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After election, Nazis become second largest political party in Germany
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Japaneese troops begin invasion and occupation of Manchuria following the "Muken Incident"
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Hitler becomes Chancellor.
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Conscription begins in Germany contray to the dictates of the Versailies Treaty
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This occured from October 25–November 1, 1936.
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This is when Japan invades China.
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In response to Japanese action in China, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers a speech in which he calls for peace-loving nations to act together to "quarantine" aggressors to protect the world from the "disease" of war.
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In a speech in Rome, Benito Mussolini, fascist leader of Italy, promises to fight the democracies alongside Adolf Hitler's should war break out.
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The U.S. Congress passes the Naval Expansion Act giving President Franklin D. Roosevelt one billion dollars to enlarge the navy.
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Adolf Hitler, in return for the Sudetenland, promises to leave the rest of Czechoslovakia alone.
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Invasion of Poland, Official start of WWII
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Britain and France declare war on Germany honoring their commitment to Poland.President Franklin D. Roosevelt invokes the Neutrality Act but notes, "Even a neutral cannot be asked to close his mind or his conscience."
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The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east.
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Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
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More than three million German troops invade the Soviet Union. June 1941
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Japanese surprise attack on U.S. naval base in Hawaii, start of WWII for the United States.
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Soviets begin offensive against Germans in Stalingrad.
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Allies launch first attack against Germans at Cassino, Italy.
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When some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region.
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Victory in Europe Day is declared as German troops continue to surrender to Allies throughout Europe.
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Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II.
