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Rise of Mussolini
Mussolini's made a new govermet that changed many lives. -
Rise of Stalin
Stalin rose after the death of Lenin, causng him to be the Lenin's successer and the leader of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union -
Roosevelt is elected
Roosevelt is elected to be the US's 32nd President were he changes America in different ways. -
Rise of Hitler
Hitler's rise to power is important because if he didn't, many Jews would still be alive. -
Italy's conquest of Ethiopia
Sometimes seen as a preview to the start of WWII, the war resulted in Ethiopia subjecting themselves to Italy. -
Spanish Civil War
This war lasted three years and had the Spanish fighting eachother. -
Rome-Belin Axis Formed
Rome-Berlin Axis, Coalition formed between Italy and Germany. An agreement formulated by Italy’s foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano informally linking the two fascist countries. -
Neutrality Act
FDR signs the 1937 Neutrality Act, which forbids travel on threating ships, forbids the arming of US trader ships trading with these thearting boats, and issues an arms veto with warring nations. -
Annexing of Austria
Austria existed as a federal state of Germany until the end of World War II after the annexing. After WWII it became independent. -
Mussolini joins Hitler
Mussolini promised in a speak in Rome that if a war was started he would fight alongside Hitler, making a somewhat larger threat. -
Pact of Steel
It was a military and political alliance between Italy and Germany focused on Britain and France -
Nazi-Soviet Nonagression Pact
Nazis and the Soviets agree to no violence pact leaving the Soviets free to strengthen their western front, and Hitler free to attack Poland. -
Gemany invades Poland
Germany invading Poland is important because it marks the begining of the war. -
Hitler defeats France
Britain retreats from France and Hitler's forces defeat French armies. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain is the air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the UK.The battle was the largest and most sustained air bombing campaign to that date. -
FDR reelected for a third term
Democrats break with the two-term tradition and renominate FDR for a third term and he defeats Wendell L. Willkie easily. -
Rise of Tojo
Tojo's rise to power is important becasue during his time as Prime Minister, Japan attacked Pearl Harbour -
Pearl Habour
The attack of Pearl Habour was when the Japanese attacked an American Navel Base stationed on Hawwii -
US at war
Germany and Italy declare war on the United States while the US declares war on Germany, Italy, and Japan. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a naval battle only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States Navy decisively defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad lasted till Feb. 2,1943. It was an important fight in WWII in which the Nazis and its allies fought the Soviets for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. -
Allies Assemble
The Allied powers assemble 2.9 million men, 2.5 million tons of supplies, 11,000 airplanes, and hundreds of ships in preparation for D-Day while in England. -
D-Day
The first landing of nearly three million allied soldiers land on the northern shores of France. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge lasted till Jan. 25, 1945 and was a major German offensive battle sent through the Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front. The offence was set for the recapture the harbor of Antwerp. -
Death of Roosevelt
Roosevelt died of a massive cerebral hemorrhage that would end his life in minutes, ending his twelve year term. -
Mussolini Dies
Italian insurgents capture Mussolini, killed him, and mutilate his body. -
Hitler's Suicide
Hitler kills himself in Berlin. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day is the day that marks the acceptance by the Allies of WWII of the Nazi's surrender -
Dropping of the Atomic bombs
The US drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima 1st and kill 75,000 people instantly and on Aug. 9 they drop a second one on Nagasaki. -
V J Day
Aug. 15, 1945 was when it was announced that the Japanese had surrendered but September 2 was the day that President Truman annouced to be V J Day.
