Adolf Hitler becomes the laeder of the Nazi party

  • Lloyed George England and Woodrow Wilson met to dicuss how Germany should pay for ww1 debt

  • Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi party

    Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi party
  • Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

  • Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
  • Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
  • Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

  • Hitler became Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler became Chancellor of Germany
  • Hitler increased size of the Germany military

    Hitler increased size of the Germany military
  • Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

  • Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
  • Militarist take control of Japanese Government

  • Militarist take control of Japanese Government

  • Hitler made alliances with Rome-Berlin Axis Pact and Mussolini's Italy

  • Hitler ordered German troops to enter Rhineland

    Hitler ordered German troops to enter Rhineland
  • Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.

  • Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

    Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
  • Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

    Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
  • Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

     Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
  • Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
  • Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

  • Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

    Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
  • First time Peacetime Draft in US

  • Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control

  • Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

     Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
  • Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans

  • Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US - Dec. 9

     Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US -  Dec. 9
  • Japaneese bomb Pearl Harbor

    Japaneese bomb Pearl Harbor
  • Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

    Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
  • Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

    Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
  • Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

    Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
  • Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

  • Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

  • British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

  • Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

  • D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

     D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
  • Paris retaken by Allies Forces

  • Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces

  • US forces return to recapture the Philippines

    US forces return to recapture the Philippines
  • FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

     FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
  • V-E Day, war ends in Europe

  • First Atomic Bombs dropped

    First Atomic Bombs dropped
  • V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

  • War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.

    War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.