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World War II

  • Dictators Gaining Power 3

    Dictators Gaining Power 3
    The Fascist Party was invited to join the coalition government. By October 1912, Italy seemed to be slipping into political chaos.
  • Dictators Gaining Power 2

    Dictators Gaining Power 2
    Stalin eventually outmaneuvered his rivals and won the power struggle of the Communist Party.
  • Dictators Gaining Power 1

    Dictators Gaining Power 1
    Hitlers rise can be considered to have ended in March 1933 in that month. President Paul Von Hindenburg had already appointed to Hitler as Chancellor on January 30th , 1933.
  • The Neutrality Act

    The Neutrality Act
    Laws were past to limit U.S. involvment in future wars. They were based on the widespread disillusionment with WW1 in the early 1930's.
  • The Anschluss

    The Anschluss was the event where Germany took over control of Austria. This event caused Austria to lose its independence when added to the German empire.
  • The Anschluss

    The Anschluss
    The Anschluss was the event when Germany took control of Austria. This caused Austria to lose its independence and officially be a part of the German empire.
  • Invasion of Poland

    Invasion of Poland
    Then Soviet Union invaded eastern parts of Poland.
  • Battle Of Britian

    Battle Of Britian
    A military campaign of the second world war which the royal air force defended the United Kingdom against largescale by Nazi German forces.
  • Pearl Harbor 1

    Pearl Harbor 1
    A surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force service against then United States navel base.
  • Pearl Harbor 2

    Pearl Harbor 2
    In total , 2,335 America's service men were killed and 1,143 were wounded.
  • Bataan Death March

    Bataan Death March
    Was the forcible transfer by the imperial Japanese Army of 60,000-80.000 American and Filipino prisoners of war.
  • Battle of Midway Island

    Battle of Midway Island
    Decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War 2 that took place between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's on Pearl Harbor.
  • Battle Of Stalingrad

    Battle Of Stalingrad
    The largest confrontation of WW2.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    Allied Forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Norway.
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    Was held from 4 to 11 February 1945.
  • Atomic Bomb 1

    Atomic Bomb 1
    During the final stage of World War 2, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over Japanese cities.
  • Atomic Bomb 2

    Atomic Bomb 2
    In Hiroshima over 60,000 of 90,000 buildings were destroyed by the Atomic Bomb.
  • Japanese Aggression

    Japanese Aggression
    After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 would merger into greater conflict as World War 2 as a major front of what is broadly know as the Pacific War.
  • Fall Of France

    Fall Of France
    Was the German invasion of France and the low countries during the second world war.
  • V-E Day

    V-E Day
    The day marking the Allied victory in Europe in 1945.