Chapter 24 Timeline

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  • Hitler becomes part of the Nazi party

    Hitler becomes part of the Nazi party

    this day hitler was brought into the Nazi party
  • Benito Mussolini appointed prime minister of Italy

    Benito Mussolini appointed prime minister of Italy

    This date Benito Mussolini was appointed the prime minister of Italy
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    Josef Stalin sole dictator of the soviet union

    Josef Stalin sole dictator of the soviet union
  • Japan seizes Machura, China

    Japan seizes Machura, China

    Japan seizes Machura, China
  • Hitler is named chancellor of Germany

    Hitler is named chancellor of Germany

    Hitler is named chancellor of Germany
  • Neutrality acts passed by US congress

    Neutrality acts passed by US congress

    Neutrality acts passed by US congress
  • Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    the League of Nations condemned the Italian invasion in 1935 and voted to impose economic sanctions on the aggressor.
  • Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of Versailles treaty

    Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of Versailles treaty

    Hitler ordered troops into Rhineland, at this point German troops were not very strong and could be easily defeated
  • Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    they used intimidation and assassination of moderate politicians, bureaucrats and armed service leaders as means to achieve their aims.
  • Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China

    Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China

    Massacre of a quarter million people.
  • Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

    Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

    Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
  • Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

    Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

    Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
  • Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
  • Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
  • Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium

    Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium

    Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium
  • Battle of Britain begins

    Battle of Britain begins

    Royal air force defeats German air to protect their Island
  • 22 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

    22 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

    22 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
  • First time Peacetime Draft in US

    First time Peacetime Draft in US

    First time Peacetime Draft in US
  • Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades

    Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades

    USSR now joins England in fighting with the Germans
  • Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

  • Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

    Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

  • Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces

    Japan bombs Pearl harbor and US declares war on Japan

  • Germany and Italy declare war on the US

    Germany and Italy declare war on the US

  • Philippines fall to Japanese

    The bataan death march

  • British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

    British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

  • Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

    Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

  • Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

    Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
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    Battle of Midway

    turning point of war in the pacific

  • Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

    Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

  • British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

    British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

  • Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

    Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

  • D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

    D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

  • Paris retaken by Allies Forces

    Paris retaken by Allies Forces

  • Battle of the Bulge

    last offensive of German Forces

  • US forces return to recapture the Philippines

    US forces return to recapture the Philippines

  • FDR dies

    Harry S. Truman becomes President

  • V-E Day

    war ends in Europe

  • First Atomic Bombs dropped

    First Atomic Bombs dropped

  • V-J Day

    Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

  • War Crimes Trials held

    in Nuremberg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.