WWII By devonnebrown Apr 28, 1919 League of Nations founded 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. 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. Sep 15, 1935 German Jews stripped of rights by Nuremberg Race Laws. May 9, 1936 Mussolini's Italian forces take Ethiopia. Jul 1, 1937 The Japanese invade North China from Manchuria. 8 yrs of combat Dec 1, 1937 USS Panay, while on routine duty in Chinese waters, is attacked by Japanese aircraft. Sep 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland. Jan 1, 1940 Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto devises plan to destroy the U.S. Navy in Hawaii and demoralize American people Dec 7, 1941 7:50 am Hawaiian time, first wave of japanese aircraft begin the attack Aug 17, 1942 First all-American air attack in Europe. Apr 19, 1943 Waffen-SS attacks Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto. Jan 6, 1944 Soviet troops advance into Poland. Jun 5, 1944 Allies enter Rome Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Jun 13, 1944 First German V-1 rocket attack on Britain. Aug 1, 1944 Allies liberate Paris with the help of French resistance Aug 4, 1944 Anne Frank and family arrested by the Gestapo in Amsterdam, Holland. Oct 30, 1944 Last use of gas chambers at Auschwitz. Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge begins Jan 1, 1945 battle of the Bulge ends Mar 1, 1945 U.S. forces cross the Rhine River Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini is captured and hanged by Italian partisans; Allies take Venice. Apr 30, 1945 Hitler marries Eva Braun, poisons her, shoots himself as Soviets are entering the city May 7, 1945 Eisenhower accepts unconditional surrender in Reims, France at same time Germans surrender to Soviet Union in Berlin May 8, 1945 V-E (Victory in Europe) Day. Aug 6, 1945 First atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan Aug 14, 1945 Japanese agree to unconditional surrender.