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Treaty of Versailles
With the end of World War 1, the League of Nations (United States, Italy, France, and Britian) passed the Treaty of Versailles to punish Germany. Germany payed over 30 billion dollars to pay for WWI. -
Adolf Hitler and Nazi party
The people of Germany were angry over their defeat of World War 1. One of the extreme nationalist was Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler was recently appointed leader of a small group that was a fascism, known as the Nazi Party. -
Benito Mussolini
After World War 1, Italy's economic problems led to unrest. Benito Mussolini and his followers threatened to overthrow Italy's elected government in October 1922. The King, not wanting to start another war, appointed Mussolini prime minister. -
Josef Stalin
In 1929, Josef Stalin was the sole dictator of the Soviet Union, turning it into a nation which had a single party in control of the government and ever aspect of people's lives. He ordered every-day citizens to give up their animals and crops to government run farms. -
Japan Attacks China
On September 18, 1931 the Japanese army attacked and seized Manchuria, without the approval of Japan's elected government. Although the League of Nations disargreed with this action, they took no acton. -
Adolf Hitler Chancellor
With the Great Depression, Hitler's popularity increased immensely. Hitler was sworn in Jan 30, 1933 as Chancellor or leader of the German parliment. Hitler believed in anti-Semitism, and believed that there should be a "master race". -
Neutrality Act
0n August 13, 1935 congress passed a law that forbade the United Sataes fro giving any assisntence to any nation involved in the war. Thsi act was the Neutrality Act. The U.S. couldn't sell arms, make loans, or get involved in any way. -
Italy invade Ethopia
With Italy under the commande of Mussolini, they became aggressive and acted out. Mussolini sent his troops to over take Ethopia. Unfortunately, Ethopia's outdated military supplies was no match for Italy's updated machines. -
Militerism in Japan
Like many other countries, Japan was also faceing economic hardship before WWII. Like the Solviet Union and Italy, Japan's government was over thrown. Militarists wanted to expand Japan by overtaking the nearby islands. Like the Nazis, Japanese Militarists preached racism, and claimed they were superior to other Asians and non-Asians. -
Hitler breaks the Versailles Treaty
In 1936, Hitler began to rebuild Germany's army. Even though it violated the treaty of Versailles, European Democrats did nothing to stop him. Troops were sent into Rhineland, and two years later, Austria was under the comands of Germany. -
The Japanese attack China
With militarist running Japan, the Japanese army attaks China. To gain land and power, they seize attacks on China's city Nanjing. At the end of the six weeks of endless attacks, over a quarter of a million are left dead. -
Hitler has the Jews Rounded Up
Hitler's idea of power came with a price. He wanted to create a "super race" of all German speaking people. With his super race, Hitler decied to kill off Jews. He blamed the jews for the world's problems. In 1938, Hitler and the Nazi party went around and forced all Jews into concentration camps. -
Sudetenland
To appease Hitler, European leaders went to Munich to create a treaty. The treaty gave Germany a peice of Czechoslovakia's land; also know as Sudentenland. In agreement, Hitler promised not to seek any further land. -
Hitler and Stalin the Nazi-Soleit Pact
In 1939, the two bitter and sworn enimies signed a nonagression agreement. To the public, it looked as though the two leaders had made an areement not to attack each others countries, when they had sesecretly agreed to dividing up Poland, once it was over taken. -
Poland is Invaded
With Germany and the Solviet Union in an allience, they attack Poland. Stalin and his forces overtook eastern Poland,and later Finland, Estonia,Lithuania, and Latvia. Two days after the invasion, Britian and France both joined the war. -
Germany takes controll of more countries.
Just months after taking Poland, Hitler moves his west. Hitler and the Nazis took Denmark and Norway. Later in May, they seized the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium. After claming most of Europe they headed into France. -
Battle of Britain
Hitler's next target, was the island of Great Britain. Winston Churchill made it very clear though that it was not going to be easy. At night, when German air forces attacked, Londoners slept in the subways. With Winston Churchill's power and the British spirit, they eventually drove Hitler away. -
Peacetime Draft
Britain was not doing so well with the war, and for precaution, Roosevelt had a peacetime draft put into place. The first peacetime draft had all men between the ages of 18 and 25 enlist for the army. -
Hitler Breaks Pact With Stalin
Only a little more than a year after the treaty was made, Hitler broke his allience with the Solviet Union. In December of 1940, Hitler had his troops invade Russia, but they fought back. Eventually, they were able to push Germany out and later joined the Allies. -
Pearl Harbor
On December 7,1941, the Japanese bombed the Island of Oahu and killed thousands. They had chosen the Hawii Island, because it was the base of the U.S. military. An attack was not even thought to be possible and not even thought of, espically from the sky. Shortly after the attack, the U.S declared war on Japan. -
Philippines Fall-Bataan Death March
Just hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan also attacked the Philippines. With the bombing on Pearl Harbor, they had damaged most of the planes that would have been able to protect the Philippines. On April 9, 1942, the island of Bataan surrendered to the Japanese. From the surrender, the Japaneses gained almost 70,000 soldiers The soldiers were forced to walk 65 miles to the camp, which along the way, many died. The walk became known as the Bataan Death March. -
Japanese Americans
With the countless attacks from the Japanese, many were questioning the Japanese-Americans. To protect America, the government forced all Japanese-Americans into internment camps. They were only allowed to bring their most prized possessions. After the war was over, the Japanese-American were paid 20,000 for the governments apology. -
Battle of Midway
The Japanese again tried to attack, this time it was the Island of Midway. In the Battle of Midway, the U.S. sunk 4 aircraft carriers and 322 aircrafts. Along with the huge success, the U.S. also stopped the Japanese from advancing forward. -
America Beats Germany
Germany was doing very well with taking all the power. Germany's most respectful general,Erwin Rommel, was defeated by British troops. In El Alamein, Also, Dwight D. Eisenhower, an American general, occupied Morocco and Algeria. -
Zoot Suits
Teenargers of the Mexican population around this time had a style of clothing known as zot suits. Sailor, however, were not very fond of the culture. In June of 1943, a few sailors beat a Mexian American, setting off a spark for the Zoot Suit Riots. -
Italy Surrenders
The American troops took controll of Italy's island Sicily after crossing into the Mediterranean Sea. The King of Italy dismissed Mussolini from office, and the new government it Italy, surrendered to the Allies. -
D-Day
On June 6 1944, more than 155,00 troops from the Allie side stormed upond the shore of Normandy. Four of the five German troops were easily overtaken. The fitfh troop, however was not. More than 2,500 American soldiers dided on the fifth beach, but within a month, more than a million troops landed on the shore. -
Paris is Taken Back
A few months after D-Day, the Allies entered Paris. Men women, and children rejoiced as they were set free. After more than four years under the Nazi power, they were finally back to normal. -
Battle of the Bulge
As Alli troops pushed into Germany, Hitler sent all his last troops to protect them. Bad weather slowed the Allies for the first week, allowing the German troops to create a "bulge" in American lines.Luckily, German troops were running out of supplies and out of soldiers. Finally, the American troops were able to push through the German forces, leaving Germany wide open. -
Roosevelt and Hitler Die
On April 12, 1945 President Franklin D. Roosevelt died because of a heart attack. With the U.S. still at war, vice president Harry S. Truman became the new president. Also, on April 30 1945,Germany was invaded by the Alli troops. Hitler took shelter in a bunker on the streets, Hitler commited suicide. -
V-E Day
V-E Day also known as Victory in Europe. Just a week after Hilter commited suicide. Representatives of Germany met with Eisenhower in France. -
Atomic Bombs Dropped on Japan
Hiroshima was destroyed on the sixth of August because of an Atomic bomb, dropped by the Americans. Harry Truman wanted to end the war with Japan once and for all. Just three days later, the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. The first bomb kiled over 130,000 people and the second killed 35,000. -
VJ-Day
Five days after the second bomb, Japan's emperor announced their surender to the United States. On the battleship USS Missouri, MacArthur accepted Japan's surrender on September 2. Finally, after six years of the second World War, it was offcially over -
War Crime Trials
At the first of the Nuremberg trials, the jurie faced nine Nazi soldiers and found out about the horrors of the consentration. All nine were sentenced to death. More trials were in Manila and Tokyo Still even today, not nearly as much, survivig Nazis are found.
