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Mussolini Takes Power
Benito Mussolini was a famous Italian dictator who wanted to re-create a modern roman empire. To do this Mussolini would have to get rid of the people he didnt like such as homosexuals, handicaps, and gypsies. -
Joseph Stalin Rises in Russia
Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953. Like other dictators Stalin wanted to make an Empire. -
Hitler publishes Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf was a book written by Adolf Hitler himself which was about his plans for Germany and how he was going to make the economy better...etc -
FDR becomes president in the US
Frankin.D.Rosevelt was the 32 president in the united states and was came into power when the great depression began, he also helped with the depression by making the new deal. -
Hitler leader of Germany
Adolf Hitler is one of the most notorious dictators that has ever steped on this earth. Hitler like Mussolini would try and create a huge empire and start to expand Germany. He also eleminated people by using his Gestapo Army. Hitler is acccountable for millions of lives lost, -
Germany Invades Rhineland
Adolf Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, -
Germany Invades Austria
On March 12, 1938, German troops march into Austria to annex Austria for the Third Reich. -
Great Britain/France declare war on Germany
Great Brtiain and France have now decided to wage war against Germany -
Germany invades Poland
German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. -
Battle of Britain
- Longest sustained bombing campaign to date
- Victory by the British Royal Air Force
- Victory prevented a ground invasion by German forces
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Japan, Germany, Italy become the Axis
1940 three countriess joined up up together and create a pact and would eventually become the Axis -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Pearl harbor was a japanese attack against the US navy -
U.S Declares war on Japan
After Pearl Harbor the US declared war on Japan -
Germany/Italy declare war on U.S.
Not much to say other than they are declaring war on the US -
North Africa Liberated
Before World War II, European powers held positions in North Africa. Algeria was a colony of France and Libya of Italy, but December 31 Africa was liberated. -
Internment of American Japanese
Japenese interment camps were camps all around america that would force any person with Japanese heritage to live in these camps and it wouldnt matter if you were american or not. -
Battle of Midway
-American’s break Japanese Navy code
- U.S. Navy all but destroys the Japanese Navy -
Stalingrad
-One of the bloodiest battles in history w/2 million military and civilian casualties
-Stopped the advance of the German Army into the Soviet Union -
Operation Torch
- America’s first battle of WW2 against the Germans
- Another Allied victory over the Afrika Korps that sent them into retreat
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Victory at guadalcanal
- first major offensive victory for the Allies in the Pacific Theater
- Air base was strategic in controlling lines of communication between U.S. and Australia
- first major offensive victory for the Allies in the Pacific Theater
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Battle of Tarawa
The Battle of Tarawa was a battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that was fought from November 20 to November 23, 1943. -
Operation Overlord
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Battle of leyte Gulf
-Major Allied Victory in the Philippines
-Japan uses Kamazaies, U.S. sees the willingness of Japan to die for country
- Kamazaies push America to quickly find ways to end the war -
Battle of the Bulge
- Last major offensive for Germany, through the use of Blitzkrieg
- Attempt to split allied forces from Ardennes to Antwerp to force negotiated peace
- Germans ran low on supplies and fuel, halting the German advance
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Liberation of Auschwitz
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Iwo Jima captured
Provided a air base near the Japanese coast
Famous photo of Americans raising flag over Mt. Suribachi -
Battle of Okinawa
-Last and biggest battle of the Pacific Islands
-Island provided air bases vital to the projected invasion of Japan -
FDR Dies
FDR died of a case of Polio -
Hitler Commits suicide
Hitler commits suicide with his wife and eventually causes the War to end by doing so -
Germany Surrenders
Germany surendered after Hitler Commited Suicide -
V-E Day
This was the celebration of WWII ending -
Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima
First time the atomic bomb was used -
Atomic Bomb: Nagasaki
First time the atomic bomb was used -
Victory over Japan
When we captured iwo jema japanese men coward down and surrenderd
