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Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party
Hitler was named leader of the Nazis,immeadiatly he wanted to spread the Nazi party -
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Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
He was a political analyist who was the leader of the National Fascist Party,At first he ruled by democracy then he ruled by dictatorship. -
Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
He was the dictator of the soviet union,they were transformed into a military superpower. He ruled by terror making the whole country scared of him. -
Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. The Japanese established a puppet state -
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
Hitler is named chancellor of germany by a landslide of votes. -
1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
passed by the United States Congress in the 1930s, in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War II. -
Italiian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
was a colonial war that started in October 1935 and ended in May 1936. The war was fought between the armed forces of the Kingdom of Italy and the armed forces of the Ethiopian Empire. The war resulted in the military occupation of Ethiopia. -
Militarist take control of Japanese Government
Having acquired new allies in Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy by joining the Anti-Comintern Pact in 1936, Japan withdrew from the naval limitation treaty -
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
At 10 a.m. that morning, Hitler's Foreign Minister, Constantin von Neurath, summoned the ambassadors of France, Britain, and Italy, and handed them a lengthy memorandum stating that the German government had "restored the full and unrestricted sovereignty of the Reich in the demilitarized zone of the Rhineland." -
Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people
Japanese troops captured the city of Nanjing, then the capital of the Chinese republic led by Chiang Kai-shek and went on a six-week campaign of carnage and slaughter that would be forever remembered as the “Rape of Nanjing.” -
Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was coined. The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe, excluding the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia. -
Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
they began gathering Jews and others for there concentrstion camps or labor camps and we pretty much starved or worked to death -
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
Hitler and Stalin agreed bot to attack eachother which alot of people thought was strange considering that they were bitter enimies -
Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. Simultaneously, the German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. -
Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control
May 10, the day that Churchill became Britain's prime minister, Hitler sent his troops into Belgium and the Netherlands, without forewarning – although he had promised to respect their neutrality. His excuse was that the Belgians and Dutch had been conducting military talks with the Western powers and that Germany had to take power in these countries to protect their neutral status and to protect Germany's Ruhr region. And the German public bought their government's argument. -
Battle of Britain
Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island -
22Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
there were 22 germans who invaded France a pretty much surprised them and forced them to surrender. -
First time Peacetime Draft in US
they drafted men over the age of 18 and trained them for the military -
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades
USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans -
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
early in World War II, defined the Allied goals for the post-war world -
Japanese invade French Indochina
The japanese invade the French indochina to stop them from importing arms and other equipment -
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US
The japanese snuck past all of the U.S. guard lines and they dropped bombs and attacked the big ships that were in the port. U.S. declared war on japan and Ital and Germany declared war on the U.S. -
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
Japanese americans were held in camps for conspiracies for spying on americans for the japaneses but was never proven. -
Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
A naval battle in the Pacific against the
japanese and was a complete blowout for the U.S. -
Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
the japanese captured many fillepenes and even more american and forced them to walk the death march and many of them died when they were not given any water. -
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
Nazis fought for control of the city of Stalingrad in the Soviet territory. But the Nazis did not suceed. -
British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
The British and the U.S. stopped the German and Italian armies from invading and taking over North Africa. -
Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA
They were longer suits worn by mainly Mexican Americans and very few african americans . -
Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.
Mussolini finally surrenders and was dismissed as prime minister -
D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
The allied invasion of northern france, led by Dwight D. Eiesenhower. -
Paris retaken by Allies Forces
Also known as the Battle of Paris, was ruled by nazi Germany but they staged an uprising against the germans -
Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
took place during the end of world war II the primary goal was to recapture the harbor of Antwerp. -
US forces return to recapture the Philippines
U.S. forces return to recapture the Phillipines after the Bataan death march they wanted to recapture the Phillipines from the Japanese. -
FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
Franklin D Roosevels dies so Harriet S Truman becomes president because he was the vice president when FDR died. -
V-E Day, war ends in Europe
Victory in Europe as the war ends there. Germany surrenders and retreats back to Germany as Europe has won. -
First Atomic Bombs dropped
The first atomic bombs were dropped by the US on the Japanese because of what they did to the Americans. -
V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
Japan surrenders to its allied forces, after the US dropped two atomic bombs on two of their cities. -
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
