World War 2 Flashcards
When did Japan invade Manchuria?
September 18, 1931
When was Adolf Hitler appointed chancellor?
January 30, 1933
When does Fascist Italy invade Ethiopia?
October 2, 1935
When did the Anschluss take place?
German annexation of Austria
March 13, 1938
When was the Munich agreement signed?
Ceded the Czechoslovak Sudetenland to Germany
September 29, 1938
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France signed
When did Italy and Germany sign the Pact of Steel?
May 22, 1939
Initially drafted as a tripartite military alliance with Japan
When did World War II Start?
September 1, 1939
Nazi Germany invasion of Poland
When Did the Soviet Union Invade Poland?
September 17, 1939
When was Warsaw captured?
September 27, 1939
When did the Soviet Union invade Finland?
Winter War
November 30, 1939
When did Germany invade Norway?
April 8, 1940
Ended the “Phony War”
When did Churchill become Prime Minister?
May 10, 1940
When did Nazi Germany launch Operation Barbarossa?
The invasion of Soviet Union
June 22, 1941
When did Imperial Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
December 7, 1941
When did the Nazis approve the “Final Solution”?
January 20, 1942
At the Wannsee Conference
When was Mussolini deposed?
By the Fascist Grand Council
July 25, 1943
Allows Marshall Pietro Badoglio to form a new government.
When is Mussolini freed by German forces?
September 12, 1943
When did Nazi Germany Surrender?
May 8, 1945
German Instrument of Surrender is signed by Field-Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
When did World War II End?
September 2, 1945
Surrender of Japan signed by Emperor Hirohito
