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mussolini
mussolini becomes the prime minister of italy -
stalin
stalin comes to power -
holocaust
a genocide where 6 million jewish people were killed by adolf hitler -
hitler becomes chancellor
hitler rises to even more power and becomes the chanellor of germany -
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battle of the atlantic
the longest continuous military campaign in world war 2 running from 1939 to the defeat of germany in 1945 -
non agression act
germany and the soviet union sign the non agression pact. the pact says that they will not attack each other and will be allies. -
invasion of poland and start of world war 2
germany invades poland after germany and the soviet union sign the non agression pact to insure that the soviet union will not interfere with their invasion -
phony war
an 8 mounth period at the start of world war 2 -
battle of britain
the royal air force defends the U.K. against the german air force as they attack great britian -
lend-lease act
america passes the lend lease act which is a system that would allow the U.S. to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed vital to the defense of the U.S. -
hitler invades soviet union
the german army invades yagoslavia breaking the non agression pact with the soviet union -
pearl harbor
japan attacks americas navel base in hawaii -
america enters the war
america delcares war on japan and joins world war two -
war production board
thw war production board is made. it was and agency of the U.S. government that supervised war production during world war two -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe. -
Executive Order 9066
Executive Order 9066 was a United States presidential executive order signed and issued during World War II by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942. -
Battle of Coral Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. -
Battle of Midway
U.S navy defeated a Japanese attack against midway Atoll -
Operation Torch (North Africa)
Operation Torch was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign -
Office of War Mobilization Created
an independent agency of the United States government formed during World War II to coordinate all government agencies involved in the war effort. -
Invasion of Sicily/Italy
When the Allies took the island of Sicily from the Axis powers -
D-day
Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. -
Iwo Jima
Major battle where the U.S marine corps captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army -
Okinawa
The ship was attacked by 70 dive bombers and the ship sank -
Battle of Berlin
The Battle of Berlin, designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, was the final major offensive of the European theatre of World War II. -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Hitler kills himself with a gunshot to the head -
V-E day
the day marking the Allied victory in Europe in 1945. -
Dropping of Atomic Bombs
America dropped an atomic bomb on Japan after Iwo Jima -
End of WWII
The treaty that ended the war was the cessation of hostilities between the U.S and Germany