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World War 11
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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
1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy -
Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR) -
1931 Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
Japans army attacks China. -
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
1933, March 21 - Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany -
Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
1935, Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa. -
Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress -
Militarist take control of Japanese Government
1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government -
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty -
Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.
1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people. -
1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany -
Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps -
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin -
Nazis invade Portland; Britain and France declare war on Germany.
September first, 1939-Nazis invade Portland; Britain and France declare war on Germany. -
Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, and Belgium.
Takes control. -
Battle of Britian
Royal airforce defeats German airforce to prevent invasion of their island -
Germany invades France and forces it to surrender.
Germany invades France. -
Peacetime draft in US
First time peacetime draft -
Hitler breaks pact
Hitler breaks pact with stalins Russia and invades
Joins England -
Churchill
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic charter -
Japanese invade French indochina.
(viet. Laos, Cambodia) -
Pearl Harbor
Attacked by Japanese naval air forces, US declares war on France. -
Phillipines fall to jail Japanese
Bataan death March -
Russians so nazis
Stalingard save Moscow -
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
Isolated camps -
Battle of midway
Turning point of war in the Pacific. -
Us defeats German and Italy army.
North Africa -
Zoom suit riot.
Los Angeles California -
Italy surrenders
Mussolini dismissed as prime minister. -
D-day invasion
Invasion of France at Normandy by allies -
Paris retaken
Taken by allies forces -
1944 Dec. Battle of the Bulge
Last offensive of German Forces -
US forces return
recapture the Philippines -
FDR dies
Harry S. Truman becomes President -
V-E Day
war ends in Europe -
Atomic bombs
First atomic bombs dropped. -
-V-J Day
Japan surrenders to allied forces. -
War crimes trials
Held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
