WWII

Mussolini takes over Italy's Government

Oct 28, 1922

Mussolini’s road to a dictatorship took much longer than Hitler’s in 1933. Hitler was appointed chancellor on January 30th 1933. By April 1st 1933, his power was that, after the Enabling Act, Hitler could only be seen as a dictator of Nazi Germany regardless of Hindenburg’s presidency. Mussolini took years to achieve what could be defined as dictatorship, he achieved some similarity of power of power after the March on Rome in 1922 when he was appointed Prime Minister of Italy.
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Beer Hall Putsch

Nov 9, 1923

The Beer Hall Putsch of 1923 was Hitler’s attempt to overthrow the Weimar government of Ebert and establish a right wing nationalistic one in its place.

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U.S. Stock Market Crash

Oct 18, 1929

Black Tuesday hit Wall Street on October 29,1929 as investors traded some 16 million shares on the NY Stock Exchange in a single day, billions of dollars were lost. In the aftermath of Black Tuesday, America and the rest of the industrialized world spiraled downward into the Great Depression (1929-39), the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world up to that time.

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Japan Invades Manchuria

Sep 19, 1931

Manchuria, on China’s eastern seaboard, was attacked by Japan in 1931. One week before Japan was invaded Manchuria,Viscount Ceil, Britain’s cheif representative at League of Nations, they said in a speech to the League- “Don’t think there is the slightest prospect of any war”

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Reference- Sakuramochi-jp.blogspot.com,. 'Mochi Thinking: The Soviet Union Invades Japanese Manchuria'. N.p., 2012. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Nazi's reach a political majority in Germany

Jul 31, 1932

Nazi Germany under leadership of Hitler became a dictatorship. Dictatorship means requires 1 person and one party to be in control of a nation. Hitler was appointed chancellor on Jan. 30,1933 the head of a coalition government.By the end of March of 1933 Hitler had acquired much greater powers the the former leading politicians of Weimar Republic. President Hindenburg died in August 1934, allowed him to combine both chancellors and presidents one when Hitler became Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor.

Hitler becomes Germany's Chancellor

Jan 30, 1933

1933 president Paul names Hitler leader of the Nazi Party as chancellor of Germany. By Hitler's growing popularity and the thuggish nature of his cadre of supports Hindenburg refused to make him chancellor. He instead appointed General Kurt von Schleicher who attempted to steal Hitler’s thunder by negotiating with a dissident Nazi faction led by Gregor Strasser.
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Reference- Cbc.ca,. 'Germany Marks 80Th Anniversary Of Hitler's Rise To Power'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Japan Withdraws from the League of Nations

Feb 24, 1933

The failure to take action over Japanese invasion of Manchuria was a blow to the League prestige, especially when followed by Japan’s withdrawal. When the League didn’t support them and under pressure from other nations Japan withdrew as it no longer supported the concepts of the League.
More info Reference- Japanfocus.org,. 'Japan's Pan-Asianism And The Legitimacy Of Imperial World Order, 1931-1945 | The Asia-Pacific Journal'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

First Anti-Semitic Law is passed in Germany

Apr 7, 1933

Anti Semitism means prejudice against hatred of, or discrimination against Jews as a national, ethnic, religious or racial group. A person who holds such positions is called an "antisemite".

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Reference- Edwardvictor.com,. 'Anti-Jewish Legislation'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

The night of the long knives (Rohm Purge)

Jun 30, 1934

German history, purge of Nazi leaders by Adolf Hitler. Fearing that the paramilitary SA had become too powerful, Hitler ordered his elite SS guards to murder the organization's leaders, including Ernst Rohm.

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eference- Covertbookreport.com,. 'Ukraine; Night Of The Long Knives Again? | Northwest Research'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Hitler openly announces to his cabinet he will defy the Treaty of Versailles

Mar 15, 1935

In 1934, he destroyed the League of Nations Disarmament Conference by demanding equality of arms with France and Britain – this broke the Treaty because it had set up the League with the stated aim of achieving disarmament. At first, Hitler broke the Treaty’s terms by building up his army in secret, drilling volunteers with spades instead of rifles.
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Reference- Historyplace.com,. 'The History Place - Triumph Of Hitler: Nazis March Into The Rhineland'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Creation of the Nuremberg Laws

Sep 15, 1935

These laws took German citizenship away from Jews and outlawed both marriage and sex between Jews and non-Jews. Unlike historical anti semitism, the Nuremberg Laws defined Jewishness by race rather than by religion.

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eference- Today in History,. 'September 15: Race Laws Adopted'. N.p., 2013. Web. 20 Feb. 2015

Italy invades Ethiopia

Oct 3, 1935

An armed conflict that resulted in Ethiopia’s subjection to Italian rule. Ethiopia which Italy had unsuccessfully tried to conquer in the 1890, in 1934 one of a few independent states in European-dominated Africa.
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Reference- Ringer, First. 'Guerrillas In The Midst | Shot In The Dark'. Shotinthedark.info. N.p., 2012. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Hitler Militarizes the Rhineland

Mar 7, 1936

Reference- Historyplace.com,. 'The History Place - Triumph Of Hitler: Nazis March Into The Rhineland'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Rape of Nanking

Dec 13, 1937

20,000-80,000 were raped by soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army. Hundreds of thousands of civilians were murdered during this event.

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eference- Historyplace.com,. 'The History Place - Genocide In The 20Th Century: Rape Of Nanking 1937-38'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Germany Annexes Austria

Mar 12, 1938

German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich.
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Reference- Encyclopedia Britannica,. 'Third Reich | Historical Empire, Europe'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Munich Conference

Sep 30, 1938

The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was coined.
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Reference- Inter-wars.weebly.com,. 'Munich Conference 1938 - Inter-War Period: Causes Of WWII'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Kristallnacht

Nov 9, 1938

Also known as “Night of Broken Glass.” Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish schools, businesses and homes. They even killed about 100 Jews. After the Kristallnacht some 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and sent to a Nazi camp.

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Reference- Aptowitzer, Elana, and Elana Aptowitzer. 'INJUSTICE: 75 Years Since Kristallnacht, Nazis Still Roam Free'. Landmark Report. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Einstein’s letter to FDR, “The Manhattan Project”

Aug 2, 1939

WW2 started on September 1 1939, when Germany attacked Poland. By 1941, the Germans were ahead in the race for the atomic bomb. The letter told of a new field of physics that was showing that the element uranium could undergo nuclear fission, with the resultant release of a great deal of energy.

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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

Aug 23, 1939

This is another name for the non-aggression pact. here were more than 7 articles in this Pact. There were more than 77,000 square miles of eastern Polish land, over 13,000 would turn into Russian land.

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Reference- RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty,. 'The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact And The Slippery Slope Of Big Power Politics'. N.p., 2009. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Nazi invasion of Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Germany invaded Poland only days after signing the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, under which the Soviet Union agreed not to defend Poland from the east if Germany attacked it from the west. Britain and France, which had pledged to protect Poland from German attack, soon declared war on Germany.
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eference- Fold3.com, Nazi. 'Nazi Invasion Of Poland.Jpg - Fold3.Com'. Fold3.com. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Evacuation of Dunkirk

May 27, 1940

In WW2 evacuation of the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) and the other Allied from the French seaport of Dunkirk. When it ended on June 4 about 198,000 British and 140,000 French and Belgian troops had been saved.

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Reference- Rania.co.uk,. 'Rania - A Dunkirk Little Ship'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

France Surrenders

Jun 22, 1940

Hitler unleashes his blitzkrieg invasion of the Low Countries and France with a fury on May 10, 1940. The German advance continues to sweep southward driving before it not only the retreating French army, but an estimated 10 million refugees fleeing for their lives

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Battle of Britain

Jul 10, 1940

The battle was named from the speech Winston Churchill delivered to the British House of Commons, which he stated ¨The Battle of France is over. I expect the Battle of Britain is about to begin.¨ Britain’s situation was more favorable than most of the world recognized at the time.

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Reference- Rafmuseum.org.uk,. 'Introduction To The Phases Of The Battle | History Of The Battle Of Britain | Exhibitions & Displays | Research | RAF Museum'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

The tripartite Pact

Sep 27, 1940

The Tripartite Pact was a treaty signed in Berlin, Germany on September 27th, 1940. It was signed by Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany, and Fascist Italy, forming the Axis Powers of World War II. These powers were opposed by the Allied Powers, including the United States, China and Great Britain.
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Reference -Pacificwar.org.au,. 'Increasing Tensions Between The United States And Japan'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Lend Lease Act

Mar 10, 1941

The Lend-Lease Act was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during WWII. Lend- Lease brought the U.S. one step closer to the entry into the War.

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Reference- Ourdocuments.gov,. 'Our Documents - Lend-Lease Act (1941)'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Operation Barbarossa

Jun 22, 1941

Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. The invasion covered a front from the North Cape to the Black Sea, a distance of two thousand miles. By this point German combat effectiveness had reached its apogee; in training, doctrine, and fighting ability, the forces invading Russia represented the finest army to fight in the twentieth century.
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Reference- Matinsalo, Sauli. 'Operation Barbarossa, 1941'. Old Picz. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Discovery of Majdanek

Oct 1, 1941

Majdanek was a concentration camp that is situated in a major urban area. Another name was the Lublin. In Oct 1941 2,000 soviet prisoners of war arrived. They shot prisoners that were to too weak to work.

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Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II.
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eference- Apfn.org,. 'THE PEARL HARBOR DECEPTION'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Creation of the United Nations

Jan 1, 1942

1.On this day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issue a declaration, signed by representatives of 26 countries, called the “United Nations.” eference- Jeremy R. Hammond, Voltaire Network. 'The Myth Of The U.N. Creation Of Israel, By Jeremy R. Hammond'. Voltaire Network. N.p., 2011. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

The Wannsee Conference and the “Final Solution”

Jan 20, 1942

The meeting had been called by the second most important figure in the SS, Reinhard Heydrich, to discuss issues arising from the Nazis’ treatment of the Jewish question. Which is not to say, of course, that what was discussed at Wannsee was not significant.
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Reference- Moonlithistory.wordpress.com,. 'The "Wannsee Conference" Debunked'. N.p., 2014. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Bataan Death March

Apr 9, 1942

U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II. Filipino and America were forced to make a 65-mile march to prison camps when there was intense heat, & harsh treatment by the Japanese guards.
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Reference- Olive-drab.com,. '1942: Bataan Death March'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Doolittle Raid

Apr 18, 1942

The Doolittle Raid is a popular name given to a mission flown by members of the U.S. Army Force and Navy. Doolittle flew their B-25 Mitchell bombers off of a aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) in the first strike against Japanese islands. Doolittle Raiders attacked military and industrial targets in many Japanese cities. Their surprise attack on the previously untouched islands.

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Reference- Navy.mil,. 'Course To Midway - Captain Thomas H. Dryer USN'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

1.This battle must be considered on of the most decisive battles in WW2. 6 months after the attack in the Pearl Harbor, the U.S. defeated Japan. The U.S. was able to counter Japan’s planned ambush of its few remaining aircraft carriers , inflicting permanent damage. eference- Flickr,. 'USS Yorktown's Valiant Fight To Survive, Battle Of Midway'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Battle of Stalingrad

Aug 23, 1942

One of the bloodiest battles in history. This battle was the successful Soviet defense of the the city of Stalingrad in the U.S.S.R during WW2. The Russians hailed it a “contemporary Cannae,” and the Germans condemned it as a Rattenkrieg (Rat War).

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Reference-Elginhistory12.wikispaces.com,. 'Elginhistory12 - Battle Of Stalingrad'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Operation Torch

Nov 8, 1942

This was the name given to the Allied invasion of French North Africa in 1942. That landing, code-named 'Torch,' reflected the results of long and contentious arguments between British and American.

http://www.historynet.com/operation-torch-allied-invasion-of-north-africa.htm
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eference- Africa, El. 'El Alamein And Operation Torch: The Road To Berlin Began In Africa - WAR HISTORY ONLINE'. WAR HISTORY ONLINE. N.p., 2012. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Island Hopping (date for Buna-Gona Campaign)

Nov 19, 1942

The U.S. counter- offensive strike known as “Island- Hopping.” Both campaigns would entail seemingly endless, bloody battles — ultimately leading to the unconditional surrender of the Japanese.
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eference- U-s-history.com,. 'Island Hopping'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Operation Overlord and D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

Mussolini’s road to a dictatorship took much longer than Hitler’s in 1933. Hitler was appointed chancellor on January 30th 1933. By April 1st 1933, his power was that, after the Enabling Act, Hitler could only be seen as a dictator of Nazi Germany regardless of Hindenburg’s presidency. His government contained a mixture of men with a lot of different political beliefs,
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Reference- Historylink101.com,. 'Pictures Of D-Day, Operation Overlord'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Operation Valkyrie

Jul 20, 1944

This is the title most associated with the attempted assassination of Hitler. The assassination of Hitler also served the purpose of freeing German army officers of their oath of loyalty to him.

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eference- Beyondbandofbrothers.com,. 'Operation Valkyrie'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in Northwest Europe. Lieutenant General George S. Patton’s successful guide of The Third Army. The Battle of the Bulge was the costliest action ever fought by the U.S. Army, which suffered over 100,000 casualties.

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eference- Fazio, Dan, and Dan Fazio. '70Th Anniversary: Battle Of The Bulge Through The Eyes Of A Survivor - GI Jobs'. GI Jobs. N.p., 2014. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

Hitler's Suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Hitler shot himself on April 30 1945. And his wife killed herself so she wouldn’t get punished for what Hitler had/has done.
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eference- SodaHead,. 'Adolf Hitler Survived World War 2 . Revealed: Hitler In Argentina'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

V-E Day

May 8, 1945

May 8 marks the formal celebration of Allies' victory in Europe during WW2
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Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Aug 6, 1945

During the final stage the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japanese cities. Hiroshima was the primary target of the first atomic bomb mission. eference- Newworldencyclopedia.org,. 'Bombing Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki - New World Encyclopedia'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

V-J Day

Aug 14, 1945

Allied nations across the globe rejoice on Victory in Japan day that marks the end of WW2 eference- Curbside Classic,. 'Automotive History: Celebrating V-J Day – When Cars Came Home From The War'. N.p., 2011. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

The Nuremberg Trials

Nov 20, 1945

Over the next decade, these policies grew increasingly repressive and violent and resulted, by the end of World War II , in the systematic, state-sponsored murder of some 6 million European Jews.
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eference- Pbs.org,. 'American Experience | The Nuremberg Trials | PBS'. N.p., 2015. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

The Japanese War Crime Trials

May 3, 1946

Reference- Commons.wikimedia.org,. 'File:Japanese War Crimes Trials. Manila - NARA - 292609.Jpg - Wikimedia Commons'. N.p., 1934. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.