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Aldof Hitler
Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party. -
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Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy. -
Josef Stalin
Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR) -
Japan’s Army
Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China. -
Chancellor of Germany
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany. -
Neutrality Act
Neutrality Act passed by US Congress. -
Italian Army
Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa. -
Militarist
Militarist take control of Japanese Government -
Versailles Treaty
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty. -
Japan’s army
Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people. -
Munich Pact
Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany. -
Nazis
Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps -
Nazi-Soviet
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin. -
Nazis invade Poland
Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany. -
Nazis invade Denmark
Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control. -
Germany invades France
Germany invades France and forces it to surrender. -
Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island -
Peacetime
First time Peacetime Draft in US. -
Hitler
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR now joins England in fighting the Germans -
Churchill
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter -
Japenese invade
Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia) -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US -
Philippines
Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March -
Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps -
Battle of midway
Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific -
Russians
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow -
British and US forces
British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa. -
Zoot Suit Riots
Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA -
Italy surrenders
July - Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min. -
D-Day invasion
June - D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies -
Paris
Aug. - Paris retaken by Allies Forces -
Battle of the Bulge
Dec. Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces -
US Forces
Jan. – US forces return to recapture the Philippines -
FDR
April 16th - FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President -
V-E Day
May 8th - V-E Day, war ends in Europe -
Atomic Bomb
First Atomic Bombs dropped -
V-J Day
V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces -
War Crimes
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
