WWII (Maxbauer 9B 2013-2014) By adkinsjam81 Jan 30, 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi party Oct 29, 1922 benito mussolini appointed prime minister Jan 1, 1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of USSR Jan 1, 1931 Japan seizes Manchuria, China Mar 21, 1933 Hitler named chancellor of Germany Jan 1, 1935 Neutrality acts passed by US congress Jan 1, 1935 Italian army invades Ethiopia in Africa Jan 1, 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany, which was a direct violation of the versailles treaty Jan 1, 1936 Militarists take control of Japanese Government Jan 1, 1937 Japan's Army pillages Nanjing, China Massacare pf a quarter million people Jan 1, 1938 Munich Pact signed, giving sudetenland & Chechoslovokia to Germany Jan 1, 1938 Nazis begin rounding Jews into labor camps Jan 1, 1939 Nazi-Soviet pact signed by the two leaders Sep 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland; Britain & France declare war on germany Jan 1, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, luxenburg, and Belgium Jan 1, 1940 Battle of Britain-Royal air force prevents german invation Jan 1, 1940 First Peacetime draft in US Jan 1, 1940 Germany invades France Jan 1, 1941 Hitler invades Russia Jan 1, 1941 Atlantic charter issued Jan 1, 1941 Japan invades French Indochina Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Bombed Jan 1, 1942 philippenes fall to japanese Jan 1, 1942 Japanese Americans Put in eturnment camps Jan 1, 1942 russians stop nazi advance and save moskau Jun 4, 1942 battle of midway Jan 1, 1946 war crime trials
