World War II

By wboro101

  • Treaty of Versailles

    It ended World War I and took land away from Germany. Most experts believe that it was the cause of World War II.

  • Benito Mussolini Becomes the Leader of Italy

    Benito Mussolini becomes a fascist leader. Fascism is when a dictatorship is favored. He ruled until July 25th, 1943.

  • Japan Invades Manchuria

    Japan seized the Chinese territory to get natural resources in order to build a Japanese empire. The League of Nations told them to stop and Japan withdrew it’s membership.

  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt Becomes President of the United States

    Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd president of the United States. He is in office until April 12th, 1945.

  • Adolf Hitler Becomes the Leader of Germany

    Adolf Hitler Becomes the Leader of Germany
    Adolf Hitler wanted there to be a genocide. A genocide is the attempt to destroy an entire ethnic or religious group. He wanted to kill all of the Jewish people. Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Third Reich. He ruled until April 30th, 1945. One of Adolf Hitler’s most famous quotes was, “Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.”

  • Italy Attacks Ethiopia

    The Ethiopians were attacked and resisted, but they were no match for Italian weapons. The League of Nations agreed to stop the sale of weapons to Italy, but not all of the nations agreed.

  • Germany Occupies Rhineland

    Under the Treaty of Versailles, Germany could politically control Rhineland but they could not put troops there. German troops broke the treaty and went in to Rhineland.

  • Neville Chamberlain Became Prime Minister of Britain

    When he became the Prime Minister, he governed by using the policy of appeasement. The policy of appeasement is making concessions to the dictatorial powers in order to avoid conflict. He believed that by agreeing to some of Adolf Hitler’s demands and also some of Benito Mussolini’s demands, he could avoid a war.

  • Japan Invades China

    A soldier went missing and Japan blamed China for abducting him. Japan had already ordered an attack by the time the soldier showed up.

  • Germany Invades Austria

    Under the Treaty of Versailles, a union between Austria and Germany was not allowed. However, Hitler sent troops in to Austria.

  • Germany Seizes Sudetenland

    The German Army took over Sudetenland.

  • Kristallnacht Began

    Organized violence such as Jewish synagogues, businesses, cemeteries, schools and homes were destroyed. The next day 30,000 Jews were arrested for being Jewish, and more restrictive laws on Jews and Jewish businesses began.

  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany invaded Poland and their planes bombed cities. The attacks came without warning or declaration of war.

  • Germany Takes Czechoslovakia

    Germany invades Czechoslovakia and took full control.

  • Germany Began a Blitz

    Massive bombings of London using war planes

  • Winston Churchill Comes in to Power

    Winston Churchill took the place of Neville Chamberlain when he resigned in Britain. Some of his most famous quotes were: “A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.” and also, “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” Winston Churchill rules and is in power until 1945.

  • United States Gave Support

    United States remain neutral in the war, but give supplies to the Allies.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japan launched a surprise attack on the American military base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. More than 2,400 people are killed and many ships and planes were destroyed.

  • United States Enters the War

    The United States declared war against Japan after they attack and bomb Pearl Harbor.

  • Victory in the Pacific

    American forces began to recapture Japanese-held islands.

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    The Germans invaded the Soviet Union. After advancing, the Germans stalled outside Moscow and Leningrad so Hitler went south and tried to take Stalingrad.

  • German Invaders Surrender

    Russian troops and freezing winters cause the Germans to surrender.

  • German Invaders Surrender

    Russian troops and freezing winters cause the Germans to surrender.

  • D-Day or Invasion of Normandy

    Allied troops broke through German defenses and advanced to Paris. They freed France from German control.

  • 6 Million Jews Killed in the Holocaust

    Adolf Hitler led the Nazis into killing 6 million Jews. They did this by either mass open air shootings, extermination camps, worked to death, starved to death, diseases, and also death marches.