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World War 2

  • 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

    Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
  • Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

    Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
  • Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
  • Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
  • 1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

    1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
  • 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
  • Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    Militarist take control of Japanese Government
  • Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty

    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.

    Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.
  • Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

    Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
  • 1938 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

    Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
  • Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
  • Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control

    Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control
  • Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

    Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
  • Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

    Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
  • First time Peacetime Draft in US

    First time Peacetime Draft in US
  • Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans

    Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans
  • Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
  • Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

    Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
  • Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US - Dec. 9

    Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US -  Dec. 9
  • Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

    Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
  • Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

    Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
  • Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

    Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
  • Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

    Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
  • British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

    British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
  • Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

    Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA
  • Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min

    Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min
  • D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

    D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
  • Paris retaken by Allies Forces

    Paris retaken by Allies Forces
  • Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces

    Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
  • US forces return to recapture the Philippines

    US forces return to recapture the Philippines
  • FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

    FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
  • V-E Day, war ends in Europe

    V-E Day, war ends in Europe
  • First Atomic Bombs dropped

    First Atomic Bombs dropped
  • V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

    V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
  • War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.

    War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.