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Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party
the nazi german party ruled all of germany all of the party where taking jews away. -
Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
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josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953. the soviet union was transfromed form peasent society and then went into a industrial and military superpower. -
Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
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Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
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Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
the export of “arms, ammunition, and implements of war” from the United States to foreign nations at war and requiring arms manufacturers in the United States -
Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
The war was fought between the armed forces of the Kingdom of Italy and the armed forces of the Ethiopian Empire -
Militarist take control of Japanese Government
Imperial governments combined with traditional Japanese militarism to make life increasingly difficult -
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
france sign the treaty of versailes then gemermans thought it was hostille to them hitler used this to send german troops into rhineland . -
Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.
over 200,000 chinese people where killed during the massacre.
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Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
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Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
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Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
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Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take
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Battle of Britain begins – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
the germans tried to take over the royal airforce and taking down the british air bases. -
Battle of Britain begins – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
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22 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
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First time Peacetime Draft in US
the draft was meant to be a foreign policy for men ages 21-36 -
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans
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Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
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Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US
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Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
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Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
hitler wanted to take over moscow adn then was defeated by the russians. -
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
when japanese americans where sent to camps because they where accused of telling the japanese secrets they had to leave their homes and sell most of their belongings. -
Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
filipinos and americans had to wlk 65 miles to their death -
Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
the battle of midway was the turning point in the paciffic war -
British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
operation torch was on its way they could not becuase the allies had more of a drect attack -
Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA
conflict between america service men mexacans wearing zoot suits. -
Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.
he became prime minister and then allied with hitler to prop is leadership up but was soon killed . -
D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
the allied invasion of normandy in operation overload of worl war 2 -
Paris retaken by Allies Forces
paris went o strike when the new that the allied forces where near paris. -
Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
it was the last major campaign in world war 2 -
US forces return to recapture the Philippines
the americans lande operation sho-co to save the philippines -
FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
president FDR left vice presidnet harry s truman in charge while the us was still in the second world war -
V-E Day, war ends in Europe
v-e day repersents as victory in europe day this day is a holiday that repersent the allies acceptance of world war 2 -
First Atomic Bombs dropped
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V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
this day was the surrender of japan -
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
the war crimes that where held by about tokyos three war crimes.
