WW2 e-timeline By jiaruifan Jan 30, 1921 1921, Jan. 30 Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/leader.htm Oct 30, 1922 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini Jan 30, 1929 1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin Jan 30, 1931 1931 Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China http://thenagain.info/WebChron/China/JapanManchuria.html Mar 21, 1933 1933, March 21 - Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-is-named-chancellor-of-germany Jan 30, 1935 1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrality_Acts_of_1930s Jan 30, 1935 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/ww2-italy-invades-ethiopia Jan 30, 1936 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government http://www.pacificwar.org.au/pearlharbor/pearloverview3.html Jan 30, 1936 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty http://slideplayer.com/slide/10587695/ Dec 13, 1937 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people. http://portuguese.china.org.cn/china_key_words/2015-11/16/content_38618518.htm Sep 30, 1938 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/munich-pact-signed Nov 30, 1938 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps http://www.answers.com/Q/What_year_did_the_Jews_get_captured_by_the_Nazis#slide=1 Aug 23, 1939 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/nonaggression.htm Sep 1, 1939 1939 Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/britain-and-france-declare-war-on-germany Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Aug 15, 1945 WW2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II May 10, 1940 1940 May 10 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-norway-and-denmark Jul 10, 1940 1940 July 10 Battle of Britain begins – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain Jul 14, 1940 1940 July 14 - 22Germany invades France and forces it to surrender http://slideplayer.com/slide/7949021/ Sep 16, 1940 1940 Sept 16 - First time Peacetime Draft in US http://onetuberadio.com/2015/09/16/september-16-1940-first-peacetime-draft/ Aug 14, 1941 1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Charter Aug 23, 1941 1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-hitler-stalin-pact Sep 22, 1941 1941 Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_French_Indochina Dec 7, 1941 1941, 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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor Feb 19, 1942 1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans Apr 9, 1942 1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataan_Death_March Jun 4, 1942 1942, June 4-7 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwari1/p/Midway.htm Aug 23, 1942 1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad May 12, 1943 1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa http://ww2today.com/12th-may-1943-the-germans-surrender-in-north-africa Jun 1, 1943 1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_Suit_Riots Sep 8, 1943 1943 July - Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/8/newsid_3612000/3612037.stm Jun 6, 1944 1944 June 6 - D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day Aug 25, 1944 1944 Aug. - Paris retaken by Allies Forces http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/paris-liberated Dec 16, 1944 1944 Dec. Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-the-bulge Jan 9, 1945 1945 Jan. – US forces return to recapture the Philippines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines_Campaign_(1944–1945) Apr 16, 1945 1945 April 16th - FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-dies May 8, 1945 1945 May 8th - V-E Day, war ends in Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_in_Europe_Day Aug 6, 1945 1945 Aug. - First Atomic Bombs dropped http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima Aug 14, 1945 1945 Aug. 14th – V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day Aug 26, 1945 1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/nuremberg
