WWII By ashlynn.wrobleski Nov 11, 1918 WWI ends Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles Jan 10, 1920 Founding of the League of Nations Period: 1927 to 1940 Rape of Nanking 1929 The United States Stock Market Crash 1931 Invasion of Manchuria by the Japanese 1933 Hitler takes power in Germany 1936 Rome-Berlin Axis Formed Mar 7, 1936 Germany occupies the Rhineland Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939 Spanish Civil War Period: Sep 29, 1938 to Sep 30, 1938 Munich Conference Sep 30, 1938 Munich pact is signed 1939 Great Britain and France declare war Period: Aug 23, 1939 to Aug 24, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact was enacted Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Period: Nov 30, 1939 to Mar 13, 1940 Winter War Period: Sep 7, 1940 to May 10, 1941 London Blitz 1941 Manila falls to Japan Period: Mar 11, 1941 to Sep 2, 1945 Lend-Lease Aug 14, 1941 Atlantic Charter Dec 7, 1941 Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor Jan 20, 1942 Final Solution Implemented Period: Jun 3, 1942 to Jun 5, 1942 Battle of Midway Period: Aug 19, 1942 to Feb 2, 1943 Battle of Stalingrad Period: Jul 9, 1943 to Aug 17, 1943 Invasion of Sicily Period: Nov 28, 1943 to Dec 1, 1943 Tehran Conference Jun 6, 1944 The Invasion of Normandy Period: Dec 16, 1944 to 1945 Battle of the Bulge Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945 Yalta Conference Apr 12, 1945 FDR dies, Truman becomes president Period: Jul 16, 1945 to Aug 2, 1945 Potsdam Conference Aug 6, 1945 V-E Day Period: Aug 6, 1945 to Aug 9, 1945 Nuclear Bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima Aug 14, 1945 V-J Day