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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party. -
Prime Minister
Benito Mussolini was appointed Prime Minister of Italy. -
S T A L I N !!!!!!!!
Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR) -
Japan went Kurutta
Japan's Army seizes Manchuria, China. -
Hitler becomes le Fuhrer
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany. -
Italian Army invades
Italian Army invaded Ethiopia in Africa -
America Nopes at the first sign of war
Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress. -
Japanese government overrun
Militarist take control of Japanese Government -
Germany violates treaty!
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty -
Japan army paillages!
Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people. -
Nazis start getting the Jews
Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps -
War declared on Germany
Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin -
Nazis invade
Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control -
Battle of Britain begins
Battle of Britain begins – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island -
Germany takes France
Germany invades France and forces it to surrender -
Peacetime Draft
First time Peacetime Draft in US -
Hitler breaks Pact. Surprised?
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans -
Atlantic Charter
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter -
Japan invades again
Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia) -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan -
War declared on US
Germany and Italy declare war on the US -
Bataan Death March
Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March -
Isolated camps
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps -
Battle of Midway
Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific -
Battle of Midway
Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific -
Battle of Midway
Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific -
Battle of Midway
Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific -
Save Moscow
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow -
Britain and US teamup
British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa -
Riots in America
Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA -
Mussolini dismissed
Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min. -
D-Day invasion
D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies -
Paris retaken
Paris retaken by Allies Forces -
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces -
US forces
US forces return to recapture the Philippines -
FDR dies
FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President -
War ends in Europe
V-E Day, war ends in Europe -
Japan surrenders
V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces -
Atomic
First Atomic Bombs dropped -
War Crimes Trials
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremberg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
