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Nazi Leader
Hitler challenges Anton Drexler to become leader of the Nazi party. After initial resistance, Drexler agrees and Hitler becomes the new leader of the party. -
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E-TIMELINE PROJECT
This timeline includes the important events during ww2 -
Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
During 1922 Benito promised Italy that he would restore the country through strong leadership and Benito's men threatened to overthrow Italy's elected government so the king appointed him prime minister. Benito in that position began turning Italy into a facist government. -
Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
After Lenin died in 1924, Stalin eventually outmaneuvered his rivals and won the power struggle for control of the Communist Party. By 1929, he had become dictator of the Soviet Union. He turned the Soviet Union into a totalitarian state and took brutal measures to control and modernize industry and agriculture. -
Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
Japan attacked Manchuria without warning, sadly the league of nations didn't do anything but protest. As a result after 1937 the Japanese army killed over a quarter of 1 million citizens and prisoners of war were massacred. -
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
Hitler’s emergence as chancellor on January 30, 1933, marked a crucial turning point for Germany and, ultimately, for the world. His plan, embraced by much of the German population, was to do away with politics and make Germany a powerful, unified one-party state. He began immediately, ordering a rapid expansion of the state police, the Gestapo, and putting Hermann Goering in charge of a new security force, composed entirely of Nazis and dedicated to stamping out whatever opposition to his party -
Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
This act was the first of several laws designed to keep the U.S at peace. This act forbade the president from selling arms, making loans, or giving any other kind of assistance to any nation involved in war. -
Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
Italy's armies invaded Ethiopia and won because they had war planes and updated weapons. Ethiopia's emperor appealed to the League of Nation's help but the League had it's own problems and couldn't help so Ethopia fell tto Italy's armies. -
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
On this day Germany took the Rhineland saying that the versailes treaty was forcedon them and used it as an reason to take the Rhineland. This act of agression bu Germany ultimatly broke the treaty of versailes. -
Militarists take control of Japanese Government
In the year 1936, Japan's government became under controll of militarists. Like Europe's nazis, they were racist and thought themselfs superior to other races. -
Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.
The massacre occurred during a six-week period starting from December 13, 1937, the day that the Japanese captured Nanking, which was then the Chinese capital (see Republic of China). During this period, between 40,000 to over 300,000 (estimates vary) Chinese civilians and disarmed combatants were murdered by soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army. -
Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was coined. -
Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
The Nazis begin to round of Jews for labor camps, which eventually turn into execution camps. This will be later known as the Holocaust. Pictured: Jews surrender to Nazi soldiers. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
Since fighting a two front war in World War I had split Germany's forces, it had weakened and undermined their offensive; thus, played a large role in Germany losing the First World War. Hitler was determined not to repeat the same mistakes. So, he planned ahead and made a pact with the Soviets . -
Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
On 1 September 1939 Germany invaded Poland, and two days later Britain and France declared war on Germany because they had a treaty with Poland in which they had undertaken to help Poland if its independence was threatened by force. -
Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control
A Treaty of Non-Aggression was made between Germany and Denmark, where each stated that the parties to the Treaty were "firmly resolved to maintain peace between Denmark and Germany under all circumstances." Nevertheless, Germany invaded Denmark and Norway. -
Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
ww2 raf planesItaly invaded France from the south, and Germany invaded France from the north. Hitler's terms were that Germany would occupy the northern part of France, and a Nazi-controlled puppet government would be set up in southern France. -
Battle of Britain begins – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
RAF Planes WW2Germany relentlessly bombed Britain in an attempt to destroy Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF). The RAF fought back using new technology called radar, forcing Hitler to call off the invasion of Britain indefinitely. -
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans
On June 22, 1941, Hitler broke the pact he made with Stalin and sent an unmeasurably massive force into the soviet union. This forced Stalin and Chuchill to work together even though they deeply mistrusted each other. -
Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
After the Japanese attacked French Indochina, the united states declared war and president Roosevelt banned Americain exports of iron and steel scrap to Japan and restricted the sale of oil to Japan. -
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was a pledge between the U.S. and England for collective security, disarmament, self determination, economic cooperation and freedom of the seas. It became the basis of a new document called "A Declaration of the United Nations." -
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US
Pearl Harbor, the largest U.S. naval base in the Pacific, was hit by a Japanese dive-bomber, followed by 180 Japanese warplanes launched from 6 aircraft carriers. The next day, Congress quickly approved Roosevelt's request for a declaration of war against Japan. -
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States was the forced relocation and incarceration during World War II of between 110,000 and 120,000. -
Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
Two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor the Japanese attack the key philippine island where an american filipino force heroicly tries to fight the Japanese off but get captured. Many die on the march to the Japanese prison camp for many reasons and that's why it's known as the Bataan Death March. -
June 4-7 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
The Allies were successful in stopping Japan from attacking the island of Midway. Americans had broken the Japanese code so they were aware that Midway was their next target. -
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
After near defeat, the Soviet army closed around Stalingrad, trapping the German Army in and cutting off their supplies. The German army finally surrendered, and the Battle of Stalingrad was a turning point in the war for the Soviets. -
British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
Churchill and Roosevelt didn't think the Allies had enough troops to attempt an invasion on European soil. Instead they launched Operation Torch which was an invasion of Axis-controlled North Africa. It was commanded by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. -
Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA
The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of riots in 1943 during World War II that broke out in Los Angeles, California, between Anglo American sailors and Marines stationed in the city, and Latino youths, who were recognizable by the zoot suits they favored. -
July - Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.
The Allies wanted to establish a position in Italy so they could attack the German territories and resources and relieve the Soviet Union from the German advance. The forces captured Sicily first with forced the resignation of Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini. -
D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
The D-Day invasion was the largest land-sea-air operation in army history. At the end of the operation, French resistance forces and American troops liberated the French capital after four years of German occupation. -
Paris retaken by Allies Forces
The Allies sent a million troops, tons of supplies and vehicles to France. They unleashed a massive air and land bombardment against the enemy providing a gap in the German line of defense through which General Patton and his Third Army could advance and liberate the French capital from four years of German occupation. -
Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
This was a month-long battle in which the Allies were successful in turning back the last major German offensive of the war. The Germans suffered major losses in both manpower and weapons. -
US forces return to recapture the Philippines
The U.S attacked and reclaimed the Iwo Jim and Okinawa islands. -
FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
President Roosevelt died shortly before the war in Europe ended. Following his death, Vice President Harry S. Truman became the nation's 33rd president. -
V-E Day, war ends in Europe
A week after Hitler's death, General Eisenhower accepted the surrender of the Third Reich. The allies celebrated Victory in Europe Day. -
First Atomic Bombs dropped
Hiroshima was an important military center in Japan. It took only 43 seconds for almost every building in Hiroshima to be destroyed after an atomic bomb was dropped on the city. -
V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
Victory over Japan Day - Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. Japan's formal surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 19455. -
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan
The discovery of Hitler's death camps led the Allies to put 24 Nazi leaders on trial for crimes against humanity, crimes against the peace, and war crimes. The defendants included Hitler's most trusted party officials, government ministers, military leaders, and powerful industrialists. In the end, 12 defendants were sentenced to death and the others were sent to prison.
