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Adolf Hitler became leader of the Nazi party
Hitler made it clear when he became leader that the Germans were a "master race" made to rule over slva and Gypsies and others. Hitlers main idea of racism was anti-Seminitsm, or hatred of Jews. -
Benito Mussolini apointed prime minister of Italy
Benito Mussolini promised to restore order by strong leadership. He and his followers threatened to overthrow Italys goverment, in response the king elected him prime minister. Mussolini made Italy into the world's first Fascist state. Which means a political system based on miltarism, extreme nationalism and blind loyalty to the state and its leader. Mussolini eneded freedom of press and banned all political parties except his own. -
Josef Stalin was sole dictator of the solviet union
Stalin turned the Soviet Union into a totalitarian state.. He would order the poor to give up crops,land,and animals to goverment run farms. People that were against Soviets were killed or imprisoned on charges of disloyalty to the state. -
Japan Attacks China
Japanese army seized Manchuria in northeastern China, The league of nations took no action but did protest. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
When Germany lost world war I Hitler had told everyone it was because they had been betrayed by the jews and other traitors. Hitlers popluarity increased in 1933 he became Chancellor of the German parliament after in power he created a totalitaritarian state. He then banned Jews. -
Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
Neutrality Act forbids the president from making loans, selling arms and or giving any other help to natons in war. The U.S wanted to stay as isolated as posible to keep the United States at peace. -
Italy invades Ethiopia in Africa
Ethiopia was attacked by Italy. Even though they tried to fight back they didnt have much of a chance against Italy's tanks and airplanes. They did try to call to the Leauge of nations but the respond was week. Ethiopia fell to Italy. -
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany
In violation of the Versailles Treaty Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany. Twp years after Greman armies were in Austria and as Hiter had hoped no one stopped him. -
Militarist take control of Japanese Government
Miltarist were in complete control of the Japanese goverment. Japanese militarists would preache racism. They believed they were superior to other Asians and non-Asians. -
Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China
Japan stepped up aggresion and pillaged in China. Asaulting more than a quater million civilians and massacred prisoners of the war. -
Munich Pact signed
The munich Pact allowed German leader to occupy the Sudetenland, a portion of largely populated Czechoslovakia. Hitler promised to go no further in. Britian and France were hoping to appease Hitler. -
Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
Jews were sent to terrible abusive labor camps in 1938 where they were torchured and wernt even trated as real people, after the Munich Pact. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
Hitler had invaded Poland and that drew the line for Britian and France. They then declared war on Germany. WWII had now begun. HItler had plans to move to Denmark and Norway, Neatherlands, LUxembourg and Belgium. Next was France. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
Hitler and Stalin two absolute enemies had signed a nonaggresion agreement. It promised that both side would not attack ones country and in the end they would secrelty divied up Poland. -
Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium
HItler seemed unstopable he managed to seize Denmark and Norway. Later on in May he had his troops march to conquer the Neatherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium. -
Germany invades France
Britian came to help the French but it was not enough. The Gremans had forced them to retreat. British sent every available ship and boat to rescue the soliders. About six weeks later Hitler accepted the surrender of France. -
First time Peacetime Draft in US
Millitary buildup to preare for possible entry into the war because it was getting so serious. In 1940 it passed a law tha set up the first peacime draft in American history. -
Battle of Britain
It was Britian all alone against the Nazi but they never gave up including there prime minister Winston Churchill. Hitler oradered attack on Britian and raided the cites but Britian took it day even though they lost tens of thousands of lifes they kept fighting and taking it by day and finallly Hitler abandoned all plans to invade. -
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
The Alantic Charter was an outline for after the war ow they would like everything to be, thats what Churchill and FDR created. They agreed that no one would gain territory. They also included letting the people choose there goverment. If this succeeded this organization would replace the Leauge of Nations. -
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
The Hawaiin island of Oahu was attacked on December 7th 1941 by the Japanease by naval air, and ground forces by the harbor. The attack destroyed nearly half of the military aircraft on the island including battle ships too. around 2,400 Americans were killed. -
Japanese invade French Indochina
U.S didnt like the fact Japanese were invading the French. Presidant Roosevelt then decide to stop exports of iorn and steel scrap to Japan. He also restricted the sail of oil to Japan. Because the Japanease faced a shortage in fuel then they planed to attak the United States. -
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia
Hitler had broken his pact with Stalin.The Soviet Union now joined Britian in fighting the Germans. Even though Churchill and Stalin distrusted eachother a ton they were more determined to defeat the common enemy together. -
Battle of Midway
Japanese planed to take the island of Midway which was one of the U.S's biggest millitary base. Americans were luckly able to sink 4 Japanese aircraft carriers, destroy 322 aircraft and kiiled a great number of highly trianed pilots. Japans navy no longer ruled the Pacific -
Philippines fall to Japanese
Japanese bombed airfields in the Philippines after Pearl Harbor, they destroyed most of the airplanes and such that could protect the island from the attack. Douglas MacArthur commanded a Filipino- American force. They held a strong defense. Soon the Japanese there surrenedered April 9th -
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
After Pearl Harbor, millitary took charge in making sure the islan was safe. They went to the Japanese Americans and would question them because there were thought they could be apart of spies or the attack. Later they were moved to camps pretty muc like pisons only able to take the things they could carry. They had to work at the camps and were treated terribly -
Russians stop Nazi
A big battle took place right out side of Moscow Russia, it took place in the city of Stalingrad. months of fighting had past until there was a final victory for the Soviet. From the they drove th Germans back west. -
British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
Under comand of Swight D Eisenhower Britian and Amercian forces were able to occupie Morocco and Algeria. Rommels army surrnedered finally in May 1943 -
Italy surrenders
American and british troops took control of the italian island and fought on until the new goverment surrendered to the Allies. Even thought they did so the Gremans kept on fighting they would strugleis they thought they would actually be able to control Italy. -
Zoot Suit Riots
As jobs increased in the U.S Mexican Americans came to clam those jobs. When they would get jobs as these they would dress up for work in suit called Zoot Suits. Later on they started getting jumped on the street and such if they were wearing a zoot suit. Those were then called zzot suit riots. -
D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
155,00 Americans, British, and Canadian troops crossed the england channel. Troops quickly then overcame the German opposition that day was then called D-Day. -
Paris retaken by Allies Forces
Allies enetered Pairs and were no longer under contol of th Nazi French men and women and children were thrilled and able to greet there liberators with joy. -
Battle of the Bulge
Germans counteracted in Belgium. Hitler put all his power into his last attack. BAd weather grounded aircraft. This helped the German troops create a bulge. German troops did run out of crtical supplies and the American forces won the Battle of the Bulge. -
US forces return to recapture the Philippines
MacArthur had stuck to his promise and did return to the Philippines. The capaign though cost the lives of over 14,00 Americans and 350,00 Japanese and around 100,00 Filipino people. -
FDR dies
Franklin D Roosevelt died April 12 1945 after being the Presidant of the United States and had been able to make it throught the long hard wars of WWI and WWII -
V-E Day, war ends in Europe
Allies celebrated V-E Day Vicotry in Europe. for the Soviet ttops has assult on Berlin and Hilter had commited suicide April 30th -
First Atomic Bombs dropped
American plane drooped an atomic bomb on city, Hiroshima. the destruction the bomb had created was unreal. within mintues it had killed 130,00 people but still Japanese would not surrender. -
Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
Japanese would continue and go on and on about how they had won the war and they would not surrender until August 14th 1945 We sent over a second atomic bomb killing hundreds of people at last Japanese surrender. -
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan
War Crimes: wartime acts of cruelty and brutality that are judged to be byond the accepted rules of war and human behavior. The nazi got in trouble with that law and were sentenced to trials where 12 defendants were sentanced to death. OTher trails like these happened in Manila and Tokyo
