Zach's WWII Timeline By mrcool1236589 Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Dec 31, 1946 World War II Events Mar 14, 1921 Hitler rose to power Period: Oct 31, 1921 to Mar 9, 1936 Dictators start a totalitarian government under facist rule Oct 31, 1922 Mussolini becomes prime minister Apr 3, 1929 Stalin becomes sole dictator of the U.S.S.R Sep 18, 1931 Japan's Army seizes Manchuria, China Jan 30, 1933 Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany Aug 31, 1935 Neutrality act passed by congress Oct 9, 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa Jan 1, 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government Mar 9, 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty Jun 9, 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people. Jan 5, 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps Jul 29, 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany Aug 23, 1938 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin (non-agression pact) Apr 9, 1939 Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany Feb 8, 1940 Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island May 10, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium May 10, 1940 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender Jul 20, 1940 First time Peacetime Draft in US Sep 9, 1940 Japanese invade French Indochina Jun 9, 1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR now joins England in fighting the Germans Jul 9, 1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter 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 Apr 3, 1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March May 10, 1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps Jun 6, 1942 June - D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies Jun 11, 1942 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific Aug 4, 1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow Feb 9, 1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa Jun 9, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA Nov 9, 1943 July - Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min. Aug 8, 1944 Aug. - Paris retaken by Allies Forces Dec 16, 1944 Dec. Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces May 8, 1945 V-E Day, war ends in Europe Aug 14, 1945 V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces Jan 1, 1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
