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  • Mussolini takes power in Italy

    Mussolini takes power in Italy

    Became Prime Minister of Italy, then in 1925 he began using the title II Duce.
  • US Stock Market Crashes

    US Stock Market Crashes

    Stock market reaches an all time low. The crash signaled the beginning of the 12 year depression.
  • Japan seizes Manchuria

    Japan seizes Manchuria

    The islands of Japan were very crowded and they wanted to expand their territory.
  • FDR is elected President

    FDR is elected President

    He beat Hoover in the election. In the first “hundred days” he proposed a program to bring recovery to business and agriculture.
  • Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    Nazis were most powerful party in the nation. Hitler now moved to establish himself as a totalitarian dictator.
  • US Neutrality Act

    US Neutrality Act

    Stated US neutral and was meant to prevent nation being drawn into war again.
  • Italy invades Ethiopia

    Italy invades Ethiopia

    Italy’s history with Ethiopia was several decades old, Italian efforts to establish a colony there in the late 1800s had ended up crushing military defeat at the hands of the Ethiopians.
  • Hitler Defies the Treaty of Versailles

    Hitler Defies the Treaty of Versailles

    German military forces entered the Rhineland, violating the Treaty of Versailles.
  • Germany militarizes the RhinelandGermany militarizes the Rhineland

    Germany militarizes the RhinelandGermany militarizes the Rhineland

    After Hitler moved troops into the Rhineland France was alarmed by this action. However, they did not want to take military action against Germany.
  • Civil War erupts in Spain

    Civil War erupts in Spain

    Fierce political conflict caused tension in Spain between Communists, Fascists and Nationalists.
  • Japan invades China

    Japan invades China

    One of the driving factors of Japan invading was that it had few resources and knew China was abundant in its resources.
  • Anschluss

    Anschluss

    Hitler took action to gain control of Austria and tried to get Austria to agree to Anschluss, a union with Germany. Austria refused so Hitler sent troops.
  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference

    Russia, Germany, Britain, France, and Italy met in Munich to decide what needed to be done about Germany’s aggression in Czechoslovakia.
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    Was called “The Night of Broken Glass”. It’s when there was attacks against the Jews in Nazi Germany. Attacks left streets with broken glass from windows of Jewish-owned stores, homes and synagogues.
  • Nazi-Soviet Pact

    Nazi-Soviet Pact

    Russia and Germany signed a ‘Non-aggression Pact’. They also agreed to ‘spheres of influence’ in several countries and planned to divide and invade the countries.
  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland

    Germany said it had been attacked by Poland by dressing a German criminal in a Polish military uniform, then claiming the dead man as proof of the attack. German troops took immediate action in Poland by invading.
  • Phony War

    Phony War

    The period of time that marked a lack of major military operations by the Western Alliances. War had been declared by both sides but no one had committed to launching an attack.
  • Churchill Elected Prime Minister in England

    Churchill Elected Prime Minister in England

    He was elected during the war and was the most dominant figure in British politics.
  • Miracle at Dunkirk

    Miracle at Dunkirk

    The evacuation of allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk, France because the British, French, and Belgian troops were cut off by the German army during the Battle of Dunkirk.
  • Miracle at Dunkirk

    Miracle at Dunkirk

    The evacuation of allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk, France because the British, French, and Belgian troops were cut off by the German army during the Battle of Dunkirk.
  • France Surrenders

    France Surrenders

    Germany shattered Frances defensive plan and went to Frances capital, Paris. German forces occupied most of France and France surrendered to Germany and Italy. The part unoccupied by the Germans was Vichy France.
  • Japan Seizes French Indo-China

    Japan Seizes French Indo-China

    Also known as the Vietnam Expedition and was during the Second Sino-Japanese war.
  • Lend-Lease Act

    Lend-Lease Act

    An act for US that allowed the nation to send weapons to Great Britain regardless of its ability to pay.
  • Atlantic Charter

    Atlantic Charter

    When Roosevelt and Churchill Winston met secretly on a ship off the coast of Canada they made an agreement that proclaimed the shared goals of the United States and Great Britain in opposing Hitler and his allies.
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor

    The Japanese strike force went into action. This raid was a surprise to the Americans and most American fighter planes didn’t get off the ground in Hawaii. Japanese bombed the American warships anchored in the harbor for 2 hours.