causes of WWII Jordan Hoffman

By msdederich

  • Fascist party rises to power in Italy

  • Nazi party rises to power in Germany

  • Japan lacking land and natural resources and becomes land- Hungry and looks to establish an empire

  • Mussolini is appointed prime minister of Italy

  • Hitler tries to overthrow German government but fails and is impisoned

  • Japans economy worsens as a result of the Great Depression

  • America first committee forms to fight for American Isolationism

  • Japans army seizes Manchuria (Northern China)

  • Japans military takes over Government

  • Nazi party is the largest political party in Germany's reichstag and hitler becomes head of the german state

  • Mussolini and Italy invade Ethiopia

  • Hitler signs and alliance with Mussolini forming the axis powers

  • German troops invade the rhine land

  • Hitler annexes Austria

  • FDR moves American pacific fleert from san diego to Pearl Harber

  • Hitler demands the sudetenland; britain and France agree in the munich conference

  • Britain and France pledge support to Poland in the event that is invaded by germany

  • Hitler annexes Czechoslovakia

  • America passes a series of neutrality acts saying that the U.S. world withhold weapons and loans from all nationsat war

  • Roosevelt is reelected to a third term

  • Sitzkrieg ends- Germany attacks Denmark and Norway

  • Germany launches Blizkrieg on Belgium

  • German troops enter Paris and France surrenders

  • Hitler invades Poland- Blitzkrieg

  • France and Great Britain declare war on Germany

  • Japan allies with Germany and Italy- Tripartite Pact

  • Congress authorizes the first peacetime draft in the nations history- selective service act

  • Berman begins bomding england Battle of Britain

  • Lend- Lease Act

  • Germany and Italy declare war on the United States

  • Japan signs neutrillity pact with Soviet Union

  • German raids on England end

  • Japanese forces occupy indochina; U.S. freezes Japan's American assets and cuts off trade

  • Japanese fleets begins moving toward Southeast asia;US demands that japan withdraw from tripartite pact

  • American military base, Pearl Harbor, is attacked by Japanese warplanes

  • United States declares war on Japan

  • Japan controls most of eastern China