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World War 2
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Adolf Hitler Takes Office
Adolf Hitler created the Nazi Party in 1921. The Nazi Party was the main political force in Nazi Germany from 1933 until the end of World War II in 1945. It led Germany by force but was not declared illegal until after the war. -
Joseph Stalin Takes Office
Communism began under Joseph Stalin in 1929 in the soviet union. Communism is like captialism and socialism mixed together. The government runs every thing and it budget all of the resources in the country. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Was made because of the movement to outlaw war to prevent another WWI -
Benito Mussolini takes office
Fascism came into play in Italy in 1932. Benito came up with the Doctrine of Fascism. Fascism advocates nationalism and racial superiority. It'sa centralized dictatorial regime, with severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppresion of opposition. -
Franklin Roosevelt Takes Office
Churchil, Stalin, and Roosevelt made up the leaders of the allies\ against the Germany. Franklin was a key leader during WWII. -
Concentration camps (genocide)
Many victims were taken from their homes and forced to go to concentration camps by train and truck. Many families were seperated. In these camps prisoners were put to work and fed just enough to get by each day. If Nazi rules weren't follwed, they would be killed on the spot. -
Holocaust (anti-semitism)
The systematic murder of 11 million people across Europe, more than half of which were Jews. The Holocaust was led by Adolf Hitler. -
Neutrality Acts
The acts were laws passed 1935, 1936, 1937 and 1939 to draw a boundary to U.S. involvement in future wars. Congress withdrawled the Acts in November 1941. -
Troop Build Up In Ethiopia
Invasion of Italian soldiers in Ethipoia who eventually took down Ethiopia by 1937 -
Francisco Franco Took Office
Francisco Franco was a dictator. Dictatorship is a form of government whose leader is not elected but in power because of their ability to prevent others from doing so. He was the leader of Nationalist forces in Spain during WWII -
Troops build up in the Rhineland
In March, 1936 Hitler decided to send troops into RHineland. In was a clear military build up by both sides. -
Quarantine Speech
The Quarantine Speech was given by FDR on Oct. 5, 1937 in Chaicago about the condition of our society at the time. http://history.sandiego.edu/GEN/text/us/fdr1937.html -
Neville Chamberlain
Was Britains Prime Minister, who was one of the leaders who signed the Munich Pact.
"Peace With Honor" -
Winston Churchill
Neville Chamberlains rival for the leadership of Great Britain. He believed that by digning the Munich Pact "Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonor" -
German troops march into Austria
Germany's invasion of Austria and Czechoslovakia. Hitler's remark was "Germany's problems can be solved only by means of force and this is never without risk." -
Munich Pact
Germany, Italy, France and Great Britain signed the Munich Pact which turned Sudetenland over to Germany without a shot being fired. -
Kristallnacht
"Crystal Night" Gangs of Nazis storm troopers attack Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues across Germany. -
Soviets invade Finland
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Nonagression Pact
The Soviet Union and Germany signed the Nonaggression Pact in which they agreed not to fight eachother. They also signed a second secret pact agreeing to divide Poland between them. -
Blitzkreig
An invasion testing newest German war strategies which involved planes dropping bombs on military bases, airports and railroads and tanks in cities causing terror and confusion. -
Axis Powers
Americans got news that Japan, Germany and Italy had assigned a mutual defense treaty known as the "Tripartite Pact" These three nations became known as the axis powers -
Lend-Lease
Late 1940, Britain had no more money in the Arsenal of democracy. Roosevelt suggested replacing cash-and-carry with a new plan call the Lend-Lease. This stated that the US would lend arms or supplies to "any country who's defense was vital to the United States" -
German Invade Denmark and Norway
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The election of 1940
President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the 31st president, breaking the two-term tradition. He was re-relected with nearly 55% of the votes cast. -
Germans invade Belgium, Netherlands and Luxumbourg
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Germany and Italy invade France
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Battle of Britain
Germsna began to assemble an invasion fleet along the French coast. Germany also launched an sir war and began making bomb runs over Britain -
Atlantic Charter
In this document, the two leaders, spelled out the causes for which WWII was fought, even before the US even entered the conflict. -
Phillipines, Corregidor, Douglas MacArthur
In the Phillipines, 80,000 American and Filipino troops, led by Douglas MacArthur, held out against 200,000 Japanese for four months. -
A. Phillip Randolph
President of Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and nations leading African American labor leader who organized a march on Washington. -
Japans leader- Hideki Tojo
The millitant Japanese general became the new prime minister of Japan. Shortly after taking office, he met the emperor. -
Pearl Harbor
A Japanese dive-bomber came low over the US naval base at Pearl Harbor. This bomber was follwed by more than 180 Japanese warplanes launched from 6 aircraft carriers. Victory for the Japanese. Terribly crippling to the US Pacific Fleet in one hit. -
War plans with Churchill and FDR
Office of Price Administration, fought inflation by freezing the taz to millions of people who had never paid it before. War Production Board, ensured that the armed forces and war industries recieved the resources they needed to win the war. Many different plans like these were made to help our country rise up and win future wars. -
Selective Service (& the G.I.)
The Selective Service Stystem broadened the draft and eventually provided another 10 million soldiers to meet the military's needs following Pearl Harbor. -
Interment of Japanese
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, many Americans questioned the loyalty of the japanese Americans living in Hawaii and on the West Coast. They deared they were part of Japan's master plan for destorying the US. -
Industrial Response
The nations automobile plants had been retooled to produce tanks, planes, boats, and command cars. Factories were quickly converted to war production. -
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC)
Military's manpower needs were so great that Army Cheif of Staff General George Marshall pushed for the formation of WAAC. Women volunteering for the army would not recieve the same rank, pay or benefits as men doing the same jobs. -
The Battle of the Coral Sea
A combined American and Australian fleet intercepted a Japanese strike force aimed at Australia, which established a new type of naval warfare. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
The German Army approached Stalingrad in midsummer, because Hitler changed his tactics. -
Battle of Midway
Admiral Nimitz learned that a Japanese invasion was heading towards Midway. Nimitz prepared a surprise attack on the Japanese, although he was outnumbered. -
Guadalcanal
19,000 marines stormed Guadalcanal in the Soloman Islands, later known by the J on land.apanese as the Island of Death. Marked Japan's first defeat -
Battle of the Atlantic
After Pearl Harbor, Hitler ordered submaring raids against ships along America's East Coast. Unprotected American ships turned out to be easy targets. In the first four months of 1942 the Germans sank 87 US ships. In May 1943, the commander of the German U-boat offense, reported his losses had "reached an unbearable height" -
The North African Front
Operation Torch, an invasion of Axis-controlled North Africa. -
The Italian Campaign
While planning a new attack, before North Africa was even won, Churchill thought it would be safer to first attack Italy before crossing the English Channel over to France. "The doft underbelly of the Axis" -
D-Day
US's and Britains attack on France. Largest land-air-sea operation in history. -
The Battle of Layte Gulf and kamikazes
The Japanese put their entire fleet into the Battle of Leyte. Also tested a new tactic, kamikaze, or suicide plane, in which Japanese pilots crashed their planes into Allied ships. -
The Battle of the Bulge
Eight German tank divisions broke through weak American defenses along an 80-mile front. The resulting dent in the Allied lines gave it it's name, Battle of the Bulge. -
Battle of Iwo Gima
After retaking the Philipines and liberating the American prisoners of war there, Allies turned to Iwo Jima. Perhaps the most heavily defended spot on earth, with 20,700 Japanese troops. -
Yalta Conference
Rosevelt, Churchill and Stalin made a number of importatnt decisions about the future at this conference. Created the United Nations, a international peacekeeping body. -
Harry Truman becomes President
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Battle of Okinawa
One obstacle stood between the Allies and the final assault on Japan, the island of Okinawa. -
The Manhattan Project
Best kept secret of the war. 600,000 Americans were inbolced, although only few knew the ultimate purpose, the creation of an atomic bomb. -
Unconditional Surrender/V-E Day
On April 29th, Hitler got married to Eva Braun. The same day he wrote to the German people. In it he blamed the Jews for starting the war and his generals for losing it. "I myself and my wife choose to die in order to escape the disgrace of...Capitulation (surrender)" V-E Day= Victory in Europe Day. -
Hiroshima
Atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, code named Little-Boy. -
Nagasaki
A second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days after Hiroshima code named Fat-Man. 200,000 died due to radiation of the atomic bombs.
