World War II By Monia31 Sep 19, 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria. Period: Sep 19, 1931 to Sep 2, 1945 Japanese Aggression Mar 15, 1934 Hitler reintroduces conscription. Period: Mar 15, 1934 to Sep 1, 1939 Appeasment Apr 15, 1934 General Franco puts down general strikes in Spain violently. Jul 25, 1934 Nazis assassinate chancellor of Austria in a failed putsch. Period: Jul 25, 1934 to Mar 13, 1938 Anschluss Crisis Feb 15, 1936 Hitler gives the chancellor of Austria an ultimatum. Take the pressure of Austria Nazis. Make Seyss-Inquart leader. OR ELSE. Mar 7, 1936 Hitler marches troops into the Rhineland. Jul 17, 1936 The Spanish army starts the Spanish Civil war in Morocco. Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939 Spanish Civil War Apr 26, 1937 Guernica is destroyed by the German Blitzkrieg, Mar 11, 1938 Schuschnigg resigns and leaves Sayss-Iquart leader of Austria. Mar 12, 1938 German troops march into Austria unoppossed. Mar 13, 1938 Sayss-Iquart signs over Austrian soveraignty and made Austria part of Germany. Mar 28, 1938 Hitler tried to push the demands of the Sudetenland to such an extreme where Benes could not comply. Period: Mar 28, 1938 to Sep 30, 1938 Munich Crisis Sep 29, 1938 Munich Conference. Sep 30, 1938 Benes forced to comply with the decision met by Britain and Germany to hand over the Sudentenland to Germany. Mar 14, 1939 Nazis invade the rest of Czechoslovakia. Apr 1, 1939 Republicans surrender to General Franco. Franco rules until 1975. Sep 1, 1939 German invasion of Poland Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 World War II Period: Sep 1, 1939 to May 9, 1945 Battle of the Atlantic Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Apr 7, 1940 Phony War Sep 17, 1939 Soviet invasion of Poland. Period: Nov 30, 1939 to Mar 12, 1940 Winter War. Soviet invasion of Finland. Apr 8, 1940 Invasion of Norway Apr 9, 1940 Invasion of Denmark May 27, 1940 Evacuation of Dunkirk. Jun 22, 1940 Fall of France. Period: Jul 10, 1940 to Sep 30, 1940 Battle of Britain Aug 24, 1940 The Blitz. Sep 13, 1940 Mussolini attacks Egypt. Jun 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa Period: Jun 22, 1941 to Feb 2, 1943 German offensive against the Soviets. Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbour. May 15, 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea. Jun 15, 1942 Battle of Midway. Sep 1, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad. Oct 15, 1942 El Alamein Feb 2, 1943 300,000 German troops surrender to the Soviets. Jul 9, 1943 Landing on Sicily Period: Jul 9, 1943 to May 2, 1945 Italian Campaign Sep 8, 1943 Italy surrenders to the allies, however German forces continue to fight. Jun 6, 1944 Operation Overlord. D-Day. Aug 25, 1944 Liberation of France. Oct 15, 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf. Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge. Apr 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide. May 8, 1945 Germany surrenders to the Allies. Aug 6, 1945 Dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Aug 9, 1945 The dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki Aug 14, 1945 Japan sues for peace. Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders to the Allies.
