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World War II
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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi party
My video He later becomes higher ranked in German government -
Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
He eventually is attacked by Hitler -
Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
USA has to come help save them from Germany -
Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
This is one of Japan's first victories -
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
He then begins to attack/ally everyone around him. -
Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
The USA decides that because they are still recorvering that they won't enter the war unless absolutely necasary. -
Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
When we enter the war tis is one of the first places we take back. -
Militarist take control of Japanese Government
Militarists are people that encourage the Army/Military/Airforce/Navy above all else. -
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
Hitler started with a treaty that said they won't attack but they broke that treaty and started the war. -
Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China
They massacre a quarter of a million people in China. -
Munich Pact signed
This gives Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany. -
Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
The nazis begin to start the Holocaust. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
This is the pact that held Stalin and Hitler together for the time being. -
Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
This officially started World War ll. -
Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium
They take complete control over all these territories. -
Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
After they take France its only the Soviet Union left. -
Battle of Britain
Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island -
First time Peacetime Draft in US
The USA is trying to still keep peace and not enter the war. -
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia
USSR now joins England in fighting the Germans -
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
This states the goals of the Allied forces. -
Japanese invade French Indochina
They are trying to take complete control of France. -
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Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
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Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
The pjilipines then were led on a death march to camps. -
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
Americans were supicios of their japenese neighbors -
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad
If they hadn't stopped them Moscow would have surely fell. -
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Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
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British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
Germany is starting to lose on both fronts. -
Zoot Suit Riots
Happened in the USA. Americans attacked mexican-americans. -
Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Minister
Mussolini is killed for helping Germany. -
D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
Thousands of troops descended on German forces at Normandy beach. -
Paris retaken by Allies Forces
The allied forces not only take Paris but all of France. -
Battle of the Bulge
Germany final futile assault on the Allied forces. -
US forces return to recapture the Philippines
The US return to save the Philipines. -
FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
Roosevelt dies and Vice president Truman becomes president. -
V-E Day, war ends in Europe
The Allied forces finally defeat germany in the war. -
V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
Japan loses to the Allied forces just like Germany. -
First Atomic Bombs dropped
Truman decides to end the war faster. -
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan
These trials are held to help rebuild all thats destroyed and punish the losers.
