WW2 Major Events By michelleostenberg 1933 Adolf Hitler becomes the chancellor of Germany May 1, 1937 Neutrality Act Jul 7, 1937 Japan Defeats China Sep 14, 1937 Roosevelt Limits Ships to Asia Roosevelt forbids United States ships from carrying weapons and other arms to China or Japan Dec 12, 1937 Attack of the Panay 1938 U.S. Against Japan Jan 21, 1938 March of Time Feb 20, 1938 Hitler Begins Supporting Japan Mar 13, 1938 Anschluss May 14, 1938 Mussolini Joins Hitler Nov 10, 1938 Kristallnacht Jan 2, 1939 Hitler is Time Magazine "Man of the Year" 1940 Hitler Defeats France 1940 Roosevelt Reelected for a Third Term Apr 1, 1940 Hitler Seizes Low Countries Jun 10, 1940 Italy Attacks France Jun 22, 1940 France Surrenders to Germany Sep 3, 1940 Roosevelt Aids Britain Sep 9, 1940 The Blitz Begin Jun 22, 1941 Germany Invades the Soviet Union Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Jun 6, 1944 D-Day May 1, 1945 Hitler Commits Suicide May 2, 1945 Germany Surrenders Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 WW2 Ends May 4, 1950 First Organ Transplant Jun 25, 1950 Korean War Starts Mar 5, 1953 Joseph Stalin Dies May 4, 1953 DNA Discovered Jan 21, 1954 First Atomic Submarine is Launched Jun 4, 1954 Racial Segregation Ruled Unconstitutional in Public Schools Nov 1, 1955 Vietnam War Begins May 5, 1957 'Sputnik' Soviet Satellite is Launched May 5, 1958 NORAD Radar System Implemented Jan 3, 1959 Alaska Becomes Part of the United States
