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Stock Market crash
The start to the depression, causing trouble for nearly all americans. -
Japan seizes Manchuria
This created tension between the Japanes, and lasted until the end of WWII. -
Hitler Defies the Treaty of Versailles
starts to rebuild Germany's military force. -
Hitler named Chancellor of Germany
This was a majoor change to the way Germany ran its country and how the war turned out. -
Mussolini takes power in Italy
He would run Italy, almost being taken down he fougth his way through the troubles. -
FDR is elected President
FDR will be running this country through its great depression. -
Italy invade Ethiopia
Exposing the weekness of the League of Nations -
France militarizes the Rhineland
no one tried to stop the troops and this just gave Hitler more confidence throughout the war. -
Civil War erupts in spain
The war grows, more countries are starting to get envolved. -
Japan invades China
Start of the total war, added more tension to the war -
Anschluss
The German Republic Austria was annexed into the German Third Reich. -
Munich Conference
permitted the Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenla. Gave them more power. -
Kristallnacht
Also known as Night of Broken Glass, jews were attacked and at least 91 died. -
U.S. Neutrality Act
The acts were repealed -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
so Germany was not attacked by a third party, keeping them safe. -
Germany invades Poland
poland is now a part of the war, it is still growing. -
Phony War
nothing happened on the attack, people thought of it as a joke. -
Churchill is elected prime minister in England
most dominant figure in British politics, giving him lots of power. -
France Surrenders
France is out of the war, one less enemy. -
Miracle at Dunkirk
On the first day, only 7,011 men were evacuated, but by the ninth day, a total of 338,226 soldiers were. the number of men went down. -
Battle of Britain
Churchill gave a speech to the British people, announcing: the Battle of France is over. -
Japan seizes French Indo-China
Takes over and gains power. -
Lend Lease Act
Was the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, Free France, and other Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and 1945. -
Atlantic Charter
defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. It was drafted by Britain and the United States, and later agreed to by all the Allies. -
Attack on Pearl Harbour
The base was attacked by 353 Japanese fighters, bombers and torpedo planes in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers. The U.S. only grew stronger.