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Nazi Party leader
Germans were angry over their defeat in WW1 and the heavy reparation payments forced on them by the Allies. Adolf Hitler was an extreme nationalist, so he became the leader of a small group known as the Nazi Party. -
Prime minister of Italy
After WW1, economic problems in Italy had led to unrest, so Benito Mussolini promised to restore order through strong leadership. Mussolini and his followers threatened to overthrow Italy's elected govermen, so in response the king appointed Mussolini prime minister. -
Sole dictater of the Soviet Union
Josef Stalin was sole dictator of the Soviet Union. He turned the Soviet Union into a totalitarian state. -
Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
Without warning Japan attacked Manchuria, the League of Nations protested but took no action -
Chancler of germany
The greeat depresion increased Hitlers popularity and then he was named the Chancler. -
neutrality act passed by congress
This was 1 of several laws passed that were designed to keep the U.S. at peace. It forbade the President from selling arms, making loans, or giving any other kind of assistance to any nation involved in war. -
Italy Invades Ethiopia
Mussolini invaded Ethiopia and succeded because there calvery and outdated rifles were no match for Italy's modern tanks and airplanes -
Militarists take control of Japanese Goverment
Militarists pressured the civilian goverment to take control of nearby vcountries, they argued that their island nation needed more space, as well as raw materials for its booming industries. -
Hitlers Agression
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty -
Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China
Japans army massacred a quarter of a million people. -
Munich pact
Britain and France agreed to let the German leader occupy the Sudetenland. -
Labor camps for Jews
Hitler started rounding up Jews and sending them to Labor Camps -
Nazis round up Jews
Nazis attempt to annihilate all Jews in Europe -
Nazi-Soviet pact
Hitler and Stalin signed this pact for no aggression twoards each other. -
Britain and France declair war on Germany
After the Nazis invaded Poland, Britain and France declared war -
Nazis invade
Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlandsm Luxembourg and Belgium. and take control of all of them. -
Germany invades France
Germany then invaded France and forced France to surrender. -
Battle of Britain
Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to precent the invasion of their island. -
Peace time Draft
First time that there was a peacetime draft for the U.S. -
Hitler invades Russia
Hitler beaks Pact with Stalin's Russia and invades. USSR now joins England in fighting the Germans. -
Atlantic Charter
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter. -
Japanese invade again
The Japanese invade French Indochina -
Japanese attacks
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 fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
Philippines fell to Japanese. Then the Japanese made the prisoners march to Balonga with bad treatment. -
Japanese Americans
In the U.S. people feared the Japanese Americans so they put them in isolated camps. -
Battle of Midway
After this battle the Japanese no longer controlled the pacific -
Russians hold ground
Russians stoped the Nazis advance at Stalingrad and saved Moscow. -
German and Italian armies in north africa defeated
British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa -
Zoot Suit Riots
Sailors would attack Mexicans that were wearing zoot suits because the extra material they were wearing could have been used to support the war. -
Italy surrenders
Italy surrenders and Mussolini was dismissed as Prime Min. -
D-Day invasion
Allies invaded France at Normandy and won. -
Paris retaken
Allied forces went an got Paris retaken -
Battle of the Bulge
this was the last offensive of german forces because we weakened them so badly. -
US forces return
The US returned to recapture the Phillipines and succeded. -
FDR dies
franklin d. roosevelt had a surprise death so vice president Truman becomes presy. -
V-E day!!
War ends in Europe. -
first atomic bombs dropped
atomic bombs dropped on hiroshima and nagasoki. -
V-J day
Japan surrenders to allied forces!!!! -
War Crimes
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg Germany, Manila, Philippines and tokyo. Japan.
