mar 16, 1935 Hitler violates treaty of versalles by introducing military conscription Sep 1, 1935 WWII begins officially Sep 15, 1935 German jews stipped of rights by neremberg race laws www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRjeAzTHtCQ Feb 10, 1936 The German Gestapo is placed above the law. Mar 7, 1936 German troops occupy rhineland May 9, 1936 Mussoliniś Italian forces take ethiopia Jun 11, 1937 Soviet leader stalin begins a purge on red army Nov 5, 1937 Hitler reveales plans during Hossbach conference Mar 12, 1938 Germany announces unity with austria www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1b9D4V3eMA Aug 12, 1938 German military mobilizes Sep 30, 1938 Brittish prime minister apeases Hitler at munchi Oct 15, 1938 German troops occupy sudetenland Nov 9, 1938 kristalnact-The night of broken glass Jan 30, 1939 Hitler threatens jews during reischage speech Mar 15, 1939 Nazi takes czechsolvokia May 22, 1939 Nazi sign ''pact of steel'' with italy Aug 23, 1939 Nazi ans soviet sign pact Sep 3, 1939 Brittan, France, Austrailia, and New Zeland declare war on germany Sep 4, 1939 Brittish air force attacks german army Sep 5, 1939 U.S. proclaimes its nuetrality www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooq-8cTNo9Q Sep 10, 1939 Canada declares war on Germany Jan 8, 1940 rationing begins to britan Mar 12, 1940 Finland signs a peace treaty with Soviets. Mar 16, 1940 Germans bomb Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland. Apr 9, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark and Norway. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxw3Ey-Pu7M May 10, 1940 Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister May 15, 1940 Holland surrenders to the Nazis. May 26, 1940 Evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk begins. May 28, 1940 Belgium surrenders to the Nazis. Jun 3, 1940 Germans bomb Paris Jun 10, 1940 Norway surrenders to the Nazis; Italy declares war on Britain and France. Jan 22, 1941 Tobruk in North Africa falls to the British and Australians. Feb 11, 1941 British forces advance into Italian Somaliland in East Africa. Mar 7, 1941 British forces arrive in Greece. Apr 3, 1941 Pro-Axis regime set up in Iraq. May 10, 1941 Heavy German bombing of London Jun 14, 1941 United States freezes German and Italian assets in America. Jul 12, 1941 Mutual Assistance agreement between British and Soviets. Sep 3, 1941 First experimental use of gas chambers at Auschwitz. Jan 1, 1942 Declaration of the United Nations signed by 26 Allied nations. Apr 23, 1942 German air raids begin against cathedral cities in Britain. May 8, 1942 German summer offensive begins in the Crimea. Jun 25, 1942 General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in London. Jul 1, 1942 First Battle of El Alamein. Aug 7, 1942 British General Bernard Montgomery takes command of Eighth Army in North Africa. Sep 2, 1942 Rommel driven back by Montgomery in the Battle of Alam Halfa. Oct 18, 1942 Hitler orders the execution of all captured British commandos. Jan 2, 1943 Germans begin a withdrawal from the Caucasus. Feb 2, 1943 Germans surrender at Stalingrad in the first big defeat of Hitler's armies. Mar 2, 1943 Germans begin a withdrawal from Tunisia, Africa. Apr 7, 1943 Axis forces in Tunisia begin a withdrawal toward Enfidaville as American and British forces link. May 7, 1943 Allies take Tunisia. Jun 10, 1943 'Pointblank' directive to improve Allied bombing strategy issued. Jul 5, 1943 Germans begin their last offensive against Kursk. Aug 17, 1943 American daylight air raids on Regensburg and Schweinfurt in Germany; Allies reach Messina, Sicily. Jan 6, 1944 Soviet troops advance into Poland. Feb 15, 1944 Allies bomb the monastery at Monte Cassino. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8afP6GetP8 Mar 4, 1944 Soviet troops begin an offensive on the Belorussian front; First major daylight bombing raid on Berlin by the Allies. Apr 8, 1944 Soviet troops begin an offensive to liberate Crimea. May 15, 1944 Germans withdraw to the Adolf Hitler Line. Jun 6, 1944 D-Day landings on the northern coast of France. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wg5x5WaZPo Jul 9, 1944 British and Canadian troops capture Caen, France. Aug 1, 1944 Polish Home Army uprising against Nazis in Warsaw begins; U.S. troops reach Avranches. Jan 16, 1945 U.S. 1st and 3rd Armies link up after a month long separation during the Battle of the Bulge. Feb 4, 1945 Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin meet at Yalta. Mar 6, 1945 Last German offensive of the war begins to defend oil fields in Hungary. Apr 12, 1945 President Roosevelt dies. Harry Truman becomes President. May 2, 1945 German troops in Italy surrender. Jun 5, 1945 Allies divide up Germany and Berlin and take over the government. Jul 16, 1945 First U.S. atomic bomb test www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dfK9G7UDok Oct 24, 1945 United Nations is born. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfwbKCdCUZM