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Mussolin and the Fascists come to power in Italy
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Japenese invasion of Manchuria
Japan had limited space and manchuria had the land to easily accomdate any over-spilling country. -
Hitler and the Nazis come to power in Germany
Adolf Hitler rose to power when he was released from jail. He became the Chancellor and brought the Nazi Party to power and enforced his rules and laws. -
Munich Conference
The leaders of Great Britian, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia. -
Kristallnatch
Nazis vandalized Jewish homes, schools, businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. -
Germanyh and The USSR sign the Non-Aggressionn Pact
Guaranteed that the two countries would noy attack each other. -
Germany Invades Poland Beginning Of World War II
Germany bombarded the polish town of Wielum, killing nearly 1,200. -
Battle Of Atlantic
Longest battle of WWII. Began upon the British declaration of war against Germany. -
Neutrality Acts passed in the Us
Lifted the arms embargo and put all trade with belligerent nations under the terms of "cash and carry" -
France falls to Germany
Germany begans there final push throuh france. -
Rescue of Dunkirk
Tens of thousands of Allied soilders were evacuated from Dunkirk, France and live to see another fighting day. -
Formation Of the axis powers
Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact -
Presidential Election of 1940
FDR won with 449 electoral votes -
Congress passes lend lease act
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Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Hundred of Japenese fighter planes attacked the American during World War II. -
relocation Americans to Camps
President Frankiln Roosevelt signed Executive Order ordering all Japenese Americans to Evacuate the West Coast. -
Bataan Death March
Filipino and AMerican troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. -
Manhattan Project
A research and developement project that produced the first atomic bombs during WWII -
Battle of Midway Isand
JApenese poloitical leadership and senior military commanders were stung by Doolittle Raid. -
Rosie The Riveter Campaign Encourages Women to get a job
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Allied Invasion/Victory in phillipines
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D-Day Invasion
160,000 allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified Frenchcoastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. -
Presidential Election of 1944
Democrat FDR defeated Thomas E. Dewey and secured his 4th term as president. -
Battle of the Buldge
A major German offfensive is launched against the Allies in the ardennes mountains region on the western front -
V-E day
This day marked the Allied Victory in Europe -
Bombing of Ltroshima and Nagasaki
This explosion wiped out 90% of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people -
Surrender of Japan
This brought the hostilities of WWII to a close. -
Formation of the United Nations
Formated to promote international cooperation. Areplacement for the eneffective League of Nations
