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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party, and he eliminated the other parties. -
Benito Mussolini
Benito became the prime minister of Italy. Italy invaded ethiopia in 1935. -
Josef Stalin
Josef became the dictator of USSR. Stalin turned the soviet union into a totalitarian state -
Japan's army
Japan seizes Manchuria, China. They killed a quarter million people and the league of nations did nothing in response. -
Hitler named Chancellor
Adolf Hitler became the chancellor of Germany. Right away he eliminated the other German parties. -
Italian Army
The Italian army invades Ethiopia, Africa. The emperor of Ethiopia asked the league of nations for help, but the did a weak job. -
Netrality Acts
The U.S. congress passed neutrality acts. They were supposed to keep the united states at peace. -
Militarist take over Japan
Japan's government was took over by Japan's military. -
Troops sent to Rhineland
Hitler rebuilt his troops up. Hitler sent his troops to Rhineland, in violation of the treaty of Versailles. -
Japan pillages Nanjing, China
Japan's army pillaged to city of Nanjing, China and killed lots of people while doing so. -
Munich Pact Signed
The Munich pact was signed and Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany. -
Jews were put into camps
The germans started to put jews into labor camps because hitler didn't like them. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Hitler and Stalin signed a Pact, and later Hitler broke it by attacking Russia. -
Nazi's invade Poland
Both Germany and the Soviet union invaded Poland and then they attacked other countries together. -
Nazi's invades countries
Germany invaded Denmark, Norway , the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium and take control. -
Battle of Britain
The air forces of Britain and Germany attacked each other and Britain won and saved their whole island. -
Germany invades France
They invade France and make them surrender because they were getting destroyed by the Germans hard. -
Draft for war in U.S.
All the men and older boys had to enter into the war because Germany attacked Russia and we have a truce with them if that one of us go into the war they have help. -
Hitler breaks pact with Stalin
Hitler broke it by invading Russia,and that didn't help them because now they have to face Russia and Britain. -
Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic charter was the outline for the postwar world. It emphasized that all people got the right to choose their own government. -
Japanese invade French Indochina
Japan started to invade and a lot countries and all of the countries they attacked they won or they weakened a lot and then finished off later. -
Japan Attacked Pearl Habor
They attacked both naval and air force of the U.S. and we didn't like it so we declared war on the right after the attack. Then the German's and Italian's declared war on us Dec. 9. -
Philippines fall to Japan
Japan captured 70,000 troops and sent them to a camp they had to walk to for 65 miles miles and most of them died before they could get there. -
Japanese Americans
The Japanese Americans were isolated in their own camp just because they weren't Americans. -
Battle of Midway
The Japanese wanted to take the island of Midway, because it was the home of a key american base. But the Americans shut down the plans by destroyed aircraft carriers and a lot of planes. -
Russians stop Nazi's
The Germans tried to get into Stalingrad but the Russians held their ground and saved the city of Moscow. -
British and U.S. Troops
They defeat the German's and the Italian's armies in North Africa. It was big because that's were the fuel for tanks come from and if they lost that it would've changed the war. -
Zoot Suit Riots
Young Mexican Americans wore these in L.A. Sailors would attack them in the streets and it lasted for a couple of days. -
Italy Surrenders
American and British troops took the city of Sicily. They crossed from the Mediterranean. Mussolini was removed from office and shot dead. -
D-Day
Invasion of France at Normandy by the allies. More then 155,000 allied troops. -
Paris is Retaken
Paris is taken back be the allied forces. Paris was under Germany control for 4 years. -
Battle of the Bulge
It was the last offensive line of the German troops. It was the coldest Battle ever recorded. -
Recapture of Philippiens
The Americans lost the Philippiens and close to the end of the war they went back to take it back over. -
FDR Dies
President Franklin Roosevelt died and Harry S. Truman becomes the new President. -
V-E DAY
Hitler committed Suicide before they surrendered. German Forces surrendered on May 8th. -
Atomic Bombs
1st bomb was drooped on Hiroshima named little boy. The second was dropped on Nagasaki named fat boy. -
V-J DAY
The emperor of Japan said that the nation would surrender. Sep. 2nd the allied forces accepted it. -
War Crimes Trials
Allied judges tried to prominent the Nazis for plunging the world into war and for the horrors of the dearth camps. 12 people were sentenced to death.
