WWII

Hitler becomes Chancellor

Jan 30, 1933

Adolf Hitler becomes the Chancellor of Germany.

Mussolini invades Ethiopia

Oct 3, 1935

Italy, under control of Benito Mussolini invades Ethiopia.

Neutrality Act

May 1, 1937

FDR signs document issuing an arms embargo on warring nations.

Anschluss

Mar 13, 1938

German Chancellor Adolf Hitler declares Austria as part of the Third Reich.

Hermann Goering warns Jews

Mar 26, 1938

Hitler's second in command and Marshal of the Third Riech, warns all Jews to leave Austria.

Hitler is Man of the Year

Jan 2, 1939

Time Magazine released its 1938 Man of the Year edition selecting Hitler for the title but does not show his face on the cover.

St. Louis Refusal

Jun 6, 1939

Passenger ship containing 907 jews goes back to Europe as the United States would not allow it to dock.

Germany invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland

Germany invades USSR

Jun 22, 1941

Germany invades USSR violatig nonagression pact.

Greer

Sep 4, 1941

USS Greer provokes German submarine to fire. In retaliation FDR orders all naval ships to fire at any Axis battleships the encounter.

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japan attacks Pearl Harbor in Hawaii

USSR traps Germany

Jan 31, 1943

Red Army traps and captures German Armies that invaded the USSR

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1943

Turning point for Americans, USA finally makes advancement in war against their Pacific enemy Japan.

Invasion of Sicily

Jul 10, 1943

USA troops cross North Africa into Sicily and from there ito Italy.

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

The U.S.A. invades the beaches of Normandy

Italy surrenders

Sep 8, 1944

Italian government officially surrenders to the Allied Powers. Still Germany occupies much of Italy.

FDR dies

Apr 12, 1945

FDR dies of a ceribral hemorrage

Mussolini dies

Apr 28, 1945

Italian insurgents capture and muder Mussolini and mutilate his body.

Hitler commits suicide

May 1, 1945

Adolf Hitler takes sionide pill and commits suicide in Berlin.

Germany Surrenders

May 2, 1945

German Military forces surrender 1 day after Hitler's suicide.

Victory in Europe Day

May 8, 1945

Also known as VE Day. Marks the surrender of the Nazi armed forces.

Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

The United States drops an atomic bomb, the first to be used in warfare, on Hiroshima, killing 75,000 people instantly, and injuring more than 100,000.

Nagasaki

Aug 9, 1945

A second atom bomb is dropped in Nagasaki, Japan

Japan Surrenders

Sep 2, 1945

The surrender of Japan brought all the hostilities of WWII to an end.

WWII ends

Sep 2, 1945

A traditional surrender ceremony is held in Tokyo.