WWII

Great Migration

Nov 23, 1910

Over 5 million African AMercians came from the South to find jobs during WWII. They moved to big cities like place in california.

Selective Service Act

Nov 23, 1917

The act that allowed men to volunteer or get drafted for military services.

Stalin's Rise to Power

Apr 3, 1922

From 1929-1953, Joseph Stalin was the Dictator of the USSR. HE ruled by terror and millions of his own citizens died during his brutal reign.

Mussolini's Rise to Power

Oct 22, 1922

Mussolini stormed the Prime Minister in Rome and took control of the king's power to start a new form of government.

Emperor Hirohito

Dec 25, 1926

Hirohito became the emperor of Japan.

Hitler's Rise to Power

Jan 23, 1933

Hitler rises to power Germany's chancellor. He wrote Mein Kampf which explained how he was goig to take over Europe.

Italy's Conquest of Ethiopia

Apr 24, 1935

Considered one of the episodes preparing the way for WWII. It demonstrated the effectivness of the League of Nations.

Neutrality Acts

Nov 23, 1935

This act imposed restrictions on America during the time of war.

Spanish Civil War

Jul 17, 1936

Happened between July 17th 1936 through April 1 1939. It was a ilitary revolt against the Republican government of Spain.

Franco Becomes Spain's Dictator

Oct 1, 1936

Franco was a leader and dictator of the Nationalist military rebellion during the Spanish Civil War, totaliraian head of state of Spain. This lasted until his death in November 1975.

Rome-Berlin Axis formed

Oct 25, 1936

Occured between Italy and Germay. It was an agreement created by Italy's foreign minister linking the two facist countries. It also came to include Japan.

Anti-Comintern Pact

Nov 25, 1936

Happened, after the creation of Rome-Berlin axis, between Germany and Japan. Later in Nov. 6 1937, Italy joined.

Quarantinen Speech by FDR

Nov 23, 1937

This speech was to confirm that Amercia would stay neutral.

Annexing of Austria

Mar 12, 1938

German troops march into Austria to annex German-speaking nation for Third Reich.

Munich Pact

Nov 23, 1938

Pact between Germay, Italy, France, and Great Britain signed in Munish, in Germany to secure "peace for our time."

Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact

Aug 23, 1939

Nazi Germans and Soviet Union surprise world by signing German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact- two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for next 10 years.

Polish-British Common Defence Pact

Aug 25, 1939

Britain signs a treaty with Poland two days after the Nzi-Sovtiet Pact. The treaty promised mutual military assistance bewteen the nations in the event either was attacked by another Euopean country.

Poland Attacked

Sep 1, 1939

Germany attacked Poland (operation white). Poland serrenders by the end of the month to the Germans. First practice run for German's military strategy blitzkrieg (lightning war)

Battle of Britain

Jun 18, 1940

French signed armstice and quit WWII leaving Britain to stand alone next to Germany. Britain and France fighting for air power. First air battle.

Operation Barbarossa

Jun 22, 1941

Code for "Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union." Over 3.9 million troops of teh Axis powers invaded the USSR along 2,900 km front, the largest invasion in the history of warfare.

Tojo's Rise to Power

Oct 16, 1941

Tojo appointed to Prime Minister.

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Attacked by Imperial Japanese Navy in attempt to keep the U.S. from interfereing with military action of the Empire of Japan. This was the cause of the U.S. getting involved in WWII.

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

Six months after the bombing on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. broke the code of Japan's planned ambush of the few aircraft carriers left. Happened in the northern-central Pacific Ocean and ended June 7, 1942.

Battle of Stalingrad

Jul 17, 1942

Occured through July 17, 1942-Feb. 2, 1943. It was the Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad in the U.S.S.R. during WWII.

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

160,000 Allied troops, 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircrafts, were involved with theh D-Day invasion on Normandy, France's beaches. More than 9,000 soldiers were hurt or killed.

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

Occured through December 16,1944--January 25, 1945. German offensive campaign against Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France in attempt to recover Antwerp, an important harbor.

Death of Roosevelt

Apr 12, 1945

Theodore Roosevelt, America's longest serving president, dies from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was posing for an artist when it happened.

Victory in Europe Day

May 8, 1945

U.S. and Great Britain's victory day. German soldiers put down their guns in surrender after losing more than 8,000 people and 2 million taken as POW. Meanwhile, more than 13,000 British POW were taken back to Great Britain.

Atomic Bomb Dropping on Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

United States is the first nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime. They had been working on an atomic weapon since 1940. Enola Gay, the amercican bomber, dropped the five ton bomb over Hiroshim, Japan.

Atomic Bomb Dropped in Nagasaki

Aug 9, 1945

United States drops a second bomb in Japan. Between 60,000 and 80,000 people were killed in Nagasaki, Japan.

Victory Over Japan Day

Aug 15, 1945

Japan surrenders on Aug. 15, 1945 (Sept. 1, 1945 in the U.S.). Its is celebrated annualy.

Battle of the Coral Sea

May 1, 2015

Fought from May 4, 1942-May 8 1942 between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval and air forces from the U.S. and Australia. It was the first fleet action in which aircraft carriers engaged each other.