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Mussolini rises to power
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Stalin Rise to Power
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Hitler rise to Power
hitler rose to power in germany and became chancellor which is the leader of germany -
Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes president
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States. He led through the Great Depression and WWII. -
MaoZedong leads Long March
After being surrounded by the Nationalists, the Communists were forced to began a hazardous 6,000-mile-long retreat. Between 1934 and 1935, the Communists were only one step ahead of Jiang's forces. Many died from hunger, cold, exposure, and battle wounds. -
Anti-Comintern Pact
Germany and Japan made a pact against Communism International. Then Italy joined so it was between Germany, Japan, and Italy. -
Japanese invasion on China
The Japanese launched a full-scale invasion of China using the conquered ... between China and the west after 1949, was not apparent during the war. the Japanese launched a full-scale invasion of China using the conquered Manchuria as a launching base for their troops.After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, China officially joined the Allies ... of a decades-long Japanese imperialist policy aimed at expanding its influence -
German Blitzkrieg
A form of warfare used by German forces in World War II. In a blitzkrieg, troops in vehicles, such as tanks, made quick surprise strikes with support from airplanes. These tactics resulted in the swift German conquest of France in 1940 (see fall of France). Blitzkrieg is German for “lightning war.” -
Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact
Hitler and Stalin agree to keep peace between each country -
Germany attacks Poland
German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as hitler seeks to regain power and rule Poland -
France conquered
Paris, France's capital is conquered by German forces, and soon surrenders. Later Hitler's plan of the invasion of the British Isles fails and is postponed indefinitely. -
Tripartite Pact Signed
Signed 27 September 1940 The Tripartite Pact, also known as the Berlin Pact, was an agreement between Germany, Italy and Japan signed in Berlin on 27 September 1940 by, respectively, Adolf Hitler, Galeazzo Ciano and Saburō Kurusu. -
Japan Joins the Axis Powers
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Italy joins the war
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Operation Barbossa
Under the codename Operation "Barbarossa," Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, in the largest German military operation of World War II. -
Pearl Harbor
Surprise Attack on U.S. reason why U.S. entered the war -
Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was a high-level meeting of Nazi officials that took place in Berlin on January 20, 1942, to discuss the "Final Solution" of the Jewish Question. -
Battle of Midway
etween 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the United States Navy under Admirals Chester Nimitz, Frank Jack Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance decisively defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy under Admirals -
Italy surrenders
Italy surrenders, and Germany and the Allies both try to take the now ungoverened land. -
D-Day
surprise invasion of normandy in france . largest land and water invasion in history -
Battle of Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. -
Battle at Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces landed and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. -
Atomic Bomb
Nuclear bomb being dropped on Nagasaki -
Death of Roosevelt
Died of Cerebral Hemorrage -
Germany Surrenders
the nazi german leaders official surrender, berlin was going down and hitler knew. he later commited suicide. -
Atomic Bomb
Nuclear weapon used in the war on Hiroshima -
V-J Day
when japan surrenedered to U.S. -
Japan Surrenders
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United Nations Formed
the U.N. was formed to prevent another war like WWII to happen again. it is still around today -
V-E Day
The war in Europe ended when Germany Surrendered
