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World War II

By Kezomal
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    Adolf's rise to Death

  • Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party

    Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party

    Adolf Hitler, born in Austria 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)

    Joseph Stalin becomes the main leader of the Soviet Union (russia)
  • 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

    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 Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty

    Hitler sends troops into Rhineland 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

    Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

  • Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

    Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

    Hitler was rounding up Jews to concentration camps for labor and their eventual death.
  • Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    Hitler and Stalin signing a peace pact between each other as to not attack each other's countries
  • Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Hitler's first target is poland, they invade it
    Other european countries such as France and Britain declare was of Germany
  • Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control

    Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control

    Hitler then decides to attack the north
  • Battle of Britain begins – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

    Battle of Britain begins – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

    Britain and Germany fight with air forces, and britain wins.
  • Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

    Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

    Germany invaded the north of france which caused it to cower in fear and soon surrender
  • First time Peacetime Draft in US

    First time Peacetime Draft in US

    Peace draft in the US for Peace
  • Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans

    Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans

    Hitler broke the pact he made with Stalin by attacking Russia
  • Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    A declaration between the US and the Great Britain. It provided a broad statement of US and British war aims.
  • Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

    Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

    Japan invaded part of china controlled by France which is now known as Vietnam, Cambodia, etc...
  • Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US - Dec. 9

    Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US - Dec. 9

    After Japan attacks the US and the US fights back, Italy and Germany declare war on the US.
  • Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

    Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

    The Bataan death march was a march of captured american and filipino soldiers, many starved or died of diseases on the way.
  • Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

    Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

    After the Japanese attacks, Japanese americans are feared as spies and are put in internment camps
  • Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

    Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

    The US begins winning battles over the Pacific
  • Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

    Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

    this: Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

  • British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

    this: British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
  • Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

    Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

    A riot on mexican teenagers wearing high resource costing clothing.
  • Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

    Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

    Allied powers wanted Italy out of the war and succeeded with an attack
  • D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

    D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

    American, Canadian, and British forces re-take the beaches of Normandy from Germans.
  • Paris retaken by Allies Forces

    Paris retaken by Allies Forces

  • Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces

    Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces

  • US forces return to recapture the Philippines

    US forces return to recapture the Philippines

    Forces are sent to rescue the captured forces.
  • FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

    FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

  • V-E Day, war ends in Europe

    V-E Day, war ends in Europe

  • First Atomic Bombs dropped

    First Atomic Bombs dropped

    The US drops 2 nuclear bombs on Japanese cities "Hiroshima and Nagasaki"
  • V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

    V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

    The US gains wins over Japan leading to their surrendering.
  • War Crimes Trials held in Nuremberg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.

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

    People who committed war crimes are held accountable from this date on