World War II

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  • Aldof Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party

    Aldof Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party

  • Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

  • Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

    Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

  • Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

  • Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

  • Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

  • Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

  • Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    Militarist take control of Japanese Government

  • Hitler sends troops into Rhinelad of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty

    Hitler sends troops into Rhinelad of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty

  • Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.

    Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.

  • Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

  • Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

  • Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

  • Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on German

  • Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

  • Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

  • V-E Day, war ends in Europe

  • War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.