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Stalin takes Power in the USSR
After Vladimir Lenin's death in 1924, Stalin managed to consolidate more and more power in his hands, gradually putting down all opposition groups within the party. -
Hitler publishes Mein Kampf from Jail
Mein Kampf was originally written by Hitler for the followers of the National Socialist Party, but many others read and liked the work as well. It is important because it lays out Hitlers fundamental theory that Jewish people are responsible for all the worlds perils. -
Mussolini takes power in Italy
Benito Mussolini takes power in Italy as the 1st Head of Government in lead of the National Fascist Party -
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Mussolini holds power in Italy
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Japan invades Marchuria
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FDR elected to Office
FDR served 4 terms -
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FDR was President
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Hitler becomes Führer of Germany
This is important because this is when Hitler takes absolute power in Germany. -
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Hitler is Führer of Germany
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Germany sends troops to the Rhineland
According the the treaty of Versailles created after WWI, any German troops within 50 km of the Rhine river was considered a hostile act. Germany Remilitarized the whole zone. -
Spanish Civil War
The spanish civil war was started as a military rebellion by a group of conservative generals led by Francisco Franco against the elected Government -
Neutrality Act of 1937
Cash and Carry meant that the President could permit the sale of materials and supplies to belligerents in Europe as long as the recipients arranged for the transport and paid immediately in cash, with the argument that this would not draw the U.S. into the conflict. Roosevelt believed that cash and carry would aid France and Great Britain in the event of a war with Germany, since they were the only countries that controlled the seas and were able to take advantage of the provision. -
FDR's Quarintine Speach
FDR wanted to quarintine aggressor nations so that they couldn't gain supplies and resources from other nations. -
Rape of Nanjing
The Nanjing massacre occured during the Sino-Japanese war, and it was a mass murder and a war rape. Almost all the women in Nanking were raped then murdered, and all the men were murdered. -
Germany Annexes Austria
Germany occupied and annexed Austria -
Munich Agreement
An agreement permitting Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
AKA the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, was an agreement that ensured non-aggression between Germany and the Soviet Union -
Germany Invades Poland
Germany invades, with the help of Russia, Poland and annexes it. -
WW2 Begins
War is declared on Germany -
France Surrenders to Germany
The Second Armistice at Compiègne was signed following the decisive German victory in the Battle of France -
Tripartite Pact
The three way pact signed between Japan, Itally and Germany, creating the Axis powers. -
Lend Lease
Lend-Lease was the name of the program under which the United States of America supplied war material between 1941 and 1945. -
Germany Invades USSR
Germany betrays their ally, attempts to Blitzkreig USSR -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor -
The United States declares war on Imperial Japan
Given in FDR's famous "Infamy speach" it declared war against Japan for America -
Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S.
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Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was a statement agreed between Britain and the United States of America. lots of freedoms. -
Japanese Internment
Japanese-American internment was the relocation of Japanese who lived along the Pacific coast of the United States to camps called "War Relocation Camps," -
Zoot-Suit Riots
Rots began in Los Angeles, during d of rising tensions between American servicemen stationed in southern California and Los Angeles' Mexican-American community
