World War 2 timeline

By vladsus

  • Hitler

    Adolf Hitler becomes leader of Nazi Party

  • Mussolini

    Benito Mussolini appointed prime minister of Italy

  • Stalin

    Joseph Stalin sole dictator of USSR

  • Japan

    Japan's army siezes Manchuria, China

  • Hitler

    Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

  • Nuetrality Acts

    U.S. Congress passes nutrality acts

  • Ethiopia Invaded

    Italian army invades Ethiopia in Africa

  • Japan

    Millitarist take control of Japanese government

  • Hitler

    Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty

  • Japan

    Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people

  • Munich Pact

    Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

  • Rounding up Jews

    Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

  • Nazi-Soviet Pact

    Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

  • Poland Inaded

    Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

  • Nazi Invasion

    Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control

  • German Invasion

    Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

  • U.S. Sraft

    First time Peacetime Draft in US

  • Hitler Breaks Pact

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

  • Atlantic Charter

    Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

  • Japanese Invasion

    Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

  • Pearl Harbor Attacked

    Dec. 7 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. 9

  • Phillipines Fall

    Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

  • Japanese Americans Interned

    Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

  • Battle of Midway

    June 4-7 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

  • Russians save Moscow

    Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

  • Germans and Italians Deafeted

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

  • Zoot Suit Riots

    Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

  • Italy Surrenders

    Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces

  • Paris Retaken

    Paris retaken by Allies Forces

  • D-Day

    D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

  • U.S. Recaptures Phillipines

    US forces return to recapture the Philippines

  • FDR dies

    President Truman becomes president

  • End of war in Europe

    V-E Day, war ends in Europe

  • Japan Surrenders

    V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

  • First Atomic bombs dropped

    First Atomic Bombs dropped

  • War Crime Trials against Axis powers

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