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Hitler Becomes Chancellor
Adolf Hitler is announced chancellor (legal official) of Germany -
Washington Naval Conference
Japan violated Washington Naval Conference by expanding it’s naval forces -
Mussolini Invades Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini takes Hitler's idea and invades and succesfuly takes over Ethiopia -
Anti-Comintern Pact
Japan signed an anti communist pact with Germany -
Neutrality Act
Bans travel on belligerent ships, forbids the arming of American merchant ships trading with other countries -
The Japan-China war
Japanese launched a full-scale invasion on China -
Roosevelt Stops Ships to Asia
President Franklin D. Roosevelt forbids U.S. ships from carrying arms to China or Japan. -
Anschluss
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler declares Austria part of the Third Reich. -
Mussolini Joins Hitler
Benito Mussolini promises to fight with Adolf Hitler's should war break out. -
Germany Invades Poland
War officially begins -
Britain & France declare war on Germany
Britain and France go to war with the German -
Germany takes over Denmark and Norway
Norwegian forces refused to accept German rule in the guise of a Quisling government and continued to fight alongside British troops. But an accelerating German offensive in France led Britain to transfer thousand of soldiers from Norway to France, resulting ultimately in a German victory. -
Phoney War
Germany attacks France -
Mobilizing for War
America prepares their army for war -
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR runs for third term -
Tripartite Pact
Japan formed a military alliance with Germany and Italy -
Pearl Harbor
Japan Attacked U.S at Hawaii -
D-Day
156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region -
Victory In Europe
V-E Day! Great Britain and the United States celebrate the defeat of the Nazi power -
Japan Surrendors
Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II.
