WWII By misturyman Jul 18, 1925 Mein Kampf published Jan 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany Mar 12, 1933 First concentration camp opened at Oranienburg Mar 23, 1933 Enabling Act gives Hitler dictatorial power Apr 1, 1933 Nazi boycott of Jewish owned shops May 10, 1933 Nazis burn books in Germany Jun 1, 1933 Nazi open Dachau concentration camps Oct 14, 1933 Germany quits League of Nations Aug 19, 1934 Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany Mar 16, 1935 Hitler violates Treaty of Versailles Sep 15, 1935 German Jews stripped of rights by Nuremberg Race Laws Aug 1, 1936 Olympic games begin in Berlin Aug 23, 1939 Nazis and Soviets sign Pact Sep 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland Sep 3, 1939 Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand declare war on Germany Sep 17, 1939 Soviets invade Poland Nov 8, 1939 Assassination attempt of hitler fails Jul 1, 1940 German U-boats attack merchant ships in the atlantic Sep 16, 1940 United States military consciption Dec 7, 1941 Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 United States and Britain declare war on Japan Dec 10, 1941 Hitler declares war on United States Dec 19, 1941 Hitler takes complete control complete control of the German Army Jan 26, 1942 First American forces arrive in Great Britain Jul 24, 1943 Allied air raid causes a firestorm in Hamburg Mar 18, 1944 British drop 3000 tons of bombs during an air raid on Hamburg Germany Jun 6, 1944 D-Day landings on the northern coast of France Jun 6, 1944 Allies enter Rome Apr 1, 1945 Allies discover stolen Nazi art and wealth hidden in mines Apr 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler commits Suicide May 8, 1945 V-E Day Aug 6, 1945 First Atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan. Aug 9, 1945 Second bomb dropped, on Nagasaki, Japan Sep 2, 1945 Japanese sign the surrender agreement Oct 24, 1945 United Nations is born