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The International Committee awarded the 1936 Summer Olympics to Berlin.
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Signed an anticommunism pact with Germany that clearly linked Japan with Europe’s Fascist menace.
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Extending two thousand miles from Mount Katahdin, Maine to Springer Mountain, Georgia is completed.
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Japan began a war against China. The attack was marked by great brutality.
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After Japan invaded China, President Roosevelt decided that it was time to speak out.
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Tried to force the Austrian government to agree to Anschluss (union with Germany).
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Great Britain and France declared war on Germany.
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Motivated by concern that Germany was already working on such a weapon.
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Hitler sent his forces into Denmark and Norway.
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The Germans finally made their expected strike toward France.
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Japan formed a military alliance with Germany and Italy.
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Pushed the government not to accept any compromise.
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A strong pressure from Tojo forced Japans government to resign. Took control of the country.
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American leaders were convinced that war beteeen the United States and Japan was likely.
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In the resulting confusion, routine defensive steps, such as using airplanes to watch for approaching ships, were not in place.
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Shortly after Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt set the ambitious goal of building 60,000 new planes and a further 125,000 aircraft the following year.
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Demand for their services was so great that the army created the Women’s Army Corp.
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Congress passed the Smith Conally Act.
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The attack began with soldiers parachuting behind the German lines to try to secure key sites.
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An estimated 10,000 Allied casualties, including 6,600 Americans- D-Day had been a success.
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The bulge created by the German offensive had been rolled back.
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The allies issued the Potsdam Declaration, demanding the “unconditional surrender of all the Japanese armed forces”.
