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Adolf Hitler takes over
By 1921, Adolf Hitler had become leader of a small group known as the National Socialist, or Nazi, Party. -
Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
Mussolini turned Italy into the world's first Fascist state. (Fascism is a political system based on militarism, extreme nationalism, and blind loyalty to the state and its leader. -
Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
Stalin turned the Soviet Union into a totalitarian state. -
Japan Army seize Manchuria, China
Acting without the approval Japan's elected government, the japanese army seized Manchuria in northeastern China. -
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
Hitler is named chancellor of Germany, or leader of the German parliament. -
Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
This act was the first of several laws designed to keep the United States at peace -
Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
Though the Ethiopians fought bravely, their cavalry and outdated rifles were no match for Italy's modern tanks and airplanes -
Militarist take control of Japanese Government
Military leaders pressured the civilian government to take control of nearby countries. -
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
Hitler vowed to create an empire that united all German-speaking people, including those outside of Germany. In defiance of the Treaty he began to rebuild Germany's armed forces. -
Japan's army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people
This lasted 6 weeks and before this happened The League of Nations, which had been founded to halt aggression, protested but took no action. -
Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
Britain and France agreed to let the German leader occupy the Sudetenland, a portion of Czechoslovakia populated largely by people who spoke German. In return, Hitler promised he would seek no further territory -
Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
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Nazi- Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
On June 22, 1941, Hitler broke this pact with Stalin. A huge German force crossed into the Soviet Union which had remained out of the early days of war. -
Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
Britain and France declared war on Germany after nazis invaded poland -
Nazis invades Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium - take control
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Battle of Britain begins
Royal Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island -
Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
France was forced to surrender to German military -
First time Peacetime Draft in US
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Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
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Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
Japanese military invaded French Indochina -
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin's Russia and invades
USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans -
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
This was a very large attack in Hawaii -
Philippines fall to Japanese
Bataan Death March -
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
Many Japanese americans voluntered to do things in the war to show their trustable to america -
Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
This battle was a decisive naval battle -
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stanlingrad save Moscow
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Britain and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
THis was a very tough accomplishment for them -
Zoot Suit Riots- Los Angeles, CA
This was caused by younger people wearing clothes for the style and sailors got mad and upset because of what they were wearing -
Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.
American and British troops crossed the Mediterranean sea from Tunisia, and they swiftly took control of the Italian island of Sicily. -
D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history -
Paris retaken by Allied Forces
Nazis were ordered to blow up Paris by Adolf Hitler -
Battle of the Bulge - last offensive of German Forces
allied forces pushed eastward -
US forces return to recapture the Philippines
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FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
Fdr died of a stroke -
V-E Day, war ends in Europe
Germany was collapsing and on April 16 soviet union troops began an assault on berlin. -
First Atomic Bombs dropped
Truman learned about the atomic bomb in july and it had been successfully tested in New Mexico -
V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
the emperor of Japan announced that the nation would surrender. -
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany;Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan
In the German city of Nuremberg, Allied judges tried prominent Nazis for plunging the world into war and for the horrorsof the death camps.
