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World War II- Farkas
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Adolf Hitler becomes leader
Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party. -
Prime Minister of Italy appointed
Benito Mussolini is appointed the Prime Minister of Italy -
Josef Stalin (USSR)
The sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR) is Josef Stalin -
Hitler named Chancellor
Adolf Hitler is named the Chancellor of Germany. -
Neutrality Acts
Neutrality Act is passed by the United States congress -
Invasion on Africa
Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa -
Violation of the Versailles Treaty
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of Versailles Treaty. -
Japanese Government taken over
Militarist takes control of Japanese Government -
Japan seizes China
The Japan's army siezes Manchuria, China. -
Japan's Army Massacre
Japan's army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people. -
Munich Pact signed
Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland Of Czechoslovakia to Germany. -
Nazis round up
Nazis start rounding up Jews for labor camps -
Nazi-soviet Pact signed
Nazi-soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin. -
Nazis invade Poland
Nazis invade Poland; Britian and France declare War on Germany -
Forces surrender
Nazi Germany invades into France and forces it to surrender. -
Nazis invade more territory
Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, and Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium-take control -
Battle of Britain
Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their islands -
Peacetime draft
First time peacetime draft in US -
Pact broken
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin's Russian and invades- USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans -
Japanese invasion
Jpaanese army invades French Indochina -
Atlantic Charter
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter -
Pearl Harbor attack
YouTube Pearl Harbor videoPearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air Forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US -
Japanese intered in camps
Japanese Americans in Hawaii enter into isolation camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor. -
Battaan Death March
Philippines fall to Japanese -
Russians stop Nazis
Nazi Germany was going to advance at Stalingrad save Moscow but was stopped by the Russians -
Turning Point in the war
Battle of Midway was considered the turning point of the war in the Pacific. -
British and US takeover
The British and US armies defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa. -
Zoot Suit Riots
Riots in Los Angeles, California called Zoot Suit Riots -
Italy Surrenders
Mussolini dismissed as Prime Minister and Italy surrenders from the war -
D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
Invasion of France at Normandy by Allies. -
D-Day invasion
D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by allies -
Paris overthrown
Paris is retaken by Allies Forces -
Battle of the Bulge
Last offensive of German Forces -
US recapturing
US forces return to recapture the Philippines -
Presidential death
Frankiln D Roosevelt dies and vice president Harry S. Truman becomes president -
V-E Day
The way ends in Europe -
First Atomic Bombs dropped
America dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on the Japanese city, Hiroshima, wiping out 90 percent of the city and immediately killing 80,000 people. -
Atomic Bomb
The first every atomic bomb was dropped by the Americans -
V-J Day
Japan surrenders to allied forces. A photographer captures a picture of an American veteran kissing a nurse out of happiness for the war coming to an end. -
Crimes trials
War crimes trials were being held in Nuremburg Germany, Manila, Phillipines, and Tokyo, Japan.
