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WAAC formed
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benito mussolini became the leader of italy
BENITO MUSSOLINI,, Fascist dictator of Italy. He centralized all power in himself as the leader of the Fascist party and attempted to create an Italian empire, ultimately in alliance with HITLER's Germany. The defeat of Italian arms in WORLD WAR II brought an end to his imperial dream and led to his downfall. -
Joseph Stalin became the leader of the USSR
Stalin became a Soviet Union's and a country's communist party leader in 1924, after the death of Vladimir Lenin. However, his actual dictatorship began after he became the undisputed leader of Russia in 1929. He banned all private businesses, eliminated opposition, and started an over twenty year’s long campaign of killing fellow countrymen by the millions. -
Japan invaded Manchuria
Japanese invasion of Manchuria began when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. The Japanese established a puppet state, called Manchukuo, and their occupation lasted until the end of World War II. -
adolf hilter became the leader germany
Adolf Hitler was appointed as the chancellor of Germany by President Paul Von Hindenburg. This appointment was made in an effort to keep Hitler and the Nazi Party “in check”; however, it would have disastrous results for Germany and the entire European continent. In the year and seven months that followed, Hitler was able to exploit the death of Hindenburg and combine the positions of chancellor and president into the position of Führer, the supreme leader of Germany. -
FDR began his good neighbor policy
a diplomatic policy of the U.S., first presented in 1933 by President Franklin Roosevelt, for the encouragement of friendly relations and mutual defense among the nations of the Western Hemisphere. -
Holocaust began
On April 1, 1933, the Nazis instigated their first action against German Jews by announcing a boycott of all Jewish-run businesses. -
congress passed the neutrality acts
Congress passed the first Neutrality Act prohibiting 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 to apply for an export license. -
italy invaded ethiopa
A border incident between Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland that December gave Benito Mussolini an excuse to intervene. -
japan invaded china
when the Japanese claimed that they were fired on by Chinese troops at the Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing. Using this as an excuse, the Japanese launched a full-scale invasion of China using the conquered Manchuria as a launching base for their troops. -
European appeasement of hitler began
The term is most often applied to the foreign policy of the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain towards Nazi Germany .His policies of avoiding war with Germany have been the subject of intense debate for seventy years among academics, politicians and diplomats. The historians' assessments have ranged from condemnation for allowing Adolf Hitler's Germany to grow too strong, to the judgement that he had no alternative and acted in Britain's best interests. -
kristallnacht
a Nazi pogrom throughout Germany and Austria on the night of November 9–10, 1938, during which Jews were killed and their property destroyed. -
battle of the atlantic
was the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, to defeat Germany in 1945. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany, announced the day after the declaration of war, and Germany's subsequent counter-blockade. -
germany and russia signed a nonaggerssion pact
On August 23, 1939, representatives from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, which guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other. By signing this pact, Germany had protected itself from having to fight a two-front war in the soon-to-begin World War II; the Soviet Union was awarded land, including parts of Poland and the Baltic States. The pact was broken when Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union less than two years later. -
grmany began the blitzkrieg into poland
The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, while the Soviet invasion commenced on 17 September 1939 following the Molotov-Tōgō agreement which terminated the Russian and Japanese hostilities (Nomonhan incident) in the east on 16 September 1939.[15] The campaign ended on 6 October 1939 with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of Poland. -
cash and carry
was a policy requested by U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at a special session of the United States Congress . It replaced the Neutrality Acts of 1939. The revision allowed the sale of material to belligerents, as long as the recipients arranged for the transport using their own ships and paid immediately in cash, assuming all risk in transportation.[citation needed] -
churchill became the prime minister of great britain
Following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain on 10 May 1940, Churchill became Prime Minister. His steadfast refusal to consider defeat, surrender, or a compromise peace helped inspire British resistance, especially during the difficult early days of the War when Britain stood alone in its active opposition to Adolf Hitler. -
battle of britain
the series of aerial combats that took place between British and German aircraft during the autumn of 1940 and that included the severe bombardment of British cities. -
The Tripartite pact was signed
was a pact signed in Berlin, Germany it established the Axis Powers of World War II. The pact was signed by representatives of Nazi Germany (Adolf Hitler), Fascist Italy (foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano), and Imperial Japan (Japanese ambassador to Germany Saburō Kurusu). -
four freedoms
the Four Freedoms were goals articulated by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In an address known as the Four Freedoms speech he proposed four fundamental freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy: -
lend lease act
the matériel and services supplied by the U.S. to its allies during World War II under an act of Congress passed in 1941: such aid was to be repaid in kind after the war. the two-way transfer of ideas, styles, etc. -
tuskegee airman
were the first African-American military aviators in the United States armed forces. -
development of rosie the riveter
s a cultural icon of the United States, representing the American women who worked in factories during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. -
atlanic charter
was a pivotal policy statement issued in August 1941 that, early in World War II, defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. It was drafted by the leaders of Britain and the United States, and later agreed to by all the Allies. The Charter stated the ideal goals of the war: no territorial aggrandizement; no territorial changes made against the wishes of the people; restoration of self-government to those deprived of it; equal access to raw materials; reduction of trade restrictions; globa -
OPA created
The Office of Price Administration (OPA) was established within the Office for Emergency Management of the United States government by Executive Order 8875 .The functions of the OPA were originally to control money (price controls) and rents after the outbreak of World War II -
nazis developed the fincal solution
was Nazi Germany's plan during World War II to systematically exterminate the Jewish people in Nazi-occupied Europe, which resulted in the most deadly phase of the Holocaust, the destruction of Jewish communities in continental Europe. -
Japanese attack pearl harbor
Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the United States Pacific Fleet. The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on Sunday, brought the United States into World War II. -
double v
Participants in the Double V campaign, 1942. From the collection of the National Archives and Records Administration. The African American community in the United States resolved on a Double V Campaign: victory over fascism abroad, and victory over discrimination at home. -
doolittle raids
also known as the Tokyo Raid, on 18 April 1942, was an air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu island during World War II, the first air raid to strike the Japanese Home Islands. It demonstrated that Japan itself was vulnerable to American air attack, was retaliation for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, provided an important boost to U.S. morale, and damaged Japanese morale. -
battle of midway
. A naval and air battle fought in World War II in which planes from American aircraft carriers blunted the Japanese naval threat in the Pacific Ocean after Pearl Harbor. -
navaho code talkers used
The Navajo Code Talkers were a group of Native Americans who served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. languages as a basis to transmit coded messages. In particular, there were approximately 400-500 Native Americans in the United States Marine Corps whose primary job was the transmission of secret tactical messages. Code talkers transmitted these messages over military telephone or radio communications. -
battle of Stalingrad
was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in the southwestern Soviet Union. Marked by constant close quarters combat and disregard for military and civilian casualties, it is among the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare. -
japansee put in internment camps in the us
Succumbing to bad advice and popular opinion, President Roosevelt signed an executive order in February 1942 ordering the RELOCATION of all Americans of Japanese ancestry to CONCENTRATION CAMPS in the interior of the United States. -
operation torch
was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War. -
casablanca conference
10-day meeting during World War II between President Roosevelt of the United States and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain. It was held in January, 1943, in Casablanca, Morocco. The conference defined the military objectives of the allied nations. -
Manhattan project
The Manhattan Project was a research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs during World War II. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. -
smith-connally anti-strike act
was an American law passed over President Franklin D. Roosevelt's veto.The legislation was hurriedly created after 400,000 coal miners, their wages significantly lowered due to high wartime inflation, struck for a $2-a-day wage increase.
The Act allowed the federal government to seize and operate industries threatened by or under strikes that would interfere with war production,and prohibited unions from making contributions in federal elections. -
tehran conference
The Tehran Conference was a strategy meeting held between Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill. -
d-DAY
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MacArthur "returned" to the philippines
he returned to the islands with an enormous invasion force and the largest assemblage of naval vessels in the history of mankind. For MacArthur, the liberation of the Philippines from the Japanese was the culmination of the war. -
battle of the Bulge
was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. -
yalta conference
a conference held in Yalta in February 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill planned the final stages of World War II and agreed to the territorial division of Europe -
Battle of iwo jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima, or Operation Detachment, was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. -
Battle of Okinawa
was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II.[5][6] The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945. -
FDR DIED
At 1 PM on April 12, Roosevelt sat in the living room of his cottage surrounded by friends and family. As he signed letters and documents, an artist stood painting his portrait at an easel nearby. The conversation was lively, the atmosphere congenial. The president turned to the artist and reminded her that they had only fifteen minutes left in the session. Suddenly, he grabbed his head complaining of a sharp pain. The president was suffering a massive cerebral hemorrhage that would end his life -
V-e Day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day or VE Day, was the public holiday celebrated to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima
The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan were conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II in August 1945. The two bombings were the first and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in wartime. -
Nuremberg trials
were a series of military tribunals held by the victorious Allied forces following World War II in which many Nazi leaders were prosecuted for war crimes. -
V-J day
Victory over Japan Day is a name chosen for the day on which Japan surrendered, in effect ending World War II, and subsequent anniversaries of that event.
