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Mussolini comes to power
Political - Mussolini gained support from the Italy which resulted in a take over. -
Stock market crash
Economical - The spark of the Great Depression occured when the stock market crashed. -
Rape of Nanjing
Social - An episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against the people of Nanjing, an estimated 200,000-300,000 people died -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Dipolomatic - An appeasment by France and Great Britian allowed Hitler more land in which he took to his advantage and took more land without the conset of France and Great Britian -
Germany invades Poland
Military - Germany invades Poland, starting World War 2. -
Battle of Britian
Military - Germans continue bombing Britian but finally give up and refocus their attention to different countries in Europe. -
Germany invades USSR
Military - Over 3 million German troops invade Russia. -
Pearl Harbor attacked
Diplomatic/Military - Japan wanted the United States to accept Japanese domination of the Pacific and in order to do so it it bombed a naval port. -
Battle of Midway
Military - The United States destroys one of the strongest Japanese fleets. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Diplomatic/Military events - A successful Soviet defense of the city Stalingrad - considered a major turning point in the war. -
The United States begins island-hopping
political - Americans begin their stragedy of island hopping, or liberating one island at a time. -
D-Day
Military - Allied troops invade German-occupied France and face near certain death on the beaches of Normandy -
Nuremberg Trials
Political - During 1945 and 1946 International Military Triubunals tied former Nazi War Criminals, all in all - 22 were charger. Hitler had committed suicide. -
Iwo Jima
Diplomatic/Military - .S. takes Iwo Jima which is a great success in the attempt of taking of Japan and retrieving dominance in the pacific. -
Second Atomic Bombing
Cultural/Technological - The second bombing is dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. -
Roosevelt dies
Political - Without warning, the president dies being replaced by Truman. -
Hitler commits suicide
Political - The Führer commits sucide with Eva Braun using pills. -
V-E Day
Social/Military - Victory in Europe (VE) Day and the defeat of Hitler's Germany was greeted in Britain and around the world. -
First Atomic Bombing
Cultural/Technological - The first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima -
Japanese surrenders
Political - After two devastating bombings, Japanese surrenders.