WWll By henrylinenger Jan 30, 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party Period: Dec 5, 1921 to Dec 5, 1946 WW|| Dec 5, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Sep 8, 1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR) Dec 5, 1931 Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China Mar 21, 1933 Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany Dec 5, 1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress Dec 5, 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa Dec 5, 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government Dec 5, 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty Dec 5, 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people Dec 5, 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany Dec 5, 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps Sep 11, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin Dec 11, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control Dec 11, 1940 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender Dec 11, 1940 Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island Dec 11, 1940 First time Peacetime Draft in US Sep 14, 1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US Dec 17, 1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter Dec 17, 1941 Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific Dec 17, 1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death Marc Dec 17, 1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps Dec 17, 1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow Jul 17, 1943 Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min Dec 17, 1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa Dec 17, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA Jun 6, 1944 D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies Aug 17, 1944 Paris retaken by Allies Forces Dec 17, 1944 Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces Jan 17, 1945 US forces return to recapture the Philippines Apr 16, 1945 FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President May 8, 1945 V-E Day, war ends in Europe Aug 14, 1945 V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces Aug 17, 1945 First Atomic Bombs dropped Dec 17, 1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan
