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Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party,
Shortly after the end of World War I, Hitler had been assigned to spy on political parties in Munich for the German army. With permission from his Generals he joined the Nazi Party, in September 1919. Hitler had been attracted to the party's extreme nationalism, anti-Semitism, anti-Capitalism and anti-Bolshevism. -
Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
On October 28, armed squads of Blackshirts marched on Rome. Although badly organized and poorly armed, the move left the parliamentary monarchy of King Victor Emmanuel III in confusion. Mussolini, who had stayed behind in Milan, received an offer from the king to form a coalition government. Mussolini then proceeded to the capital supported by 300,000 men and wearing a black shirt. On October 31, 1922, at the age of 39, Mussolini was sworn in as prime minister of Italy. -
Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
Josef Stalin was the sole dictator of the Soviet Union. Stalin turned the Soviet Union into a totalitarian state. I'ts said an estimated four million soviets, including many of Stalin’s rivals in the Communist Party, were killed or imprisoned on false charges of dislloyalty to the state. -
Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
Japan invaded Manchuria without declarations of war, breaching the rules of the League of Nations. They were looking for oil. -
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi Party. And as chancellor of Germany. -
Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
Provided prohibition of export of arms, ammunition, and implements of war to belligerent countries -
Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
a colonial war that started in October 1935 and ended in May 1936. The war was fought between the armed forces of the Kingdom of Italy and the armed forces of the Ethiopian Empire. The war resulted in the military occupation of Ethiopia. -
Militarist take control of Japanese Government
fanatical army officers assassinated two of Emperor Hirohito's key advisers, and army soldiers surrounded the Japanese Foreign Office and held much of Tokyo city for three days. -
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
German troops marched into the Rhineland. This action was d against the Treaty of Versailles which had laid out the terms which the defeated Germany had accepted. It was Hitler’s first illegal act since coming to power in 1933. And it threw the European allies, especially France and Britain, into confusion. -
Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.
Japanese troops captured the city of Nanjing, then the capital of the Chinese republic led by Chiang Kai-shek and went on a six-week campaign of carnage and slaughter -
Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
British and French prime ministers Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier sign the Munich Pact with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. The agreement stopped outbreak of war but gave Czechoslovakia away to German conquest. -
Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
Nazis went into jewish countries and took all jews to concentration camps to work as slaves. Many died, many were executed. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
shortly before World War II broke out in Europe Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
in response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany. -
Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control
Germany invaded Denmark and Norway, ostensibly as a preventive manoeuvre against a planned, and openly discussed, Franco-British occupation of Norway. -
First time Peacetime Draft in US
the Selective Training and Service Act began the process by which fifteen million Americans were sent into the army during the Second World War. -
Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
Nazis invaded france through the upper countries; and in the southern city of Bordeaux, what remained of the French government decided to seek an armistice. -
Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
The Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air superiority over the RAF. Their ultimate failure was one of the turning points of World War Two. And it led for Germany to not seize Great britain -
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans
over 3 million German troops invade Russia in three parallel offensives. There was Nineteen panzer divisions, 3,000 tanks, 2,500 aircraft, and 7,000 artillery pieces that poured across a thousand-mile front as Hitler goes to war on a second front. -
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
The meeting had been called in response to the geopolitical situation in Europe by mid-1941; Although Great Britain had defeated a German invasion in the fall of 1940. -
Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
Viet Minh, a communist army led by Ho Chi Minh, began a revolt against French rulee. -
Dec. 7 Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US - Dec. 9
pearl harbor videoThe Japanese Navy launches a surprise air attack against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii -
Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make a horrific 65-mile march to prison camps. -
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
forced relocation and incarceration during World War II of between 110,000 and 120,000[2] people of Japanese ancestry. -
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
It ended the German offensive as well as destroying much of the German armies. -
June 4-7 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
A crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theatre of world War II. -
Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA
The Zoot Suit Riots were riots in 1943 during World War II that broke out in Los Angeles, California, between Anglo American sailors and Marines stationed in the city, and Latino's who were known by the zoot suits they wore. -
British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
Axis and Allied forces pushed each other back and forth across the desert. -
Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.
Italy surrenders after knowing they are all going to keep eventually dieing; if they send more troops out. And Benito Mussolini was dismissed from Prime Min. from the King of Italy, and arrested. -
D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
More than 155,000 Allied troops landed along a 50 mile stretch of heavily covered French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. -
Paris retaken by Allies Forces
Paris was retaken by the allies after they had thought having the french capitol woukd be strategically advantageous against the german. -
Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German campaign launched in the Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front; toward the end of World War II. It was Germany's Last offensive push and stand. -
US forces return to recapture the Philippines
American troops return to the Philippines and defeat the Imperial Japanese forces occupying the Philippines, during World War II. -
FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
He was elected after FDR died in office he finished off WW2 then tensions got high and we started the cold war. -
V-E Day, war ends in Europe
After a long hard battle war stops in europe and the axis powers back off. -Defeated by Allied forces. -
First Atomic Bombs dropped
The U.S drops atomic bombs on Nagasaki And Hiroshima killing hundreds of thousands of people hoping japan would surrender. -
V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
Japan Finnaly Surrenders to the Allied Forces after Atomic bombs devaste their country. -
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
Warcrime trials held for Nazi's and anybody who did anything against humanity.
