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Joseph Stalin becomes the leader of the USSR
After Lenin dies Stalin takes over as leader of the USSR. -
Benito Mussolini becomes leader of Italy
Benito Mussolini takes power in Italy. -
Japan invaded Manchuria
When Japanese forces invaded manchuria. -
Holocaust Began
The mass murdering of Jews called the Holocaust began. -
Adolf Hitler beomes the leader of Germany
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. -
FDR began his Good Neighbor Policy
FDR's policy which stated that the U.S. would not interfere in Latin American Affairs. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Mussolini commands troops to invade Ethiopia. -
Japan Invades China
Japanese forces invade China and started the second Sino-Japanese War. -
European Appeasement of Hitler Began
In order to avoid conflict, European nations gave Hitler what he wanted such as the Czech Republic border change. As history shows us, this didn't work out too well. -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht or "Night of Broken Glass", was the day when Jews throughout Germany were attacked and the violence was supported by the government. -
Germany and Russia signed a nonagression pact
Germany and Russia sign nonagression pact that stated that they wouldn't attack each other. -
Germany Began the Blitzkrieg into Poland
Germany invades poland. -
Battle of the Atlantic
It lasted throughout the whole war and was the Axis forces using U-Boats to make passage through the Atlantic ocean difficult for the Allied forces. -
Cash and Carry
It took out the Neutrality acts and allowed the U.S. to help out warring nations. -
Congress passes the Neutrality Acts
Congress pass the neutrality acts which makes the U.S. practice isolationism and not intervene in foreign affairs. -
Churchill becomes prime minister of Great Britain
Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain after Neville Chamberlain resigns. -
Tuskegee Airmen
The first African-American pilots to fly in the war. -
Battle of Britain
The battle between Britain and Germany that was fought entirely in the air and was the turning point of the war because Germany was not able to completely defeat britain like it did poland and other countries. -
The Tripartite Pact was signed
The pact that created the Axis Powers -
Four Freedoms
FDR'S four principles that he believed everyone should have. They were Freedom of Speech, Worship, Want, and Fear. -
Lend Lease Act
An act that helped the U.S. supply Great Britain with supplies during the war. -
Atlantic Charter
The U.S. and Britain met and set their goals for the future after the war. All the allies agreed to the policies later on. -
OPA is created
The OPA is created and sets up rations for people during World War II. -
Japanese Attack on pearl Harbor
A suprise attack by Japanese forces on the U.S. navy in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. -
Nazis Developed the Final Solution
Nazi's put into action the final solution to eradicate the all of the Jews. -
Double V
A campaign created to insill motivation in the war with African-Americans. -
Japanese put in internment camps in the U.S.
Thousands of people of Japanese ancestry are put into "War relocation camps" inside of the U.S. -
Bataan Death March
When the Japanese forcibly moved thousands of Filipino and American POWs across the Philippines. -
Doolittle Raids
Was an air raid on the cities in the home island of Japan. -
Navaho Code Talkers Used
The U.S. forces used people who spoke Navajo to crypt their messages using the Navajo language. -
WAAC formed
The womens branch of the arm was created -
Battle of Midway
A Naval battle in which the U.S. defeated the strong Japanese Navy fleet and was a turning point in the pacific theater of WWII because it damaged the Japanese fleet tremendously. -
Manhattan Project
The research project that created the atomic bombs. -
Battle of Stallingrad
It was the turning point of the European Theater of the World War II and was fought between Germany and the Soviet Union. -
Operation Torch
The Allied invasion of North Africa. -
Casablanca conference
The conference that gave the allied powers the term "unconditional surrender". -
Develoment of Rosie the Riveter
A figure which helped encourage women to work during the war when workers were low. -
Smith-Connal Anti-Strike Act
The act allowed the government to take control over companies and factories if they interfered with war production. -
Tehran Conference
Was a conference held by the big three and resulted in the opening of the second front on the western side of Germany. -
D-Day
D-Day was the name of the invasion of the beaches of Normandy by the Allied forces. -
MacArthur "returned to the Philippines
After retreating from the Philippines Macarther makes a promise to return to the Philippines. He returns and takes back the Philippines. -
Battle of the Bulge
A suprise attack on the Allied forces by the Germans and also the battle with the most casualties for the U.S. -
Yalta Conference
Where the big three powers met to discuss what they were going to do after the war. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The battle in which the U.S. fought for the island of Iwo Jima which they wanted to use to set up base for the attacks on the Japanese Main Islands. -
Battle of Okinawa
Was the bloodiest battle and the largest amphibous assault of the Pacific Theater of War. -
FDR died
FDR dies during office -
V-E Day
V-E day or Victory in Europe Day is the day when Germany surrendered and the war in euorope ended. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
The atomic bomb "little boy" is dropped on Hiroshima. -
V-J Day
The day Japan officially surrendered and ended World War II. -
Nuremberg trials
Was a set of trials which tried many Nazi Germany leaders for war crimes commited during WWII.
