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Bryn's World War 2 thing

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  • Hitler leads Nazis

    Hitler leads Nazis

    Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi party.
  • Mussolini- Italian prime minister

    Mussolini- Italian prime minister

    Benito Mussolini is appointed Prime Minister of Italy
  • Stalin becomes Dictator

    Stalin becomes Dictator

    Josef Stalin becomes the sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

  • Japan takes Manchuria

    This day began the invasion on Manchuria, China by Japan.
  • Hitler named Chancellor

    Hitler named Chancellor

    Hitler becomes the Chancellor of Germany.
  • Italian Army invades Ethiopia

    Italian Army invades Ethiopia

    On this day, the Italian Army began their invasion on Ethiopia. Benito Mussolini promised to gain Italy "a land in the sun"
  • Neutrality Acts passed.

    Neutrality Acts passed.

    Neutrality acts were passed by U.S. Congress
  • Hitler violates Versailles treaty

    Hitler violates Versailles treaty

    Hitler sends troops into Rhineland against the Versailles treaty
  • Militarist control over Japanese Gov.

    Militarist control over Japanese Gov.

    Militarists took control of the Japanese government
  • Japan pillages Chinese town

    Japan pillages Chinese town

    The Japanese army pillaged Nanjing, China. Massacre of 250,000 people
  • Jew round up

    Jew round up

    Nazis began rounding up jews and sending them to concentration camps,
  • Munich Pact signed

    Munich Pact signed

    The munich pact was signed, giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

  • Nazi-Soviet pact signed

    Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

  • Nazis invade Poland

    Nazis invade Poland, causing Britain and France to declare war on Germany.

  • Nazis invade many countries

    Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium. They take control

  • First Peacetime draft

    The first time peacetime draft in the US.

  • Germany invades France

    Germany invades France, forcing them to surrender

  • Battle of Britain

    Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

  • Hitler breaks pact with Russia

    Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans

  • Atlantic Charter

    Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

  • Japan invades French Indochina

    Japan invades French Indochina

  • Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

    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

  • Battle of Midway

    Turning point of war in the Pacific

  • Japan gains Philippines

    The Philippines falls to Japan - Bataan Death March

  • Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

  • Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

    Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
    Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
    Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
    Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
    Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
    Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

  • German and Italian armies defeated in North Africa

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

  • Italy surrenders

    Italy surrenders, and Mussolini dismissed as prime minister

  • Zoot Suit Riots

    Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles, CA

  • D-Day invasion of France

    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

  • FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

  • V-E Day, war ends in Europe

  • First Atomic Bombs dropped

  • V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

  • War Crimes Trials

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