Iwo jima flag raising poster iisx0125 1

6 Degrees of Seperation

By SamDahlstrom
  • Period: to

    6 Degrees of Seperation

    Events that inevitably lead up to WW2

  • Neutrality Act

    Neutrality Act
    FDR signs Neutrality Act

  • Militarism Takes Affect in Japan

    Militarism Takes Affect in Japan
    Militarists take control of the Japanese government. Japan became obsessed with militarism and the Japanese military grows and strengthen.

  • Holocaust

    Holocaust
    The Nazis start rounding up Jews and sending them to concentration camps.

  • Battleships Let Loose

    Battleships Let Loose
    The German battleships Deutschland and Graf Spee are let loose on allied shipping convoys in North America

  • Neutrality Acts Amended

    Neutrality Acts Amended
    The United States amends Neutrality Acts, to favor Britain and France, lifting the embargo and authorizing cash & carry.

  • Sanctions on Japan

    Sanctions on Japan
    The United States stops trading scrap steel and iron, oil and freezes all assets in America

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japanese attacks Pearl Harbor, the United States largest naval base. This was the final push that the U.S. needed to enter the war.

  • U.S. Declaration of War

    U.S. Declaration of War
    The United States enters the war.