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Mussolini and the Fascist come to power in Italy
Mussolini used his charisma to established a powerful fascist state. Fascism arose in Europe after WWI when many people yearned for national unity and strong leadership. -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Japan had invaded Manchuria without declarations of war, breaching the rules of the League of Nations. Japan had a highly developed industry, but the land was scarce of natural resources. -
Neutrality acts passed in the United States
The Neutrality Acts were laws passed in 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1939 to limit U.S. involvement in future wars. ... The 1935 act banned munitions exports to belligerents and restricted American travel on belligerent ships. The 19https://www.britannica.com/video/72832/involvement-war-Neutrality-Acts-inevitability36 act banned loans to belligerents. -
Munich Conference
British and French prime ministers Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier sign the Munich Pact with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. The agreement averted the outbreak of war but gave Czechoslovakia away to German conquest.https://securityconference.org/en/ -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November Pogrom, was a pogrom against Jews carried out by SA paramilitary forces and civilians throughout Nazi Germany -
Germany and the USSR sign the Non-Aggression Pact
Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
Germany invades Poland beginning of WWII
German forces under the control of Adolf Hitler bombard Poland on land and from the air. World War II had begun. -
The Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the struggle between the Allied and German forces for control of the Atlantic Ocean. To do this, German submarines, called U-boats, and other warships prowled the Atlantic Ocean sinking Allied transport ships. -
France falls to Germany
The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. -
Rescue at Dunkirk
Dunkirk evacuation, in World War II, the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force and other Allied troops from the French seaport of Dunkirk to England. -
Formation of the Axis Powers
The major Axis Powers were Germany, Italy, and Japan.Germany and Italy signed a friendship treaty that formed the Rome-German Axis. It was after this treaty that Italian dictator Benito Mussolini used the term Axis to refer to their alliance. -
President election of 1940
Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican businessman Wendell Willkie to be reelected for an unprecedented third term in office. Roosevelt did not want to campaign for a third term initially, but was driven by worsening conditions in Europe. -
Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act
The Lend-Lease Act, approved by Congress had given President Roosevelt virtually unlimited authority to direct material aid such as ammunition, tanks, airplanes, trucks, and food to the war effort in Europe without violating the nation's official position of neutrality -
Us freezes Japanese assets in the US and refuses to sell Japan oil
Responding to Japanese occupation of key airfields in Indochina following an agreement between Japan and Vichy France, the U.S. froze Japanese assets and on August 1 established an embargo on oil and gasoline exports to Japan. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan launched a surprise bomb on Pearl Harbor. Over 1,000 people died. They did this to make the United States afraid.
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Relocation of Japanese American to camps
The first internment camp in operation was Manzanar, located in southern California. A total of 10 camps were opened, holding approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans for varying periods of time in California, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Arkansas. -
Bataan death March
Bataan Death March, march in the Philippines of some 66 miles that 76,000 prisoners of war were forced by the Japanese military to endure during the early stages of World War II. -
Battle of Midway Island
The U.S. Navy's decisive victory in the air-sea battle and its successful defense of the major base located at Midway Island dashed Japan's hopes of neutralizing the United States as a naval power and effectively turned the tide of World War II in the Pacific -
Rosie the Riveter campaign encourages woman to get a job
As American men left the industrial labor force to enlist during World War II, American women entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers. The demands of a wartime labor market made it more acceptable for women to take on jobs in manufacturing, utilities, and transport that in peacetime had mostly been done by men. -
D-Day Invasion
The largest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare. The statistics of D-Day, codenamed Operation Overlord, are staggering. -
Allied invasion victory in the Philippines
The Japanese Army overran all of the Philippines during the first half of 1942. The liberation of the Philippines commenced with amphibious landings on the eastern Philippine island of Leyte -
Presidential Election of 1944
The 1944 United States presidential election was the 40th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 7, 1944. The election took place during World War II. Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Thomas E. Dewey to win an unprecedented fourth term. -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler's aim was to split the Allies in their drive toward Germany. ... As the Germans drove into the Ardennes, the Allied line took on the appearance of a large bulge, giving rise to the battle's name. -
Yalta Conference
The World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe. -
V E Day
Allies celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Reich, formally recognizing the end of the Second World War in Europe. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion immediately killed an estimated 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. -
Formation of the Untied Nations
The United States and the Founding of the United Nations Roosevelt determined that U.S. leadership was essential for the creation of another international organization aimed at preserving peace, and his administration engaged in international diplomacy in pursuit of that goal. -
The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada.
