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World War II

World War II. A Timeline of Events. Timeline. 1922 – Mussolini becomes dictator in Italy. He is known as “Il Duce”. Timeline. 1924 – Stalin comes to power in the Soviet Union. Timeline.

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World War II

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  1. World War II A Timeline of Events

  2. Timeline • 1922 – Mussolini becomes dictator in Italy. He is known as “Il Duce”

  3. Timeline • 1924 – Stalin comes to power in the Soviet Union

  4. Timeline • 1929 –The Great Depression begins across Europe and the United States; the American stock market crashes

  5. Timeline • 1931 – Japan conquers Manchuria in northern China

  6. Timeline • 1932 – Hitler becomes Germany’s chancellor “DerFürher”

  7. Timeline • May 1933 – Massive book burning in Berlin

  8. Timeline • 1935 – Italy invades Ethiopia in Africa. HailiSalasi, Ethiopia’s leader, makes a stand against Italy and begs for international help, but is unsuccessful.

  9. Timeline • September 15, 1935 Nuremberg Laws passed

  10. Timeline • Early 1936 – Hitler moves troops into the Rhineland, an area along the Rhine River bordering France. Britain urges appeasement.

  11. Timeline • Late 1936 – Mussolini and Hitler form the Rome – Berlin Axis. The “Third Reich” – the third incarnation of the Roman Empire - begins.

  12. Timeline • 1937 - Japan invades southern China

  13. Timeline • 1938 – Germany annexes Austria

  14. Timeline • November 9, 1938 – Kristelnacht – hundreds of synagogues are burned, windows in Jewish businesses are smashed, 91 Jews are murdered, 30,000 are arrested and sent to concentration camps

  15. Timeline • November 12, 1938 Jewish children are expelled from schools

  16. Timeline • 1939 – Germany signs a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union. Czechoslovakia is partitioned. Neville Chamberlain, PM of Great Britain, proclaims, “Peace in our time.”

  17. Timeline • September 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland. World War II begins.

  18. Timeline • 1940 – Germany invades Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, and France using a technique called blitzkrieg, or lightning war.

  19. Timeline • 1940 – Japan joins the Axis

  20. Timeline • 1940 Germany bombs Great Britain; The Battle of Britain begins

  21. Timeline • 1941 – Germany invades the Soviet Union

  22. Timeline • 1941 – Tojo becomes Prime Minister of Japan

  23. Timeline • Summer 1941 Hitler’s “Final Solution to the Jewish Question” is begun, ultimately resulting in the deaths of 6 million Jewish people – the Holocaust

  24. Timeline • December 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The United States enters the war.

  25. Timeline • December 1941 – Japanese invades the Philippines

  26. Timeline • March 1942 – Allied forces under the command of Douglas MacArthur withdraw to Australia. MacArthur promises, “I shall return.”

  27. Timeline • 1942 - Bataan Death March • 60 mile march of 75,000 American and Filipino POWs by the Japanese • 11,000 men reportedly die

  28. Timeline • 1942 – Allied forces led by General Eisenhower invade North Africa and stop the German advance, led by General Rommel, at El Alamein, Egypt.

  29. Timeline • June 1942 – Battle of Midway is turning point of the war in the Pacific. Allies begin the process of island hopping to get close to the Japanese homeland.

  30. Timeline • August 1942 – February 1943 The Battle Guadalcanal is the first major land victory in the Pacific. It is made possible by Navajo Code Talkers.

  31. Timeline • 1943 – German troops surrender at Stalingrad in the Soviet Union.

  32. Timeline • 1943 – Allies invade Sicily. Italy surrenders.

  33. Timeline • June 6, 1944 - Allies invade Normandy – D-Day

  34. Timeline • 1944 – Paris is liberated

  35. Timeline • 1944 – Hitler launches the Battle of the Bulge; Stalin gains control of Eastern Europe

  36. Timeline • October 1944 – Allies invade the Philippines, liberating Manila by March. The Japanese increase their use of kamikazes.

  37. Timeline • Late 1944 – the Allies begin bombing Japan

  38. Timeline • February 1945 U.S. Marines invade Iwo Jima.

  39. Timeline • April 1945 – Allied forces invade Okinawa. 18,000 Americans die; 120,000 Japanese

  40. Timeline • 1945 – Allied forces advance on Berlin. Germany surrenders on May 7. This is called VE Day.

  41. Timeline • August 6, 1945 the Enola Gay drops an atomic bomb on the industrial city of Hiroshima. 75,000 people die.

  42. Timeline • August 9, 1945 a second atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, killing 40,000.

  43. Timeline • September 2, 1945 Japan unconditionally surrenders aboard the battleship Missouri, VJ Day. The war is over.

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