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Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party
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Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party -
Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
Joseph Stalin or Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin, was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. -
Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
In 1931, the Japanese Kwangtung Army attacked Chinese troops in Manchuria in an event commonly called the Manchurian Incident. -
- Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
President Paul von Hindenburg named Adolf Hitler leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party. -
Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
The Neutrality Acts were passed by the United States Congress in the 1930s. -
Militarist take control of Japanese Government
The early Meiji government viewed Japan as threatened by western imperialism. -
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
Hitler invades versailles Treaty when he said he would not. -
Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.
Nanking Safety Zone in the western quarter of the city to the massacre of an estimated half a million people in Shanghai, Suzhou. -
Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
Concentration Camps were to make inmates do hard labor until they died. -
Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
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Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
It was a non-aggession pact signed -
Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
there was an invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe. -
Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control
Nazi Party. Under Hitler's rule, Germany was transformed into a fascist totalitarian state which controlled nearly all aspects of life. -
Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
The German goal was to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force. -
Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
Germany invades France. -
First time Peacetime Draft in US
The act set a cap of 900,000 men to be in training at any given time, men between the ages of 18 and 25 are required to register so that a draft can be readily resumed if needed. -
Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
Beginning in May 1941, the Viet Minh, a communist army led by Ho Chi Minh, began a revolt against French rule known as the First Indochina War. -
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans
the Nazi seizure of power and the German invasion of the USSR on June 22, 1941 -
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on August 14, 1941 following a meeting of the two heads of state in Newfoundland. The Atlantic Charter provided a broad statement of U.S. and British war aims. -
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US - Dec. 9
Dec. 7, 1941 at 8pm the japanese had attacked pearl harbor, the american navy was shocked and were not ready for war at all. -
Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
Began on April 9, 1942, was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war. -
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
The U.S. government eventually disbursed more than $1.6 billion in reparations to 82,219 Japanese Americans who had been interned and their heirs. -
Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
Under Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Frank Jack Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance decisively defeated an attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy. -
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
When the Red Army launched its devastating counteroffensive on December 5, Hitler himself realized that he would lose the war. -
Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA
"Zoot Suit Riot" redirects here. For the album by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. -
British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
During the Second World War, the North African Campaign took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943. -
Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min
Marshal Pietro Badoglio succeeded Mussolini as Prime Minister. -
D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
D-Day is about the first day of the Invasion of Normandy. -
Paris retaken by Allies Forces
The Liberation of Paris (also known as the Battle for Paris) took place during World War II and lasted from August 19, 1944. -
Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
The battle was known by different names. The Germans referred to it as Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein, while the French named it the Bataille des Ardennes, The Allies called it the Ardennes Counteroffensive. -
US forces return to recapture the Philippines
Also known as the Liberation of Manila, fought from 3 February-3 March 1945 by American, Filipino, and Japanese forces, was part of the 1945 Philippine campaign. -
FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President ... presidency on April 12, 1945, -
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
The Allies were the first to establish the international criminal tribunals to prosecute high level political officials and military for war crimes and other wartime.
