Seth Becker & David Hall WWII timeline

By seth6
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    wwII

  • :renounced war as an instrument of national policy

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    FDR was elected president 4 times in a row
  • Hitler becomes the chancellor of Germany

    Hitler becomes the chancellor of Germany

    his followers honored him by burning 20,000 "non Aryan" books
  • The Italian leader, Benito Mussolini invades Ethiopia

    The Italian leader, Benito Mussolini invades Ethiopia

  • Congress passed the first Neutrality act on this date

    Congress passed the first Neutrality act on this date

    to remain neutral in the world war
  • Germany invades and occupies the Rhineland

    Germany invades and occupies the Rhineland

  • FDR gives his "Quarantine Speech"

    FDR gives his "Quarantine Speech"

    anti-socialist speech
  • Neville Chamberlain

    Neville Chamberlain

    Neville Chamberlain was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940.
  • Germany invades Austria

    Germany invades Austria

  • Munich pact was made in Munich, Germany

    Munich pact was made in Munich, Germany

  • Neville Chamberlain

    Neville Chamberlain

    signed the munich pact and returned to his country saying that there was peace with honor
  • Winston Churchill

    Winston Churchill

    believed that by signing the Munich pact Chamberlain had just simply given up or gone for "appeasement"
  • Kristallnacht: a name given to the night when gangs of nazi storm troopers invaded homes of jewish people

    Kristallnacht: a name given to the night when gangs of nazi storm troopers invaded homes of jewish people

  • Stalin made a non-agression pac with nazi Germany

    Stalin made a non-agression pac with nazi Germany

  • Europe now had yet another totalitarian government under Francisco Franco

    Europe now had yet another totalitarian government under Francisco Franco

  • Cocentration camps

    Cocentration camps

    concentration camps were used during WWII to detain and torture or brutally murder Jews and other people
  • Finland resisted the Soviets causng the Soviets to invade

    Finland resisted the Soviets causng the Soviets to invade

  • blitzkrieg: lightning war,

    blitzkrieg: lightning war,

  • Britain and Germany fight the Battle of Britain

    Britain and Germany fight the Battle of Britain

  • Holocaust: the systematic murder of 11million Jews and other people by the Nazis before and during WWII

    Holocaust: the systematic murder of 11million Jews and other people by the Nazis before and during WWII

  • Axis Powwers were the group of nations- Germany, Italy, and Japan- that opposed the allied forces during WWII

    Axis Powwers were the group of nations- Germany, Italy, and Japan- that opposed the allied forces during WWII

  • Selective Service (& the G.I.)

    Selective Service (& the G.I.)

    The selective srevice is the draft of the army it was established by fdr in 1940.
  • Germany invades Belgium, Netherlands, & luxembourg

    Germany invades Belgium, Netherlands, & luxembourg

  • The North African Front

    The North African Front

    This battle was to control parts of egyption deserts.
  • The Election of 1940

    The Election of 1940

    Franklin d. Roosevelt broke tradition and ran for a third term and won by a landslide.
  • Germany invades Denmark and Norway

    Germany invades Denmark and Norway

    Hitler said this was necessary to protect those countries
  • Germany & Italy invade france

    Germany & Italy invade france

    Marshal Henri Petain said they needed to stop fighting.
  • the Lend-Lease act allowed the U.S. to ship arms and other supplies, without immediate payment, to nations fighting the axis powers

    the Lend-Lease act allowed the U.S. to ship arms and other supplies, without immediate payment, to nations fighting the axis powers

  • Atlantic Charter

    Atlantic Charter

    the declaration of the U.S.'s and Great Britain's goals set to oppose the axis forces
  • Womens Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC)

    Womens Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC)

    This was a group of women fighting to be in the u.s army
  • War plans w/ churchill & FDR

    War plans w/ churchill & FDR

    FDR did such a great job during the war he got elected twice
  • Guadalcanal

    Guadalcanal

    Japan attacked the u.s injuring many.
  • Hideki Tojo

    Hideki Tojo

    The Prime Minister of Japan ordered the Japanese navy to attack pearl harbor on this date the same date that his "peace" envoy flew to the U.S. for talks
  • The attack on Pearl Harbor

    The attack on Pearl Harbor

    Early morning on this date in 1941 a Japanese dive bomber, followed by 180 Japanes war-planes, executed an attack on Pearl Harbor
  • Internment of Japanese

    Internment of Japanese

    This was a fight to stop japanese concentration camps america stepped in.
  • The battle of Stalingrad

    The battle of Stalingrad

    The german army fought the soviet union to keep control of stelingrad.
  • Phihppines,Corregidor,Douglas MacArthur

    Phihppines,Corregidor,Douglas MacArthur

    The u.s heldout at corregidor for 27 days
  • The battle of midway

    The battle of midway

    Japan was emune from air attack they relized they needed stronger deffense
  • The battle of the coral Sea

    The battle of the coral Sea

    The battle of the coral sea was fought in southwest islands U.s vs japan
  • The italian campaign

    The italian campaign

    The united states joined forces with italy
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    The u.s invaded Germany
  • The battle of the bulge

    The battle of the bulge

    The German army was doing anything to take the west from the u.s
  • Industrial Response

    Industrial Response

    The u.s joined other groups to fight the war.
  • A. Phillip Randolph

    A. Phillip Randolph

    He was the leader of black labor
  • The battle of the Atlantic

    The battle of the Atlantic

    The u.s navy went against the german army in the Atlantic ocean
  • Unconditional Surrender/V-E Day

    Unconditional Surrender/V-E Day

    The German army surrenderd the west to the u.s