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Adolf Hitler leads the Nazi Party
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Benito Mussolini becomes prime minister of Italy
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The soviet Union is formed
The soviet Union is formed and Mussolini comes to power. -
Kellogg - Briand Pact outlaws war
War is outlawed -
Josef Stalin
Sole dictator of the Soviet Union -
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Great Depression
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Japans Invades China
Japans armies seize Manchuria, China -
President Roosevelt becomes President
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Adolf Hitler comes to power
Hitler becomes chancellor -
Congress passes Neutrality Act t keep nation out of foreign wars
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Italy invades Ethiopia
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Militarist takes control of Japanese Government
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Hitler sends troups to Rhineland Germany
Hitler sends troups to Rhineland Germany in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. -
Japanese army pillages Nanjing China
One quarter of a million pepole are killed. -
Munich Pact is Signed
The Munich Pact gives Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact is signed
Hitler and Stalin sign the Nazi Soviet Pact -
Hitler builds Labor camps.
The nazis round up jews to work in the labor camps. -
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World War 2
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Nazi's invade Poland
Britain and France declare war on Germany -
Roosevelt announces that the USA will stay out of war
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Nazi's invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control
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Battle of Britain
Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island. -
Nazi's invade France
France is forced to surrender -
Peace Time Draft
First Peace time draft in the United States. -
Hitler invades USSR
Hitler Breaks Pact with Stalin -
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
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Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
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Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US -
Philippines fall to Japanese
Bataan Death March -
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
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Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
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Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
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British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
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Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA
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Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.
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D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
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Paris retaken by Allies Forces
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Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
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US forces return to recapture the Philippines
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FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
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V-E Day, war ends in Europe
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First Atomic Bombs Dropped
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V-J Day, Japan surrenders to allied forces
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War crimes Trials held in Nuremburg Germany, Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan
