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Stalin comes to power
Stalin was the General Scretary of the Communist party which helped him get followers -
Mussolini takes power in Italy
He destroyed all political opposition by using secret police. Key figure in Fascism. -
US stock market crashes
Because of this crash, America went into a great depression. Effecting everyone. -
Japan invades Manchuria
Because of this invasion Japan was able to establish a puppet state. -
Hitler named chancellor of Germany
Took over main power, had the help off all Nazi's and his followers. -
FDR elected president
Helped to get US out of depression. The New deal was one thing that helped him and America. -
U.S. passes the Neutrality Act
Signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. They contained provisions limiting arms sales to other nations. Prohibites loans to nations that werent repaying previous debts, keeping U.S. citizens from traveling to or on belligerent ships/nations. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
1935 Mussolini used a dispute about Italy and Ethiopia's border to launch an invasion, trying to build an Italy empire. Italy was to powerful for Ethiopia to stop. Italy conqured ethiopoia. halie Selassie (Ethiopian Emporer) asked the League of Nations for help, but the didnt. U.S. spoke out agianst Italy's actions but didnt have enough public support to go any furhter. -
Germany remilitarizes the Rhineland
Due to the Treaty of Versailles, Germany had to keep troops out of the Rhineland. hitler however sent Germany troops to the Rhineland. His excuse was that, the French & Soviet Union has a military agreement that threatened Germany. France Soviet Union were unwilling to go to war over the matter so the troops remained there. -
Civil War erupts in Spain
Started by fierce political conflict. Communist/Fascists & Nationalsits. This war attracted in many other countries including U.S., Italy, Soviet Union, and Germany. The fighting was brutal and hundred of thousands of people died. Franco's nationalists defeated the republicans. Spain went under control of fascist dictator. -
Japan seizes French Indo-China
After this attack President FDR decided it was time to speak out. Saying that 90% of the peoples freedom os being threatend by 10% of the people. -
Anschluss
Union between Austria & Germany. Hitler and nazi's were in charge. -
The Munich conference
Hitler met with representatives from France, the United Kigdom, and Italy. Agreeing to let Hitler annex the sudetenland. -
Germany occupies the Sudetenland
Came as a result of the Munich Agreement. Part of Czechoslovakia, whose majority population was of German ancestry. -
Kristallnacht
"Night of the Broken Glass" anti-jewish people broke glass from places of worship, and businesses. These actions showed what what Jewish people would continue to face. -
The Nazi-Soviet Pact
Stalin and Hitler had a meeting in which they decided not to attack eachother, therefore germany wouldnt have to fight two fromts. -
Germany invades Poland
Hitler was in charge of the attack on Poland, useing his strategey called "blitzkreig" -
The Phony War
After the attcking of Poland from Germany and Hitler, a great big war was expected but instead it was all quiet. -
Churchill elected
Winston churchill was elected in 1940 after Neville Chamberlain resigned. -
Miracle at Dunkirk
The evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk, France because the British, French, and Belgian troops were cut off by the German army during the Battle of Dunkirk -
France Surrenders
Italy joined the war on Germanys side. four days later the French capital collapsed. The Government capitulated on 25 June, just seven weeks after the beginning of the invasion. -
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain is the name given to the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940 -
Lend-Lease Act
This act set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed "vital to the defense of the United States -
Atlantic Charter
Statement early in World War II defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. It was drafted by Britain and the United States, and later agreed to by all the Allies. -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
A surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions.
