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Testing The League of Nations
When the League of Nations pressured
Japan to return Manchuria to China,
Japan refused and withdrew from
the League -
Britain and france appease Hitler
Britain and France made
concessions to Hitler in order
to avoid conflict -
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WWII Timeline
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U.S. Neutrality
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
refused, pointing out that he had
just signed the Neutrality Act of 1935 -
Germany Reduces the Soviet Threat
Hitler and Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin
signed a nonaggression treaty in August 1939 -
The War Begins
Germany invades Poland -
The Battle of Britain
The fall of France left Britain to face Hitler
alone -
The US prepares for War
After the fall of France and Britain,
The US prepared for war -
The US Enters the War
The Japanese army attacks Pearl Harbor
and the US comes out fighting -
Nazis Begin to Persecute the Jews
Anti-Semitic abuse gains popularity -
The Pacific War Begins
Japanese victories in the Pacific
spurs the US military into action -
Allies Debate War Strategies
Churchill and Roosevelt discuss
the extent of Hitler’s murderous plans -
The Allies Stop Japanese Expansion
-Battle at Midway: Americans intercepted a
Japanese message telling of plans for a major offense -
Allied Gains in North Africa & Italy, Middle East Campaigns
In November 1942, Allied forces made
sea landings in Morocco and Algeria. -
Nazis Invade the Soviet Union & North Africa
Nazis invade using Blitzkrieg attacks -
The Allies Turn the Tide
The Allied offensive began in August
1942, when 11,000 U.S. Marines invaded
Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands
northeast of Australia. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
Hitler splits his troops in order to take
Couscous and Stalingrad -
Allied Gains in North Africa & Italy, Middle East Campaigns
The remainder of Hitler’s army
surrenders to the Soviet Red Army -
Allied Bombing Campaigns
Allies concentrate their focus on
destroying all of Germany’s assets with
the main goal being to hasten the end of
the war -
The Allies Liberate France
the day that Allied forces
invaded France to free it from Nazi rule
and eventually defeat Germany in World
War II -
The Horror of the Holocaust
Allied forces invading Germany were
shocked to see the remnants of crimes
so reprehensible that no word existed to
describe them. -
The War in Europe Ends
Hitler reportedly kills himself and
German soldiers quickly begin
surrendering -
The Allies Push Toward Japan
The Allied push through the Pacific
steadily shrank the defensive perimeter
the Japanese had established around
Japan. -
Developing the First Nuclear Weapon
A top secret team harnessed and
developed the first nuclear bomb that
was ready for use in the war against
Japan -
The US Decides to Drop the Bomb
President Henry Truman calls for an
unconditional surrender from Japan. At that
time, Japan did not know about the atomic
weapons the US military had ready to fire -
Two A-bombs End the War in the Pacific
Japan refuse to surrender and the US drops two
A-Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan
surrender on August 6, 1945 -
The Cost of WWII
The cost of human lives, around 60 million
