World War 2 Era Timeline- 3rd hour History- AO

  • Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
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    World War 2

  • Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party

    Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party
  • Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
  • Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

    Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
  • Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
  • Neutrality Act passed by US Congress

    Neutrality Act passed by US Congress
  • Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
  • Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty

    Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
  • Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    Militarist take control of Japanese Government
  • Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.

    Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.
  • Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

    Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
  • Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

    Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
  • Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
  • Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
  • First time Peacetime Draft in US

    First time Peacetime Draft in US
  • Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

    Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
  • Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

    Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
  • Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control

    Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control
  • Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

  • Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR now joins England in fighting the Germans

  • Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US

  • Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

  • Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

  • Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

  • Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

  • Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

  • British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

  • Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

  • July - Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

  • June - D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

  • Aug. - Paris retaken by Allies Forces

  • Dec. Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces

  • Jan. – US forces return to recapture the Philippines

  • FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

  • V-E Day, war ends in Europe

    V-E Day, war ends in Europe
  • First Atomic Bombs dropped

  • V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

  • War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.