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Stalin Takes Power in Russia
Stalin and his idea of Communism take the minds of the Russians and scare the US greatly. -
Mussolini Takes Power in Italy
Mussolini becomes the facist dictator in Italy. -
US Stock Market Crashes
A day in 1929 when there was a really fast drop of stock prices across most of the stock market and a lot of people lost their money that was saved in banks. -
Japan Invades Manchuria
Japan invades Manchuria and stayed all the way to the end of World War 2. -
FDR Is Elected Persident
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, related to Teddy Roosevelt, is elected President of the United States after Herbert Hoover failed to help the American people of the Depression. -
Hitler is Named Chancellor of Germany
Hitler and his Nazi party take power in Germany. -
US Passes Neutrality Act
Stated that the US would be isolationist after seeing what happened in WW1 and would not want to join any wars. -
Italy Invades Ethiopia
Mussolini and his troops go on a tough invasion of Eithiopia after they previous effort was thwarted and they succeeded. -
Germany Remilitarizes Rhineland
Germany sends troops to reclaim the Rhineland between France and Germany. -
Spanish Civil War
Fought between Francisco Franco's Nationalists and the Republicans, won by Franco and he would have control for the next 36 years. -
Anschluss
Germany annexing Austria. -
Munich Conference
Annexing part of Czechoslovakia to Germany. -
Germany Occupies Sudetenland
Germany prevails in the Munich Conference and European powers agree to give Germany Sudetenland land. -
Kristallnacht
Raids on Jewish stores and homes in Germany. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Non-aggession pact between Germany and Russia. -
Germany Invades Poland
Germany successfully invades and takes Warsaw, Poland. -
Phony War
War was declared by France and the UK against Germany in WW2 but no power actually executed an offensive attack. -
Churchill is elected Prime Minister of England
Winston Churchill gets elected Prime Minister of England after the resignation of the former Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. -
France Surrenders
France surrenders Northern France to Germany. -
Miracle At Dunkirk
After the British get trapped at Dunkirk the Allies heroicly rescue them in three days. -
Battle Of Britain
The first major battle fought in the air between Germans and Britain's Royal Air Force. -
Japan Takes French Indo-China
Invasion by Japan to prevent China from importing fuel and arms through Indo-China -
Lend-Lease Act
US agreed to supplie Allies and European powers during WW2. -
Atlantic Charter
Defined the Allies' goals for the post war world -
Pearl Harbor
Japan's attack on US Naval Base in Hawaii which ultimately brought the US into WW2.
