WWll Magazine Timeline By Alexandra Jefferson 1927 Chinese Civil War 1930 Rise of Nazism, Fascism, and the Axis aggression Against the allied powers Sep 19, 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria Sep 19, 1931 – Feb 27, 1932 Sep 19, 1931 Japan takes Manchuria 1935 Mussolini invades Ethiopia Mar 7, 1936 Nazi troops occupy the Rhineland Jul 17, 1936 Spanish Civil War Oct 5, 1937 Quarantine Speech 1938 Germany occupation of the Sudetenland 1939 Berlin-Moscow- Tokyo Pact Mar 15, 1939 Nazi troops invade Czechoslovakia Aug 23, 1939 Non- Aggression Pact May 10, 1940 Fall of France May 27, 1940 Rescue at Dunkirk Jul 10, 1940 Battle of Britain Jul 10, 1940 – Oct 31, 1940 Aug 14, 1941 Atlantic Charter Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor 1942 (Normandy),Midway 1942 Guadalcanal Apr 9, 1942 Bataan Death March Aug 23, 1942 Stalingrad Oct 23, 1942 El Alamein Sep 3, 1943 US invasion of Italy Nov 28, 1943 Tehran Conference Jun 6, 1944 D-Day- Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Jima Apr 12, 1945 FDR dies of a stroke Apr 12, 1945 Truman becomes President Apr 16, 1945 fall of Berlin Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini executed Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide May 8, 1945 V-E Day Jul 17, 1945 the Potsdam Conference Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima