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Mussolini becomes prime minister of Italy
Mussolini created the Fascist movement and following the March on Rome, he became the youngest Italian prime minister ever. He gets a lot of support and followers. -
Stalin rises to power
After Lenin dies, Stalin quickly eliminates his competition and becomes dictator of Russia. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Hitler Chancellor after a series of elections -
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The Holocaust
The Holocaust sent Jews to concentration camps to work as slaves. Jews were viewed as inferior in the eyes of Nazis. -
Non-agression pact
Nazi Germany and the soviet union signed an agreement not to attack each other for 10 years. -
Invasion of Poland and start of WW2
With the non agression pact signed, Germany could attack Poland without fearing of soviet intervention. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of invasion. -
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Phony War ¨Sitzkreig¨
An eighth month period where no one did anything. The Western allies did not react to the invasion of Poland -
Battle of Britain
When the RAF defended the United Kingdom against incoming Nazi planes. -
Lend-lease Act passed in US
Provided security aid to any country that was vital to the United States. The power gave president Roosevelt to lend help to Britain. -
Pearl Harbor Attack
The attack of Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack by Japanese planes. The Japanese destroyed 20 vessels, 300 airplanes, and 8 battleships. -
America declares war on Japan and enters the war.
A day after the Pearl Harbor attack, FDR declared war on Japan. FDR made a 10 minute speech in response to this. -
War Production Board created.
The WPB was an agency that supervised war production. FDR established this agency. -
Executive Order 9066
This executive order detained Japanese Americans to American concentration camps. This was signed by President FDR during WW2. -
Office of War Mobilization
An independent agency formed during WW2. Coordinated all government agencies into the war effort. -
Operation Torch
British-American invasion of North Africa. This would drive out the axis forces from North Africa and resulted in a allied victory. -
Invasion of Italy
Code named Operation Husky, allied powers took over Sicily from the Axis powers. This lead to Hitler sending half his forces to Italy and weakening his forces on the Eastern front. -
D-Day
An allied invasion of Normandy against Nazi forces. The outcome was an allied victory. -
Iwo Jima
A major battle between American and Japanese forces. The result was the U.S. took back the island. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
American bomber called the Enola Gay, dropped a 5 ton atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb was dropped in response to get a quicker surrender from the Japanese. Another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki -
End of WW2
WW2 ends on September 2, 1945 when General Douglas MacArthur accepts Japanś surrender. 35 to 60 million people died during WW2 including 6 million Jewish people.
