WWII Timeline By Chan_man159 Sep 8, 1931 Japanese successfully invade Manchuria Jan 30, 1933 Hitler is appointed chanceller of Germany May 4, 1933 FDR begins presidency of the US Aug 2, 1934 President von Hindenburg dies and Hitler declars himself leader Aug 31, 1935 US passes the Neuttality Acts Sep 5, 1935 Nazi party institutes the Nuremberg Laws Oct 30, 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia Mar 7, 1936 Germany invades the Rhineland Area May 17, 1936 FDR gets permission from Congress to expand Navy Aug 1, 1936 Jesse Owens Wins 4 gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Games Mar 12, 1938 Germany Invades Austria Sep 30, 1938 The Sudetenland is ceded to German Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnaght occurs Aug 23, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact is signed Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 Battle of the Atlantic Sep 3, 1939 Britain and France declare war on Germany Jan 27, 1940 USSR troops discover Aushwitz Apr 9, 1940 germany invades Denmark and Norway May 3, 1940 Germany invades Belgium May 10, 1940 Hitler takes over France and divides it into zones May 27, 1940 Germany Forces the French and Brittish troop to retreat to Dunkirk Jun 12, 1940 Allied troops land in North Africa Jul 10, 1940 Hitler begins bombing Britain nightly Sep 27, 1940 Tripartite Pact is signed and the Axis pers are formed Mar 11, 1941 FDR signed the Lend-Leas Act Jun 28, 1941 FDR creates the Office of Scientific Research and Development Aug 14, 1941 FDR and Winston Churchhull negotiate the Atlantic Charter Oct 10, 1941 Tojo takes control of Japan Dec 7, 1941 Japan attacks Paeal Harbor Feb 9, 1942 FDR issues Executive Order 9066 Apr 9, 1942 US surrenders Bataan and Bataan Death March Apr 18, 1942 Tokyo is bombed in the Doolittle Raid May 4, 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea Jun 7, 1942 Axis troops surrender in USSR Jun 7, 1942 Allies defete Japan in the Battle of the Midway Aug 7, 1942 Allied troops storm Guadalcanal Aug 23, 1942 Germany attacks the USSR at Satlingrad May 13, 1943 Afrika Korps surrender to the Allies Jul 9, 1943 Allies invade Sicily Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Oct 20, 1944 MacArthur returnes to Philippines Dec 16, 1944 Batle of the Bulge Jan 27, 1945 USSR Troops discover Alschwitz Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference takes place Mar 20, 1945 American Forces capture Iwo Jima Apr 12, 1945 Allied troops invade Okinawa Apr 20, 1945 FDR dies Apr 30, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide May 8, 1945 V-E Day Jul 17, 1945 Potsdam Confrence takes place Aug 6, 1945 US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 US drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 Japan Surrenders
