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Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party
Hitler knew that the growth in the party was mainly due to his skills as an orator and in the autumn of 1921 he challenged Anton Drexler for the leadership of the party. When Anton gave up, Hitler became the party leader. -
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Important events of the World War ll Era
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Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
Benito Mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 to 1943. He ruled constitutionally until 1925, when he dropped all pretense of democracy and set up a legal dictatorship. -
1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953. Under Stalin dictatorship, the Soviet Union was transformed from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower. -
1931 Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 18, 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. -
1933, March 21 - Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
In 1933, Hitler was named the head of Germany or what is also called Chancellor. -
1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
The Neutrality Acts were passed by the United States Congress in the 1930s, in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War II. -
1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
The Italian Army Ethiopia invasion started in October 1935, after a battle on the 5 of December, 1934, and ended in May 1936. The war was fought between the Kingdom of Italy and the Ethiopian Empire. -
1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
Germany claimed the treaty of Versailles was hostile to them and Hitler used this as an excuse to send German troops into the Rhineland in March 1936. -
1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government
While Japan was trying to make it look like they are a good country by involvement in treaties designed to preserve peace, extremist elements in Japan's government, military and civilian population had privately never renounced the use of force to expand Japan's territory. -
1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people
The Nanking Massacre was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing. -
1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
Was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was coined. -
1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
The labor camps where used for mass extermination and was also used for Germanys economy. -
1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
On August 23, 1939 enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
1939 Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
The first casualty of that declaration was not Germany—but the British ocean liner Athenia, which was sunk by a German U-30 submarine and in response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany. -
1940 May 10 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control
Hitler invades Denmark,Norway, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium and takes total control. -
1940 July 10 Battle of Britain begins – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
The Battle of Britain was a combat of the Second World War, when the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against the German Air Force attacks from the end of June 1940. -
1940 July 14 - 22 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
Was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries in 1940 during the Second World War that made France surrenders. -
1940 Sept 16 - First time Peacetime Draft in US
The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 was the first peacetime conscription in United States history. This Selective Service Act required that men who had reached their 21st birthday but had not yet reached their 36th birthday register with local draft boards. -
1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans
Hitler breaks the pact with Russia and invades causing countries to team and fight Germany. -
1941 Japanese invaded French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
The Japanese invaded Vichy French Indochina to prevent the Republic of China from importing arms and fuel with the French. -
1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was a pivotal policy statement issued on 14 August 1941, that defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. -
1941, 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
Was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. Japan intended the attack as a preventive action to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions. -
1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
In 1942, the Nazis advance to Stalingrad, the Russians come and help defend and end up protecting Stalingrad and stop the Nazis from advancing. -
1942 Philippines fell to Japanese – Bataan Death March
After the April 9, 1942, U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II, approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to Japan prison camps. -
1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in camps in the interior of the country of between 110,000 and 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry who lived on the Pacific coast. Sixty-two percent of the internees were United States citizens. -
1942, June 4-7 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. -
1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
Fighting in North Africa started with the Italian declaration of war on 10 June 1940. On 14 June, the British Army's 11th Hussars crossed the border from Egypt into Libya and captured the Italian Fort Capuzzo. -
1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA
The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of racist attacks in June 1943 in Los Angeles, California, United States, between Mexican American youths and European American servicemen stationed in Southern California. -
1943 July - Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.
In July in 1943 Italy was forced to surrender and Mussolini dismissed from Prime Minister. -
1944 June 6 - D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
The Western Allies of World War II launched the largest amphibious invasion in history when they assaulted Normandy, located on the northern coast of France, on 6 June 1944. The invaders were able to establish a beachhead as part of Operation Overlord after a successful "D-Day," the first day of the invasion. -
1944 Aug. - Paris retaken by Allies Forces
The liberation began when the French Forces of the Interior—the military structure of the French Resistance—staged an uprising against the German garrison upon the approach of the US Third Army, led by General George Patton. -
1944 Dec. Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign of World War II. -
1945 Jan. – US forces return to recapture the Philippines
The Philippines campaign, the Battle of the Philippines or the Liberation of the Philippines was the American and Filipino campaign to defeat and expel the Imperial Japanese forces occupying the Philippines, during World War II. -
1945 April 16th - FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
Harry S. Truman was an American politician who served as the 33rd President of the United States, coming to office on the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the last months of World War II. -
1945 May 8th - V-E Day, war ends in Europe
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
1945 Aug. - First Atomic Bombs dropped
The United States dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, during the final stage of World War II. -
1945 Aug. 14th – V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect ending the war. -
1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremberg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
At the heart of the concept of war crimes is the idea that individuals can be held criminally responsible for the actions of a country or its soldiers All of these countries where put up to this code.
