Major Events of World War II by Tolu
by Tolu A
1. 1921
1.1. July 29 - Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist
2. 1923
2.1. November 8/9 - Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch
3. 1926
3.1. September 8 - Germany admitted to League of Nations
4. 1929
4.1. October 29 - Stock Market on Wall Street crashes
5. 1932
5.1. November 8 - Franklin Roosevelt elected President of US
6. 1933
6.1. January 30 - Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
6.2. March 12 - First concentration camp opened outside Berlin
6.3. October 14 - Germany quits the League of Nations.
7. 1935
7.1. March 16 - Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles
7.2. March 16 - Hitler inscripts military
8. 1937
8.1. November 5 - Hitler reveals war plans during Hossbach Conference
9. 1939
9.1. January 30, 1939 - Hitler threatens Jews during Reichstag speech.
9.2. September 1, 1939 - Nazis invade Poland.
9.3. September 3, 1939 - Big countries declare war on Germany.
9.4. September 5, 1939 - United States proclaims its neutrality
9.5. September 10, 1939 - Canada declares war on Germany
9.6. September 17, 1939 - Soviets invade Poland.
10. 1940
10.1. May 15, 1940 - Holland surrenders to the Nazis.
10.2. June 3, 1940 - Germans bomb Paris
10.3. June 10, 1940 - Norway surrenders to the Nazis
10.4. June 14, 1940 - Germans enter Paris.
10.5. November 5, 1940 - Roosevelt re-elected as U.S. president
11. 1941
11.1. June 14, 1941 - United States freezes German and Italian assets
11.2. July 26, 1941 - Roosevelt freezes Japanese assets and suspends relations.
11.3. August 20, 1941 - Nazi siege of Leningrad begins
11.4. September 1, 1941 - Nazis order Jews to wear stars
11.5. September 3, 1941 - First experimental use of gas chambers
11.6. December 7, 1941 - Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
11.7. US and Britain declare war on Japan.
11.8. December 11, 1941 - Hitler declares war on the US
11.9. December 19, 1941 - Hitler takes complete control German Army
12. 1943
12.1. January 2/3 - Germans begin withdrawal from the Caucasus
12.2. January 27, 1943 - First bombing raid by Americans on Germany
12.3. February 2, 1943 - Germans surrender at Stalingrad
12.4. March 2, 1943 - Germans begin a withdrawal from Tunisia, Africa
12.5. July 5, 1943 - Germans begin their last offensive against Kursk
12.6. July 24, 1943 - British bombing raid on Hamburg
12.7. October 13, 1943 - Italy declares war on Germany
13. 1918
13.1. November 11:World war I ends
14. 1919
14.1. April 28 - League of Nations founded.
14.2. June 28 - Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
15. 1934
15.1. August 2 - German President Hindenburg dies.
15.2. August 19 - Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany.
16. 1944
16.1. January 6, 1944 - Soviet troops advance into Poland
16.2. January 22, 1944 - Allies land at Anzio in Italy
16.3. February 15-18 - Allies bomb the monastery at Monte Cassino
16.4. May 11, 1944 - Allies attack the Gustav Line south of Rome.
16.5. May 12, 1944 - Germans surrender in the Crimea.
16.6. May 15, 1944 - Germans withdraw to the Adolf Hitler Line.
16.7. May 25, 1944 - Germans retreat from Anzio
16.8. June 27, 1944 - U.S. troops liberate Cherbourg, France.
16.9. July 18, 1944 - U.S. troops reach St. Lô, France.
17. 1945
17.1. March 6, 1945 - Last German offensive of the war
17.2. In April - Allies discover stolen Nazi art and wealth
17.3. April 1, 1945 - U.S. troops encircle Germans in the Ruhr
17.4. April 18, 1945 - German forces in the Ruhr surrender.
17.5. April 29, 1945 - U.S. 7th Army liberates Dachau.
17.6. April 30, 1945 - Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
17.7. May 2, 1945 - German troops in Italy surrender.
17.8. July 1, 1945 - troops move into Berlin.
17.9. August 6, 1945 - First atomic bomb dropped Japan.
17.10. August 8, 1945 - Soviets declares war on Japan
17.11. August 9, 1945 - Second atomic bomb dropped, on Nagasaki, Japan.
17.12. August 14, 1945 - Japanese agree to unconditional surrender.
17.13. September 2, 1945 - Japanese sign the surrender agreement
17.14. October 24, 1945 - United Nations is born.
17.15. November 20, 1945 - Nuremberg war crimes trials begin.
