Timeline April 12, 2016 By luluhistory Period: Apr 12, 1930 to Apr 12, 1939 Hitler toys with hopes and fears of Western deomcracies by invading and conquering Western territory Period: Sep 12, 1930 to Dec 12, 1930 Radar is developed Period: Sep 12, 1930 to Dec 12, 1930 A complete Enigma machine is smuggled into Great Britain Apr 12, 1931 Japan begins expanding Apr 12, 1935 General Douglas MacArthur receives a posting to the Phillipines Apr 12, 1935 The Nuremburg laws are passed Period: Apr 12, 1935 to Apr 12, 1937 United States Congress passes series of Neutrality Acts Apr 12, 1937 Japanese troops invade China Nov 7, 1938 Herschel Grynszpan shoots a German diplomat living in Paris Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht takes place Apr 12, 1939 Warsaw has a population of around 1.3 Million Sep 1, 1939 Germany surprise attacks Poland Sep 3, 1939 France and Great Britain declare war on Germany Sep 12, 1939 President Roosevelt asks the Congress to allow Allies to buy American arms Sep 12, 1939 German invades Poland causing Britain and France to declare war on German Sep 17, 1939 Stalin sends troops to occupy the eastern half of Poland Dec 31, 1939 Many, but not all, German Jews have fled to other countries Mar 12, 1940 Stalin forces the Finns to accept his surrender terms Apr 9, 1940 Hitler launches surprise invasion of Denmark and Norway May 12, 1940 Hitler begins dramatic sweep through Europe, leading to the invasion of France Period: May 26, 1940 to Jun 4, 1940 Ameuter British armada sails back and forth between Britain and Dunkirk with battle-weary soldiers Jun 12, 1940 France surrenders to Germany Jun 12, 1940 Battle of Britain begins Jun 14, 1940 Germans have taken Paris Jun 22, 1940 France leaders surrender to Germans Jul 12, 1940 Hitler begins planning to attack the USSR Sep 12, 1940 Benito Mussolini invades North Africa Oct 12, 1940 Anericans cracked a code that the Japanese sent as a secret message Feb 12, 1941 Hitler, through the threat of force, has persuaded Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary to join the Axis of Powers Mar 12, 1941 The Lend Lease act is passed Apr 12, 1941 The islands of the Phillipines fall Apr 12, 1941 Any and all Jews in German-controlled areas are required to wear a Star of David patch Apr 12, 1941 HItler invades Yugoslavia and Greece May 10, 1941 The battle of Britain ends Jun 12, 1941 Germans invade Soviet Union Jun 22, 1941 HItler invades the Soviet Union Jul 12, 1941 US Navy is escorting British ships carrying US arms Jul 12, 1941 President Roosevelt cuts off all oil shipments to Japan Sep 4, 1941 A German U boat fires on a US Destroyer in the Atlantic Sep 8, 1941 Hitler puts Leningrad under siege Oct 2, 1941 Nazi drive on Moscow begins Nov 12, 1941 Germans stall in MOscow and Leningrad Nov 12, 1941 Leningrad is cut off from the rest of the Soviet Union Period: Dec 1, 1941 to Dec 1, 1942 Winter of 41-42: Nearly one million people die in the city of Leningrad Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor..."a day that would live in infamy" Dec 7, 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor Dec 12, 1941 Germans have advanced to the outskirts of Moscow Dec 22, 1941 Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt meet the White House to develop a joint war policy Jan 12, 1942 Japanese march into the Phillipine capital of Manila Feb 12, 1942 Japanese have reached Singapore Feb 19, 1942 President Roosevelt issues an executive order to have Japanese Americans in internment, as they were seen as a threeat Apr 11, 1942 Bombers bomb Tokyo and other Japanese cities Apr 12, 1942 Hitler begins the execution of his "Final Solution" May 12, 1942 An American fleet, with Australian support, intercepted a Japanese strike force headed for Port Moresby in New Guinea May 12, 1942 General MacArthur is ordered to leave the Phillipines before their suurender Jun 4, 1942 The Battle of Midway Jun 12, 1942 General Erwin Rommel takes Libyan port city of Tobruk Jun 12, 1942 Allies defeat Japan in the Battle of Midway Jul 12, 1942 Hitler sends in his Sixth Army to capture Stalingrad and the oil fields in the Caucasus Mountains Aug 7, 1942 Several marines, with Australian support, landed on Guadalcanal and the neighboring island of Tulagi Aug 23, 1942 The Battle of Stalingrad begins Oct 23, 1942 The Battle of El Alamein begins Nov 4, 1942 General Rommel is forced to retreat by the British in the Battle of El Alamein Nov 8, 1942 Allied force of around 100,000 troops, led by Dwight D. Eisenhower, landed in Morocco and Algeria Nov 12, 1942 Allies begin to turn the tide of the war in their favor Nov 12, 1942 The Germans control 90% of Stalingrad Nov 12, 1942 Allies invade North Africa Nov 19, 1942 Soviet troops surround Stalingrad Period: Jan 1, 1943 to Dec 31, 1943 Allies begin to secretly build an invasion force in Great Britain Feb 2, 1943 The 90,000 surviving German soldiers surrender to the Soviets Feb 12, 1943 The Battle of Guadalcancal ends Mar 12, 1943 German troops quit holding against the Soviets May 12, 1943 General Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps is destroyed Jul 10, 1943 Allied forces land on Sicily Jul 25, 1943 King Victor Emmanuel III has Mussolini arrested Aug 12, 1943 Allied forces take Sicily from Italian and German troops Sep 3, 1943 Italy surrenders Oct 12, 1943 There is a Jewish uprising in Sobibor Dec 12, 1943 Dwight D. Einsenhower is appointed supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe May 12, 1944 D-Day invasion force is ready Jun 4, 1944 The allies march into Rome victorious Jun 6, 1944 Known as D-Day. The day the allied invasion force invaded Normandy Jul 25, 1944 Allies punch a hole through German defenses Aug 12, 1944 Allies are closing in on Japan Sep 12, 1944 The Allies have liberated France, Belgium and Luxembourg Oct 12, 1944 Allied forces land on the island of Leyte in the Phillipines Oct 12, 1944 Almost the entire Japanese fleet is sent to fight in the Battle of Leyte Gulf Nov 12, 1944 Prisoners at Auschwitz revolt Dec 16, 1944 German tanks break through weak American defenses along 75 mile front in the Ardennes Jan 1, 1945 Only 153,000 people in Warsaw remain after Soviet Union invasion Jan 6, 1945 Ella Gartner and Roza Robota are executed for assisting in Auschwitz revolt Mar 12, 1945 The Allies cross the Rhine River into Germany Mar 12, 1945 American Marines take the island of Iwo Jima Apr 1, 1945 US Troops move onto the island of Okinawa Apr 12, 1945 Allied forces surround Berlin Apr 12, 1945 President Roosevelt dies suddenly as Allied forces are heading into Berlin Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Apr 12, 1946 The Nuremburg Trials Apr 25, 1945 Soviets have surrounded Berlin and are destroying the city with artillery fire Apr 27, 1945 Italian resistance fighters ambush German trucks near the northern Italian city of Milan Apr 28, 1945 Mussolini is shot and his body is hung in downtown Milan so everyone can see Apr 29, 1945 Hitler marries his long time campanion, Eva Braun Apr 30, 1945 Hitler and his wife take their lives May 7, 1945 General Eisenhower accepts the unconditional surrender of the 3rd Reich from the German military May 9, 1945 The surrender is officially signed in Berlin May 12, 1945 Fighting with Germany in Rome ends Jun 21, 1945 One of the bloodiest battles of WW II ends Jul 16, 1945 1st Atomic Bomb is exploded in New Mexico (for a test) Aug 6, 1945 B 29 bomber, Enola Gay takes off Tinian Island in the Mariana Islands Aug 6, 1945 The US drops an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Another atomic bomb is dropped on the city of Nagasaki Period: Aug 12, 1945 to Sep 12, 1945 Allies use atomic bombs and Japan surrenders Sep 2, 1945 The Japanese finally surrender to General MacArthur Feb 12, 1946 General MacArthur and other American advisors draw up a constitution for Japan Oct 16, 1946 10 Nazi leaders are hanged May 3, 1947 The new Japanese constitution is put into effect Sep 12, 1951 The US and 47 other countries sign a formal peace treaty with Japan Feb 12, 1952 US occupation in Japan is over Period: Apr 12, 1990 to Apr 12, 1999 War crimes are committed in Balkan Conflicts Apr 12, 1993 The UN establishes the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Apr 12, 1994 The ICTY issues its 1st indictment Apr 12, 1996 The ICTY starts trial proceedings Mar 11, 2006 Slovodan Milosevic is found dead in his prison cell Apr 12, 2007 Mid-2007: 161 defendents have been convicted Apr 12, 2016 There is a Jewish uprising in Treblinka Apr 12, 2016 Hitler demands that Germany be given the Polish corridor
