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Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the nazi party
Takes control of the army -
Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
By 1922, as Italy slipped into political chaos Mussolini declared that only he could restore order and was given the authority. -
Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union
he is the won man that controls the Soviet union -
Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union
dictator of Soviet Union -
Japans Army seizes Manchuria
Japan takes over Manchuria -
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
hitler became dictator of germany -
Neutrality Acts passed by us congress
Neutrality Act to keep nation out of foreign wars -
Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
though the Ethiopians fought bravely their cavallry and outdated rifles were no match for italys monern tanks and airplanes -
Milltarist take control of Japanese Government
Military leaders pressured the civilian Government to take control of nearby countries. -
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany
to try to take back control of the country. -
japans army pillages Nanjing,China
for six weeks japanese forces pillaged the Chinese city of Nanjing. -
Munich Pact signed giving the Sudentenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
Britian and France agreed to let the German leader occupy the Sudetenland a portian of Czechoslovakia populated largly by people who spoke German. -
Nazis begin rounding up jews for labor camps
Labor camps is where tet round up Jews for next to nothing payed labor. -
Nazi Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin.
Hitler and Stalin-Two sworn and bitter enemies-had signed a none agression agreement. -
Nazis invade Poland.
Britian and France declared war on Germany. -
Nazi invade DEnmark, Norway, the Netherlands,Luxembourg and Belgium
in may they moved north sezing Denmark and Norway -
Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
After conquering Netherlands,Luxembourg,and Belgium. They then moved into France. -
Battle of Britian
Britian stood alone against the Nazi war machine. Few thought the island Nation stood a chance. still,Winston Churchill,the British Prime Minister,expressed confidence. -
First time peacetime Draft in US
the united states took other steps to prepare for possible entry into the war. Congress approved greater spending for the army and navy. IN sep. 1940 it passed a law that set up the first peacetime draft in Amarican history. -
japanese invade FREnch indochina
troops of the Imperial Japanese Army moved to seize Longzhou in south Guangxi, where the eastern branch of the railroad from Hanoi reaches the border, and also tried to move west to cut the rail line to Kunming. Chinese resistance, supplied from Indochina, was tough. -
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin's Russia and invades- USSR which joins England in fighting the Germans
Soviet Union, which had remained out of the early days o the war, now join Britian in the fighting the Germans. -
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
They agreed that their Nations would seek no territorial gain from the war and emphasized the right of ALL people to choose their own gonvernment. -
pearl harbor
the japanese attacked pearl harbor on a sunday morning with a air attack. they basicly destroyed the harbor. killed many amricans and it came in three waves of planes. -
japanese entered into isolated camps
japanese amaricans were no longer trusted bye amricans because of preal harbor -
philippines fall to japanese
the japanese attacked the philippines the same way they attacked preal harbor.ecept they foweled up with a full scale land invashion. -
russians stop nazi advannce
bye stoping them they saved moscow. -
battle of midway
turning point of the war in the pacific -
British and us forces defeat German and italian armies in North Africa
British and us forces defeat the Itailian armies in North Africa -
Zoot Suit Eiots
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Italy surrenders Mussolini dismissed as prime min
the king of italy dismissed Mussoilini from office -
d-day
over 155000 Amaricans British and canadian troops crossed the english channel -
Paris retaken by Allies Forces
paris was retaken over -
Battle of bulge
Allied forces puched eastwerd.but on DEc. 16 the germans counterattacked in belgium -
FDR dies,Harry s.Truman becomes president
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US forces return to recapture the phillippines
the us came to claim back what was theres in the first place -
V-E day
when the ends in Europe -
atomic bomds
dropped a big bomb on japanise and they still wanted to fight but after they dropped the secound one they finaly surrender -
V-J day
japan surrenders to Allied Forces -
war crimes
japan was torchering amarican solders and nazis were gasing and killing people.