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Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi party
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Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
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Stalin becomes dictator of the Soviet Union
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Japan's army seizes Manchuria, China
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Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
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Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
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Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
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Militarists take control of Japanese government
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9. Attack on Rhineland
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty -
10. Japan's massacre on Nanking
Japan’s army pillages Nanking (Spelled Nanjing now), China; massacre of a quarter of a million people. -
11. Munich Pact signed
Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany -
12. Jews are rounded up
Nazis begin rounding up Jewish people for labor camps -
13. Hitler and Stalin
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin -
14. Invasion on Poland, war declared
Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany -
15. More Nazi attacks
Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium. They take control -
17. Battle of Britain begins
Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island -
16. France surrenders
July 14 - 22 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender -
18. Peacetime draft
First time Peacetime Draft in US -
19. Hitler breaks a pact, USSR joins England
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades USSR. USSR joins England in fighting the Germans -
20. Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was a joint declaration between Britain and the U.S. creating a broad state of their war aims. -
21. Japanese invade Indochina
Japan's invasion cut off supply routes from there to China. France couldn't fight Japan. Japan occupied the Indochina region and cut off China’s transportation routes in Indochina. -
22. Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, War is declared on and by the US
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US -
23. Philippines fall to Japanese - Bataan death march
Japan captured about 70,000 soldiers. Those 70,000 had to walk 65 miles to prison camps. Thousands died from starvation, disease, and the violence -
24. Internment camps installed
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps -
25. Battle of Midway
June 4-7. Battle of Midway was a turning point in the war -
26. Russians stop Nazis
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow -
27. Britain and US have a victory
British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa -
28. Zoot suit riots
Young (primarily) Mexican and Latino people in Los Angeles, CA walked around in big suits that used a lot of material because they didn't like the war and it made a lot of people mad, resulting in police violence and brutality. -
29. Surrenders and dismissal
Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Minister -
30. D-Day
D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies -
31. Paris retaken
German defenders were worn out and tired. American units and Sherman tanks retook the French capital after a few battles on the 20th of December. -
32. Last German offense
Battle of the bulge was the last offensive attack from the Germans -
33. US and Philippines
US forces recapture the Philippines. -
34. new pres
FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes president. -
35. Ending the war
V-E Day, War ends in Europe -
36. The first atomic bombs are dropped
The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Those two bombs killed at least 129,000 -
37. Final surrender
V-J Day, Japan surrenders to allied forces -
38. War crime trials
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremberg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
