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Stalin comes to power
Joseph Stalin came to power as Vladimir Lenin died of a stroke. Though there were other possible options as the succesor, he was the one who stepped up. -
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Mussolini comes to power
He was supported by the King of Italy and a lot of landowners/factory owners and upper class people by using his blackshirt militias to put an end to socialist strikes. -
When hitler came to power
His self-belief, determination, and leadership persuaded people to believe in him. -
The beggining of Nuremburg laws
These are laws that seperated full blood germans from the "Jews". -
Kristallnacht
Also known as night of broken glass, this was when the Nazis ransacked jewish establishments. They killed a few and put a lot in concentration camps. This lasted two days. -
Radar and sonar
Used by the british allies agianst GErmans in WW2. -
The Saint Louis
This was a ship used for jewish people trying to find a home where the were accepted. They were denied by the US, Cuba and Canada, before heading back to Europe. -
Beginning of Nuclear weapons
Many scientists, engineeers and volunteers got together to design and build an atomic bomb. -
Total War
When there was total disregard for your attacks and there are "unresstricted aims". -
HItler invades Poland, Beggining World War II
Germany, the soviet union, and a small slovak group invaded Poland beggining WW2. -
Rocket Engines
Russia created the first jet rocket. -
Tripartite act
The treaty of non agression between Germany and the USSR. -
Lend lease Act
The major means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign countries during World War II. -
The Beggining of the Final Solution
The Nazi genocide of the jews. -
Submarines
The U.S began a military campaign against Japan and they used Submarines. -
HIdeki Tojo becomes prime minister of Japan
When Konoe resigned from the job Tojo was reccomended the job, because they knew he could control the Army. -
The attack of Pearl Harbor
A military attack that came by suprise to the U.S. , when Hideki Tojo ordered the army to attack the pearl Harbor naval base. -
US Declaration of War
Th US declares war on Japan. -
Aircraft
The US began using aircrafts in the war against germany. -
Japanese internment camps
The american version of the concentration camp, but only for Japanese people. The US did not even realize they were doing exactly what the nazis were doing. -
Death of president Roosevelt
FDR dies of cerebral hemmorage during World War 2. -
Computers
Collosus computers were utilized by the briutish in ww2. -
D-Day
The US went to Europe to save them from nazi control. -
LIberation of the death camps
People from other places came in to free the people who were alive from the concentration camps. -
Truman becomes president
When FDR died his vice president Harry Truman became the president. -
Death of Adolf HItler
Hitler commited suicide by gunshot, as his wife ingested cyanide. -
V-E Day
Day celebrated for the victory of World war II. -
Completion of nuclear weapons
The US finished and tested the bomb in a closed off location. -
Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The bombs they recently completed were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Japan Surrenders
The surrender of Japan brough tall of the fighting of world war II to an end