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World War ll - Eisner
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Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party
Germans were angry by the defeat in World War l. Adolf Hitler, who was an extreme nationalist, became the leader of a small group known as the National Socialist, or Nazi Party; Nazism was a form of fascism. -
Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
Benito Mussolini was a strong leader. Mussolini and his followers threatened to overthrow Italy's elected government. As a result, the king appointed Mussolini prime minister. -
Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
Josef Stalin turned the Soviet Union into a totalitarin state, where he controlled the government and every aspect of people's lives. He made peasants give up their crops, animals, and land to government-run farms, and killed about 4 million Soviets due to disloyalty to the state. -
Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
Without the approval of Japan's elected government, the Japanese army siezed Manchuria in northeastern China. The League of Nations protested but took no action. -
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
The Great Depression increased Hitler's popularity, so he was named chancellor, or leader of the German parliament. He quickly created a totalitarian state. -
Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
Americans did not want to get involved with war again, so Congress passed the Neutrality Act. The act forbade the President from selling arms, giving loans, or giving any other type of assistance to nations involved with the war. -
Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
In 1935, Italian armies invaded the African country of Ethiopia. Ethiopians fought bravely, but they were no match for Italy's mordern tanks and airplanes. Ethiopia called out for help, but other countries were too caught up in their own economic crises. And without the help needed, Ethiopia fell to invaders. -
Militarist take control of Japanese Government
Because of the Great Depression, Japan also faced undertermined faith in the democratic rule. In near by countries, military leaders pressures the civilian government to take control. By 1936, militarists were in complete control of the Japanese government, -
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
Going against the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler began to rebuild Germany's armed forces. He sent troops into the Rhineland region of western Germany in 1936, and two years later the German army occupied the land of Austria. -
Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.
Afer 1937, Japan became more aggresive with China. Their armies treated the Chinese like crap, and for six weeks they pillaged the city of Nanjing. As a result, more than a quarter of a million people of the war were massacred. -
Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
In 1938, the Munich Pact it was stated that Britain and France agreed to let Hitler (the German leader) occupy a part of Czechoslovakia known as Sudetenland, as a larger part of Czechoslovakia spoke German. In return Hitler had promised to seek no further territory, but a few months later in March 1939, he took over the remainder of Czechoslovakia. -
Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
Jews ended up being banned from certain public places, and professions because of the anit-Semitic laws. Troops started rounding them up and sending to slave labor camps. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
1939, Hitler made the Nazi-Soviet Pact with Stalin - a promise not to go to war with each other and (secretly) a promise to invade Poland and split it between them. -
Nazi invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
Nazi troops invaded Poland, and sixteen days later the Soviet Union seized eastern Poland. Two days after the invasion on Poland, Britain and France declared war on Germany; World War ll had begun. -
Nazi invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium - take control
At the beginning of the war, Hitler's army seemed unstoppable. In April 1940, they seized Denmark, and Norway. In May, they marched west to conquer the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium. After, they moved into France. -
Germany invades France, and forces them to surrender
Britain sent troops to France to help out in the assult from Germany, but they were quickly overpowered. Germans forced them to retreat, and about six weeks later France surrendered. -
Battle of Britain - Royal Air Forces defeats German Air Forces to prevent invasion of their island
Britain stood alone against the Nazis. Hitler ordered an air assult on Britain, and day after day German planes attacked British cities. Thousands of British lives were taken, but the spirit never broke. British air forces fought back on the invaders. -
First time Peacetime Draft in US
Congress passed the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. The lawmakers acted soon after the German and Soviet invasion of Poland prompted Britain and France to declare war against Nazi Germany. -
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
Churchill and FRD issues the Atlantic CHarter outlined goals for post world. They wanted people to be able to choose their own government, and seeked no territorial gain from the war. -
Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
Japan invaded the French colony of Indochina, and in response, Roosevelt banned American exports of iron and steel scrap to Japan. Because of a shortage on fuel for their navy, Japanese leaders decided on war. -
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin's Russia, and invades - USSR which now joins england in fighting the Germans.
Hitler broke his pact with Stalin. German forces crossed into the Soviet Union and joined Britain in fighting the Germans. -
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Navy and Air Forces. US declares war on Japan. Germany and Italy declares war on US (Dec. 9)
December 7, 1941 Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Almost half of the islands 400 aircrafts were destroyed, and about 2,400 citizens were killed. Congress declared war on Japan. Then, Japan's allies, Germany and Italy declared war on the US. Even though they didnot want to, Americans were going to have to get involved in the war again. -
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Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
Because American's feared the Japanese Americans were spies after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt interned the Japanese Americans to isolated camps. -
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
The German Army never fully recovered from the beating it took in Russia around Moscow. -
Philippines fall to Japanese - Bataan Death March
Hours after Pearl Harbor, Japanese bombed airfields in the Philippines, the island chain governed by the US. At Bataan, the Japanese caputred almost 70,000 soldiers, and many of them died along the walk to the prison camp 65 miles away. It was known as the Bataan Death March. -
Battle of Midway, turning point of war in Pacific.
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. An important turning point in the Pacific campaign, the victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position. The Battle of Midway was viewed as the turning point of the war. -
British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
This was also known as the North African Campaign. -
Zoot Suit Riots - Los Angeles, CA
The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of riots in 1943 during World War II that broke out in Los Angeles, California -
Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed Prime Minister
American and British troops crossed the Mediterranean from Tusisia. They took control of an Italian island and soon made their way to an Italian Peninsula. And Mussolini dismissed the Prime Minister. -
D-Day invasion of France at Normardy by Allies
In 1944, Allied forces were ready to undertake invasion in France. -
Paris retaken by Allied Forces
156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. -
Battle of the Bulge - last offensive of German Forces
Germans counterattacked in Belgium, Hitler poured his remained reserves into this attack. The bas weather allowed the German troops to create a "bulge" in the American lines. -
US forces return to recapture the Philippines
The first objective was the capture of Leyte, an island situated between Luzon and Mindanao. After a two day naval bombardment General Walter Krueger and the 6th Army landed on 22nd October, 1944. -
FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies from a stroke. His death shatters many Americans, and Harry S. Truman becomes President. -
V-E Day, war ends in Europe.
Also known as Victory in Europe day. It was to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces; marked the end of World War II in Europe. -
First atomic bomb dropped
In August, an atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. It was the first atomic bomb dropped. -
V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces.
The Imperial Japanese Navy was incapable of conducting operations so they surrendered -
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manlia, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
Because of all the craziness, and war criminals, war crime trials had to be held.
