Cause of WW2

By kieaus15
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    Fasist Party rises to power in Italy

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    Nazi Party rises to power in Germany

  • Mussolini is appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Mussolini is appointed Prime Minister of Italy

  • Hitler tries to overthrow German government, but fails and is imprisoned

    Hitler tries to overthrow German government, but fails and is imprisoned

  • Japan's economy worsens as a result of the Great Depression

    Japan's economy worsens as a result of the Great Depression

  • America passes a series of neutrality Acts saying that the US would withhold weapons & loans from all nation at war

    America passes a series of neutrality Acts saying that the US would withhold weapons & loans from all nation at war

  • Japan's army seizes Manchuria(northern China)

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    Japan's military takes over government

  • Nazi Party is the largest political party in Germany's Reichstag & Hitler Becomes head of the German state

  • Mussolini & Italy invade Ethiopia

  • Hitler signs and alliance with Mussolini, forming the axis Powers

  • German troop invade the Rhineland

  • Japan, lacking land and ntural resources, becomes land- hungry and looks to establish an empire

  • Hitler annexes Austria

  • FDR moves American Pacific fleet from San Diego to Pearl Habor

  • Hitler demands the sudetenland; Britain and France agree in the Munich Conference

  • Hitler annexes Czechoslovakia

  • Britain & France pledge support to Poland in the event that it is invaded by Germany

  • Hitler invades Poland- Blitzkriey

  • France & Great Britain declare war on Germany

  • Japan controls most of eastern China

  • America First Committee forms to fight for American isolationism

  • Sitzkrieg ends- Germany attacks Denmark & Norway

  • Germany launches Blitzkrieg on Belgium

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    German troops enter Pairs & France surrenders

  • Japan allies with Germany & Italy- Tripartite pact

  • Congress authorizes the first peacetime draft in the nation's history - Selective Sevice Act

  • Roosevelt is reelected to a third term

  • German begins bombing England/ Battle of Britain

  • Japanese forces occupy Indochina; US freezes Japan's American assets & cuts off trade

  • Lend- Lease Act

  • Japan signs neutrality pact with Soviet Union

  • Japanese fleet begins moving toward Southeast Asia; US demands that Japan withdraw from Tripertite Pact

  • German raids on England end

  • American military base, Pearl Haborm, is attacked by Japanese warplanes

  • United States declares war on Japan

  • Germany & Italy declare war on the United States