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1921, Jan. 30 Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party
Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party -
Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy -
Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR) -
Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China -
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany -
Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress -
Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa -
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty -
Dec 11, 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government
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Dec 11, 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.
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Dec 11, 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
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Dec 11, 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
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Sep 1, 1939 - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Dec 15, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
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Dec 15, 1940 First time Peacetime Draft in US
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Dec 15, 1940 Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
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Dec 15, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control
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Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US
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Dec 15, 1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans
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Dec 15, 1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
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Dec 15, 1941 Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
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Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
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Dec 15, 1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
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Dec 15, 1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
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Dec 15, 1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
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Dec 15, 1943 July - Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.
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Dec 15, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA
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Dec 15, 1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
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Jun 6, 1944 - D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
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Dec 16, 1944 Aug. - Paris retaken by Allies Forces
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Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
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Jan 16, 1945 US forces return to recapture the Philippines
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Apr 16, 1945 FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
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May 8, 1945 V-E Day, war ends in Europe
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Aug 14, 1945 V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
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Dec 16, 1945 First Atomic Bombs dropped
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War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
