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Hitler appointed leader of Nazi party.
Adolf Hitler, an extreme nationalist, is elected leader of the National Socailist, or Nazi Party. Nazism is a variation of fascism. -
Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of taly
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Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
Josef Stalin, the dominant communist power during and after WWII, becomes the sole ruler and dictator of the Soviet Russia. -
Japan's Army seizes Manchuria, China
The Japan Army with a strength of 198,880 men, invades Manchuria, China as result in a dispute between Chinese bandits and japanese railroad workers. -
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
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Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
Led by Benito Mussolini, the Italian Army invades Ethiopia to expand its power further in the world. -
Neutrality Act passed by U.S Congress
The act passed by the U.S that stated terms of isolationism from WWII. -
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland
Troops are sent into the Rhineland in violation of the Versailles Treaty to improve its militarian power. -
Militarist take control of Japanese government
Japan basically becomes a militarian state dedicating all of it's power towards improving it's military. -
Japan's army pillages Nanjing, China
The Japanese Army massacres 250,000 people. -
Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechloslovakia to Germany
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Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
Many Jews were killed even before they got to labor camps in mass shootings by German soldiers. 6,000,000 ended up being killed over the course of the Holocaust. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
Which would later be broken. -
Nazis invade Poland
Hitler and the Nazis take over Poland and Britain and France declare war on Germany. -
Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium and take control
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Germany invades France forcing it to surrender
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Battle of Britain
Royal air force defeats defeats German airforce to prevent invasion of their island, -
First time Peacetime draft in U.S
Men between the ages of 21 and 35 must register for the miltary draft. -
Hitler breaks the Pact with Stalin's USSR and invades
USSR joins England in fighting the Germans. -
Japanese invade French Indochina
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Churchill and F.D.R issue the Atlantic Charter
Laid down the terms of peace that the Allies sent to accomplish. -
Battle at Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii is attacked by the Japanese Air Force resulting in a dominant defeat. -
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad and save Moscow.
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Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
After the attack on Pearl Harbor Japanese Americans were thought to have spies among them and were sent to intern camps with terrible conditions. -
Philippines fall to Japanese - Bataan Death March
An 80 mile march that forcibly done by 76,000 American and Filipino soldiers. It consisted of a wide range of physical abuse and murder. -
Battle of Midway
A turning point in the Pacific when the American Navy defeated the Japanese during an assault on the Midway Atoll. -
British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
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Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, California
Riots between Mexican Americans and military servicemen. The Mexican Americans famously wore Zoot Suits. -
Italy surrenders and Mussolini is dismissed as Prime Minister
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D-Day
US invades German owned France on the beach of Normandy. -
Paris retaken by Allies
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Battle of the Bulge
Last offensive by the German forces. A battle through the dense forests of Belgium in the Ardennes mountain region. -
US forces return to recapture the Philippines
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FDR dies
President Harry S. Truman takes his place in office. -
V-E day, war ends in Europe
Germany and the axis forces are defeated in Europe. -
First Atomic bombs dropped
Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing 200,000 total. Resulted in an unconditional surrender of Japan. -
V-J Day
Japan surrenders to Allied forces. -
War Crime trials held in Nuremberg, Germany, Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan
