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Mussolini Takes Power in Italy
After he became the Prime Minister of Italy, he started to call himself the II Duce in 1925 -
United States Stock Market Crashed
Stock Market crashes to the lowest point ever in the U.S. This marks the beginning of the Great Depression -
Japan Seizes Manchuria
Japan was very populated and they felt that it was necassary to expand their country. -
FDR gets elected President
After defeating Hoover, he passes more legistations in the first 100 days then most presidents do in all 4 years. He also proposes the New Deal. -
Hitler named Chancellor of Germany
He takes over the Nazi party, claiming him the titile as a totalitarian dictator. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Italy and Ethiopia had had a very long history with eachother for many decades. Italyy's effort to establish a colony there crushed Ethiopian military. -
U.S Neutrality Act
With this act, U.S declared to be neutral and not get involved with war. -
Hitler Defies the Treaty of Versailles
Hitler disregards the Treaty of Versailles and invades the Rhineland -
Germany militarizes the Rhineland
France got very upset after Germany invaded the Rhineland, but they did not want to take or risk military action against Germany. -
Civil War erupts in Spain
Fascists, Communists, and Nationalists build tension with eachother over politics, causing a Civil War -
Japan Invades China
Japan was lacking natural resources, and were aware of China's abundance of resources. -
Anschluss
Hitler wanted to gain control of Austia, so he tried to get them to agree to Anschluss, which was a union with germany. However, Austria denied this, therfore Hitler sent troops to Austia. -
Munich Conference
Germany, Britain, France, Russia, and Italy all met in Munich to discuss what should be done about Germany's advancment in Czechoslovakia. -
Kristallnacht
AKA Night of the Broken Glass. Attacks were lead on Jewish people and their houses, leaving broken glass everywhere on the streets from not only homes, but Synagogues and Jewish Stores. -
Nazi Soviet Pact
Russia and Germany agreed to sign a Non-agression Pact" and join the Spheres of Influence -
Germany Invades Poland
Germany claimed that they had been attacked first by Poland by dressing a man in a Poland uniform and after "discovering his dead body" they launched a full attack on Poland. -
Phony war
War had been declared by the Western Alliances but no one actually attacked -
Churchill Elected Prime Minister of England
During the War he was the most dominant figure in politics in Great Britiain -
Miracle at Dunkirk
Alllied soldiers were taken off of the beaches of Dunkirk. And because of the Biritsh, French and Belgian troops were cut off by Germany at Dunkirk. -
France Surrenders
The defensive plan for France was destroyed by the Germans. Germany invaded Paris and most of France. The only part not flooded with Germans was Vichy, France. -
Battle of Britain
WWII air campaign given by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom allowed Britian to claim a victory. -
Japan Seizes French Indo-China
AKA the Vietnam Expedition -
Lend-Lease Act
This allowed the United States to give a VISA pretty much to Great Britain. We gave them weapons and materials for the war trying to do anything to keep us out of the war. -
Atlantic Charter
President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill held a secret meeting out on the Atlantic Ocean, coming to an agreence against Hitler and his Allies. -
Pearl Harbor is Attacked
The Japanese succesfully and a suprise attack on the entire Pacific Fleet besides the aircraft carriers. Pearl Harbor was bormed for 2 hours with all the ships anchored down,
