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Munich Pact signed
An agreement prior to the war outbreak that gave Czechoslovakia away to German conquest and a plan of the next step to creating a greater Germany. on September 24th, Prime minister Neville Chamberlain was unprepared for an unexpected outbreak. On september 30th they traveled to Munich and gave in to Hitler's demands. In September 1939, 53 German army divisions invaded Poland. The British and the French made threats to to get involved in the nation's behalf, two days later World War II began. -
Kristallnacht
A night of violence in Germany, in which Hitler’s gestapo and military units destroyed numerous Jewish businesses and synagogues. Hundreds of Jews were injured or killed, and thousands more were arrested. This caused the U.S. to become involved because as more than 100,000 Jews fled Germany and Austria, the U.S. closed their doors to many of them, including the immigrants on the infamous St. Louis ocean liner. -
Adolf Hitler attacks Poland
Fuhrer of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. He started the war by rearming the military which he wasn't supposed to do. Then he attacked the Rhineland and Britain and France declared war on them. He aggravated the two countries furthermore by attacking Poland in 1939. -
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Churchill declares war on Germany
prime minister of Great Britain from 1940 to 1955. He Declared war on Germany after they attacked the Rhineland. -
Tripartite Pact signed
Known as the Berlin Pact the Berlin Pact was an agreement between Germany, Italy, And Japan and was signed on September 27th 1940. This agreement helped Japan, Italy and Germany to help each other if they were ever attacked. The Significance was that is bound all of the three to fight against America if America ever entered WW2. -
Lend lease act
The Lend- Lease Act was elected by Congress in 1941 it empowered the president to lend, sell, transfer war supplies ex: food & weapons during world war II, It provided aid for the british empire and also China also to include all of the allies that were essential of the security of the united states and with terms of the president it was soon switched to the state department. -
Roosevelt declares war after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
The main countries involved in the Allies were The United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union. They battled the Axis powers en route to a World War II victory. The United States was involved with the war through the Allies, and reaped the prosperous benefits of the war soon after it ended. -
Truman sworn in as president
In 1945, Truman became the 33rd President of the United States. He lead the United States through the end of World War II and the beginning of the cold war. He was one of the least popular presidents. -
Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin meet at Yalta Conference
A meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin to communicate of final strategy and important questions regarding postwar Germany. In this sense, the U.S. was involved because Roosevelt was our president at the time, and he was discussing Germany as a representative of the United States. -
Red Army completely conquers eastern Europe
Joseph Stalin was a 1922 Dictator of Russia. He fought against Germany and he help make russia a one of the strongest countries after WWII. -
U.S. drops atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
In 1941, Albert Einstein wrote President Roosevelt a letter saying he should make a atomic bomb. He then helped make it in the manhattan project. -
Japan surrenders, securing ally victory
The two superpowers of the world after World War II were the United States and Russia. These countries were wealthy and had strong military forces. In the duration of the war, the United States had only fought one battle on its own territory, preserving its citizens, resources, and land. -
United Nations Formed
An organization formed in 1945 to increase political and economic cooperation among member countries and fought against the Axis Powers in WW2. and is now number 193 and to include most sovereign states of the world and it helped promote peace,security and economic development. In WW2 a coalition of 26 nations that signed a joint declaration in Jan 1942 pledging their full resources to defeating the Axis Powers. -
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10th at the Palais de Chaillot, the declaration arose from experience of the WW2 with the expression of rights in 1976 after a sufficient number of individuals been ratified. And soon the Bill took on the force of international law.