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Adolph Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party
Adolph Hitler, an extreme nationalist bacame the leader of a small goup known as the National Socialist. Racism was one of the main beliefs of the Nazis. Hitler had told Germans that they were the master race. -
Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
After WWI there was unrest in Italy due to economic problems. To restore the order Benito Mussolini promised strong leadership. Mussolini and his followers threatened to overthrow Italy's elected government. Then the king responded by apopinting him as prime minister. -
Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
Joseph Stalin turned the USSR into a tolitarian state. Stalin oreded peaseants to give their animals, crops, and land to gavernment-run farms. Those who resisted were either executed or sent to labor camps. Many of Stalin's rivals in the Communist Party were imprisoned or executed on false charges of disloyalty to the state. -
Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
The japanese army seized Manchuria without the approval of Japan's elected government.Japan invaded Manchuria because it was becoming crowded due to its limited size as a nation and its increasing population. Manchuria offered nearly 200,000 square kilometres which would help their problem of overpopulation. But the Leaque of Nations did nothing to reprimand them. -
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
. In a series of complicated negotiations, ex-Chancellor Franz von Papen, backed by prominent German businessmen and the conservative German National People's Party (DNVP), convinced Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as chancello of Germany -
Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
Congress passed the nuetrality act, designed to keep the war at peace. It forbade the president from selling arms, making loans, or giving assistance to a nation in any way. -
Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
Italy ivaded Ethiopia but their outdated weaponry was no match for the Italians modern tanks and airplanes. The Emperor of Ethiopoa asked the League Of Nations for aid but they responded poorly as they were involved in their own crisises. -
Militarist take control of Japanese Government
Militarists werre in complete control of the Japanese government and they preached racism and said that hey were superior to other Asians and non-Asians -
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
The Treaty of Versaillesmade made Germany demilitarize Rhineland. In 1936 Hitler dismisses the treaty and sends troops into the Rhinland region of Western Germany, seeking vengence against the Allied nations -
Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China
For six weeks the Japanese army pillaged the Chinese City of Nanjing killing 300.000 people. The Chinese were treated brutally. Smiling soldiers can be seen conducting bayonet practice on live prisoners, decapitating them and displaying severed heads as souvenirs, and proudly standing among mutilated corpses. -
Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
Years of hatred towards Jews finally let loose on the Night of The Broken Glass. 90 jew were killed, 500 synagogues were burned down and jewish shops had their windows smashed. The first mass arrest of Jews was conducted sending over 25,000 men into concentration camps. -
Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
British and French Prime ministers signed the Munich Pact with Adolph Hitler giving germany Czechslovakia because they were trying to avert war. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
The Nazi-Soviet Pact promissed that Germany and the USSR wouldn't take acts of aggression out on each other. It promised they would not commit war-like acts to each other and that they wouldn't help other nations that were against the other. -
Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
German troops invade Poland while the Luftwaffle bombs Polish airfields and German warships attack Poland's naval bases. Germany tries to tell Britian and france it was an act of defense but they were not convinced and declared war. -
Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control
Hitler's armies starting to seem unstoppable moved north seezing Denmark and Norway. Then marched west conquering Netherlands, Luxemburg, and Belgium. -
Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
After the fall of France Britian stood alone against the Nazi's. Hitler ordered air assault on Britian.German planes would attack British cities daily, but the British spirit never broke, even though tens of thousands of lives were taken. Britsh Airfrce fought the invading planes and after months of battle Hitler abandoned his plans to invade Britian. -
Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
Germans marched their way into France overpowering British and French troops. German armies then entered Paris, the capitol of France. France then surrendered, and Hitler gleefully accepting it. -
First time Peacetime Draft in US
All male citizens between the ages of 21 and 35 are required to sign up for the draft. -
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans
Just 2 years after Hitler and Stalin agree to the Nazi-Soviet Pact Adolph Hitler tries to invade Russia. Although he had expected for the Soviet to colapse they were stopped just miles away from Moscow by the USSR and the harsh Russian winter. -
Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
Japan invaded French Indochina so they could cut off supply routes from there to China. France was unable to compete against Japan. Japanese troops successfully occupied the Indochina region and cut off China’s transportation routes tat Indocina. -
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was a joint declaration between Britian and the U.S. which gave a broad state of their war aims. -
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
Japan prefrms a suprise attack against the U.S. at Pearl Harbor. This was a defeat for the U.S and their were many casuaties. The attack on Pearl Harbor sparked a hatred for Japanese Americans making it hard for them. Pearl Harbor Video -
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
Japanese Americans were sent to isolated camps because Americans were scared that they were providing intel to the Japanese and it has been proven that none of them were. The isolation camps were poor quality and Japanese americans could only bring what they could carry. -
Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
The Japanese captured nearly 70,000 soldiers and forced them to walk 65 miles to prison camps. On the way their thousands of soldiers died from starvation, disease, and the violence from Japanese soldiers, -
Battle of Midway
Japanese sought totake the island of Midway, one of American's kep military bases. But it didn't turn out as expected the America sinking for Japanese aircraft carriers, destroying 322 Japanese aircraft and severly reducing Japans amount of highly trained pilots. -
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Battle of Midway
Japanese sought totake the island of Midway, one of American's kep military bases. But it didn't turn out as expected the America sinking for Japanese aircraft carriers, destroying 3222 Japanese aircraft and severly reducing Japans amount of highly trained pilots. -
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in the south-western Soviet Union. Months of bitter fighting ending in a Soviet victory. This made it so the USSR could push Germany back westward. -
Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA
Bands of ailors on shore leave attacked young Mexican Americans wearing 'Zoot Suits', beating and clubbing them on the streets. This causeed several days of rioting. -
Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.
British and U.S. troops swiftly took control of the island of Sicily and were fighting their way northward along the Italian Peninsula. The king of Italy dismissed Mussolini from office and on Sept. 8th the new government surrendered to the allies. -
British and U.S. forces defeat German and Italian armies in N. Africa
One of Germany's most respected generals won a number of quick victories but the in October, British troops defeated the Germans at El Alamein The the U.S. came into play byhemming in on both sides making Rommel's army surrender. -
D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
The Invasion of Normandy was the invasion by and establishment of Western Allied forces in Normandy, during Operation Overlord in 1944 during World War II; the largest amphibious invasion to ever take place. -
Paris retaken by Allies Forces
Facing understrength and worn out German defenders, the fresh American units, supported by swarms of Sherman tanks, were able, after a few fierce battles, to retake the French capital on the 20th of December. -
Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
Allied forces uch eastward but the Germans counter attack at Belgium. Hitler used his remaining reserves in the attack. Bad weather made it so Allied aircraft could not take flight allowing German troops to create a "bulge" in American lines. Even thought Germans came close to breaking through Allied lines they didn't -
US forces return to recapture the Philippines
In January 1945, army units landed on Luzon, in th ePhilipines and advance on Manila. After about a month of urban warfare Americans succesfully seured the city. -
FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt passes away after four terms in office, leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman in charge of a country still fighting the WWII. -
V-E Day, war ends in Europe
V-E day aka Victory in Europe day marks the day when the Allies were deemed victorious in the war. -
First Atomic Bombs dropped
In August 1945, during the final stage of the Second World War, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The two bombings killed at least 129,000 people -
V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
Victory over Japan Day is the day that Japan surrendered ending WWII -
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
A war crimes trial is the trial of persons charged with criminal violation of the laws and customs of war and related principles of international law.
