WWII By ClovieKnowles Jun 28, 1919 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles Jul 29, 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) Party. Jul 18, 1925 Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" published. Sep 8, 1926 Germany admitted to League of Nations. Oct 29, 1929 Stock Market on Wall Street crashes. Sep 14, 1930 Germans elect Nazis making them the 2nd largest political party in Germany. Nov 8, 1932 Franklin Roosevelt elected President of the United States. Jan 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. Mar 12, 1933 First concentration camp opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin. Mar 23, 1933 Enabling Act gives Hitler dictatorial power. Jul 14, 1933 Nazi Party declared Germany's only political party. Aug 2, 1934 German President Hindenburg dies. Aug 19, 1934 Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany. Feb 10, 1936 The German Gestapo is placed above the law. Jul 18, 1936 Mussolini's Italian forces take Ethiopia. Aug 1, 1936 Olympic games begin in Berlin. Mar 15, 1939 Nazis take Czechoslovakia. Mar 28, 1939 Spanish Civil war ends. Sep 3, 1939 Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany. Nov 8, 1939 Assassination attempt on Hitler fails. Jun 22, 1940 France signs an armistice with Nazi Germany. Nov 5, 1940 Roosevelt re-elected as U.S. president. Sep 3, 1941 First experimental use of gas chambers at Auschwitz. Dec 19, 1941 Hitler takes complete control of the German Army. Jan 26, 1942 First American forces arrive in Great Britain. Jun 24, 1943 Mass murder of Jews by gassing begins at Auschwitz. Oct 30, 1944 Last use of gas chambers at Auschwitz. Apr 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide. Jul 16, 1945 First U.S. atomic bomb test; Potsdam Conference begins. Aug 6, 1945 First atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan. Aug 9, 1945 Second atomic bomb dropped, on Nagasaki, Japan. Feb 12, 1946 World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats. Mar 31, 1946 The first election is held in Greece after World War II. Apr 1, 1946 400,000 US mine workers strike. May 2, 1946 The "Battle of Alcatraz" takes place, killing two guards and three inmates May 17, 1946 US President Harry Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike Jun 7, 1946 US Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel. Jul 4, 1946 Philippines gains independence from US Jul 26, 1946 President Harry Truman orders desegregation of all US forces Jan 3, 1947 1st opening session of Congress to be televised Jan 1, 1948 General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade effective Jul 1, 1950 1st 407 US soldiers flown to South Korea.
