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1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremberg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), also known as the Tokyo Trials or the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, was convened on April 29, 1946, to try the leaders of the Empire of Japan for three types of war crimes. -
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1945 Jan. – US forces return to recapture the Philippines
The Battle of Manila (February 3, 1945 – March 3, 1945) was a major battle of the Philippine campaign of 1944-45 during World War II that was fought by the American and Filipino forces against the Empire of Japan in Manila, the capital city of the Philippines. -
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1945 Aug. - First Atomic Bombs dropped
during the final stage of the Second World War, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
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1944 Aug. - Paris retaken by Allies Forces
was a military action that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on 25 August 1944. -
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1944 Dec. Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign of World War II. -
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1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
series of battles that had happened in Tunisia . -
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1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA
a series of racist attacks -
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1943 July - Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min
The surrender was signed five days ago in secret by a representative -
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1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
The Soviet defensive effort frustrated Hitler's attack on Moscow, capital of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the largest Soviet city. -
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1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army -
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1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in camps in the interior of the country -
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1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans
date to the aftermath of the First World War. -
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1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
a pivotal policy statement issued on 14 August 1941, that defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. -
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1941 Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
French Indochina, WWII and the Japanese invasion of Southeast Asia, and the creation of a united Laos -
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1940 May 10 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control
Nazis invade Denmark and Norway. May 10, 1940 - Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister. -
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1940 July 10 Battle of Britain begins – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
was like a second war. -
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1939 Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
939 Defensive War in Poland, and alternatively the Poland Campaign or Fall Weiss in Germany, was a joint invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Free City of Dazing, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent, that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe. -
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1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers -
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1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
The Nazi regime used rail transport as one method to forcibly rearrange the ethnic composition of eastern Europe within the framework -
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1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.
an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing, then the capital of the Republic of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. -
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1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government
refers to the ideology in the Empire of Japan that militarism should dominate the political and social life of the nation, and that the strength of the military is equal to the strength of a nation. -
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1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
Germany claimed the treaty was hostile to them and Hitler used this as an excuse to send German troops into the Rhineland in March 1936, contrary to the terms of the treaties of Versailles and Locarno. It was a gamble on his part and his generals were nervous about it. -
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1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
passed by the United States Congress in the 1930s, in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War II. -
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1935 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 (also known at the time as Abyssinia). The war resulted in the military occupation of Ethiopia. -
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1931 Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
Japan launched an attack on Manchuria. Within a few days Japanese armed forces had occupied several strategic points in South Manchuria. -
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1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953. Under Stalin, the Soviet Union was transformed from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower. -
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1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
King Victor Emmanuel III appointed the leader of the Italian Fascist Party, Benito Mussolini, as prime minister of Italy. Over the next seven years, the Fascists established and consolidated a one-party dictatorship. -
1921, Jan. 30 Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party
Hitler had became the leader -
1933, March 21 - Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
he is named leader of the nazis party -
1940 Sept 16 - First time Peacetime Draft in US
known as a draft been employed by the federal government of the United States in four conflicts: the American Civil War -
1941, Dec. 7 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
the Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, and Operation Z during planning, was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941 -
1942, June 4-7 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II Between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea -
1944 June 6 - D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
U.S. troops wade ashore during the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. -
1945 April 16th - FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
On this day in 1945, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt passes away after four momentous terms in office, leaving Vice President Harry S. -
1945 May 8th - V-E Day, war ends in Europe
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 -
1945 Aug. 14th – V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect ending the war. -
1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
By signing this pact, Germany had protected itself from having to fight a two-front war in the soon-to-begin World War II. -
1940 July 14 - 22Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
British and French commanders had believed that German forces would attack through central Belgium as they had in World War I, and rushed forces to the Franco-Belgian border to meet the German attack.
