WWII By mthrushcooley Nov 11, 1918 World War I ends with German defeat Apr 28, 1919 League of Nations founded. Jul 29, 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) Party. Aug 19, 1934 Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany. Sep 1, 1941 Nazis order Jews to wear yellow stars. Dec 7, 1941 Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 United States and Britain declare war on Japan. Dec 11, 1941 Hitler declares war on the United States. Dec 19, 1941 Hitler takes complete control of the German Army. Jan 1, 1942 Declaration of the United Nations signed by 26 Allied natio Jun 3, 1942 Battle at Midway Jun 24, 1942 Mass murder of Jews by gassing begins at Auschwitz Aug 17, 1942 First all-American air attack in Europe. Jan 27, 1943 First bombing raid by Americans on Germany Jun 1, 1944 Saipan Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Aug 4, 1944 Anne Frank and family arrested by the Gestapo in Amsterdam, Holland. Aug 25, 1944 Liberation of Paris. Oct 30, 1944 Last use of gas chambers at Auschwitz. Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Begins Jan 1, 1945 Battle of Bulge ends Jan 26, 1945 Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz. Mar 1, 1945 U.S. FOrces cross the rhine river Apr 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide. May 7, 1945 eisenhower accepts unconditional surrender in reims May 8, 1945 V-E (Victory in Europe) Day. Aug 6, 1945 First atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan. Aug 9, 1945 Second atomic bomb dropped, on Nagasaki, Japan. Sep 2, 1945 V-J (Victory over Japan) Day. Oct 24, 1945 United Nations is born.
