WWII - Collin Bassett By 4collin11 Period: Jan 1, 1921 to Dec 31, 1936 WWII - Bassett Jan 30, 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party Mar 20, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Mar 20, 1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR) Mar 20, 1931 Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China Mar 21, 1933 Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany Mar 20, 1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress Mar 20, 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa Mar 20, 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government Mar 20, 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty Mar 20, 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people. Mar 20, 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany Mar 20, 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps Mar 20, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin Sep 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany Mar 20, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control Mar 20, 1940 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender Mar 20, 1940 Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island Mar 20, 1940 First time Peacetime Draft in US Mar 20, 1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans Mar 20, 1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter Mar 20, 1941 Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia) Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan Dec 9, 1941 Germany and Italy declare war on the US Mar 20, 1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March Mar 20, 1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps Mar 21, 1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow Period: Jun 4, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific Mar 26, 1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa Mar 26, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA Jul 26, 1943 Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min. Jun 6, 1944 D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies Aug 27, 1944 Paris retaken by Allies Forces Dec 27, 1944 Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces Jan 27, 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 Hiroshima Atomic Bomb (1945) Aug 14, 1945 V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces Apr 7, 1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
