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Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi party.
Adolf Hitler was a German politican and became the leader of the Nazi party. He had joined the Nazi's group, he has moved his way up quickly to leader. -
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Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
Got forced ti appoint him prime minister after his Fascist Party "the black shirts" march on Rome to demand control of the goverment. -
Josef Stalin sole dictator of Soviet Union
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Japans army seizes Manchuria,China
China had attacked on the Japense railroad, The japenese had then disguised as the Chinese and seized. -
Adolf Hitler is named chancellor of Germany
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Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
These acts were made to stop the growing turmoil between Europe and Asia that which led to World War ll -
Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
Also known as the Second Italo–Abyssinian War, was a colonial war that started in October 1935 and ended in May 1936. The war was fought between the armed forces Italy and the armed forces of Ethiopian Empire. The war resulted in the military of Ethiopia. -
Militarist take control of Japanese Government
In the First World War, Japan joined the Allied powers, but played only a minor role in fighting German forces in Asia. At the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, Japan's proposal of amending a "racial equality clause" to the covenant of the League of Nations was rejected by the United States, Britain and Australia. Racial discrimination towards the Japanese had plagued Japanese-Western relations since the forced opening of the country in the 1800s, and were again a major factor for the upcoming war -
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
Hitler, for the first time in his career, had gambled against Germany's old enemies and won. He knew France was suffering from serious political in-fighting and that Britain was in the grips of an economic depression. He wagered that the two countries, given their internal problems, didn't have the stomachs to respond militarily. Some of Hitler's top Army generals had gotten cold feet during the maneuver. -
Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.
Also known as the Rape of Nanking, was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against Nanjing during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The massacre occurred during a six-week period starting December 13, 1937, the day that the Japanese captured Nanking, which was then the Chinese capital. During this period, tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and disarmed combatants were murdered. -
Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new "Sudetenland" was coined. The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe, without the presence of Czechoslovakia. Today, it is widely regarded as a failed act toward Germany. The agreement was signed in the early hours of September 30th 1938. -
Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
After the Anschluss, the SS is placed in charge of Jewish affairs in Austria with Adolf Eichmann establishing an Office for Jewish Emigration in Vienna. Jews were taken into camps to be worked hard and then be killed in a gas chamber. -
Nazi-Soviet pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
Was also the treaty of Non-aggresion between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics. This pacted worked until the Germany goverment broke it, invading in June 1941 -
Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
After declaring war, stricter laws were put on the Jews. And On September 3rd the Soviet invaded south Poland. -
Nazis invade Denmark,Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg to take control
Jews that had fled to other countries to not get caught, well eventually got caught. When the Nazis invaded all countries to take control, it was a major surprise without much warning. -
Gernany invades France and forces it to surreneder
When Germany invading France they signed a armistice with Germany. -
Battle of Britain-Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island.
The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces,and was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date. -
First time Peacetime Draft in US
This was the first important American policy response to Hitler's victory in Europe in the spring of 1940, the Selective Service Act. It marked the effective end of the isolationist tradition in the United States -
Hitler breaks pact with Stalin's Russia and invades-USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans.
The pact stated intentions were a guarantee of non-belligerence by either party towards the other, and a commitment that neither party would ally with the enemy. Until it was broke when Germany goverment invaded Soviet Union. -
Japanese Invade French Indochina
To cut China’s arms supply lines and forced the Chinese out of the war, Japan invaded French Indochina in order to cut off supply routes from there to China. -
Churchhill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was a statement issued that, early in World War II, defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. It was drafted by the leaders of Britain and the United States, and later agreed to by all the Allies. The Charter stated the ideal goals of the war, no territorial aggrandizement; no territorial changes made against the wishes of the people; restoration of self-government to those deprived of it; reduction of trade restrictions; global coope -
Philippines fall to Japanese- Bataan Death March
This was when the Japanese had taken over Philippines. People were forced through a death march to prison camps. Most of the time people got very weak from dehyration or illness and died right on the <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPlfhVEw-7U' > (VIDEO) -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese attacked Hawaii by Naval and Airforces. This completely surprised the US thinking it would happen. They did this to cause destraction to the US to take over another area. On December 9 US declared war on Japan. -
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps.
The U.S. government ordered the internment in 1942, shortly after Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. The internment of Japanese Americans was applied unequally as a geographic matter, all who lived on the West Coast were interned, while in Hawaii, where 150,000-plus Japanese Americans comprised over one-third of the population, only 1,200 to 1,800 were interned. -
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingard save Moscow
The Nazis were spread very thin, by the great distance. The Russians were able to circle around the Nazis and cut off supplies line, leaving the front line without critical supplies to fight the battles such items were ammunition, food, clothing and fuel for vehicles. -
Baatan Death March
Bataan Death March 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, this then brought a long walk for captured Philippines to walk long miles to a prison camp on this walk a lot of people got ill or became to weak and died. -
Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
Japanses admiral was trying to overwhlem the US. To accomplish this he planned an invasion of Midway Island which would provide a base for attacking Hawaii. Using decrypted Japanese radio intercepts, Admiral Chester Nimitz was able to counter this offensive. On June 4, 1942, US aircraft flying from USS Enterprise, USS Hornet, and USS Yorktown attacked and sunk four Japanese carriers, forcing Yamamoto to withdrawal. The Battle of Midway marked the turning point of World War II in the Pacific. -
British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
The British forces lead by Field Marshall Montgomery pushed his army north, while the US forces lead by General George Patton pushed from east to west and protecting Montgomerys flank allowed this two prong attack to push back the German forces to the tip of north Africa, ulitmitely out of north Africa back into Italy and Germany. -
Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles California
These were caused by murder of a latino boy in a Barrio in Los Angeles. The main participants Angelo American Sailors and Marines that were staioned in Los Angeles. Similar riots occured in major US cities around the country. -
Italy surrenders World War II
The Italian goverment was tired of the war, Mussolini was removed as Prime Minister by the Grand Fascits council. -
D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
155,00 Americans, British, and Canadian troops crossed the England channel. The troops quickly then overcame the German opposition that day which has now been known to be called D-Day -
Paris retaken by Allies Forces
Allies enetered Pariss and were no longer under contol of the Nazis. Men and Women and Children were thrilled and able to greet there liberators with joy, this day was filled with a lot of joy for everyone in France. -
Battle of the Bulge- last offensice of German Forces
The Germans had gone into Belgium. Hitler put all his power into his last attack. Bad weather grounded aircrafts. This helped the German troops create a bulge. Doing this the Germans ran out of supplies, making America the winners of the Bulge. -
US Forces return to recapture the Philippines.
MacArthur had stuck to his promise and did return to the Philippines. The campaign though cost the lives of over 1,400 Americans and 35,000 Japanese and around 10,000 Filipino people. -
FDR dies. Harry S. truman becomes President
During Franklin Roosevelts 4th term he had passed, he was the reason term limits came into the goverment. After his passing Truman took over. -
V-E Day, war ends in Europe
V-E day stands for Victory in Europe day, Germany had surrenederd because Hitler has commited suicuide. -
First Atomic Bombs dropped
The first atomic bombs name were Little Boy and Fat Man. Little Boy was dropped on Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Fat man was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. These were the first two atomic weapons of the war. -
V-J Day
Douglas MacArthur represented the Allies of the signing on the USS Missouri when Japan surrendered. -
War Crimes Trial held in Nuremburg, Germany, Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan
War Crimes: wartime acts of cruelty and brutality that are judged to be beyond the accepted rules of war and human behavior. The Nazis got in trouble with that law and were sentenced to trials where 12 defendants were sentanced to death. Similar ones like these were happening around the world too.
