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Mussolini take power in Italy
Mussolini proclaims the "Italian Empire" and claims Italy's supremacy over the Mediterranean region; following the alliance with Hitler, Mussolini announces the creation of the Rome-Berlin Axes. Becomes allies with Hitler and the Nazi party -
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U.S. Stock Market Crashes
In Germany, economic distress directly contributed to Adolf Hitler's rise to power. The depression ended completely soon after the United States' entry into World War II. When America entered the war, plenty of jobs were available in the military -
Japan seizes Manchuria
Japan, wanting to continue its colonial expansion and strengthen its military and political standing in the world, saw Manchuria as the key to open the door to become a world power -
FDR is elected president
Was pressured to stay neutral but was able to pass the lend lease act allowing the United States to become the "Arsenal of Democracy" Later asked congress for a declaration of war against Japan -
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
Leader of the Nazis (National Socialist German Workers Party). led germany during World War II. -
U.S. Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were a series of acts created by the United States Congress that were geared toward keeping the United States out of another war. The acts passed between 1935 contained provisions limiting arms sales to nations that were not at war -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Mussolini, who was the leader of Italy, had his eye set on annexing Ethiopia into Italy’s newly created colony of East Africa. the first time that mustard gas and phosgene was used as illegal weapons by the Italian armed forces -
Hitler defies the Treaty of Versailles
refuses to pay reparations, begins rearmament, built an airforce, militarize rhineland, -
Germany militarizes the Rhineland
Treaty of Versailles forbid Germany to militarize the rhineland. Upon the success of the Rhineland reoccupation in western Germany, Adolf Hitler dissolved the Reichstag and called for re-elections, which saw overwhelming approval for the action -
Civil War erupts in Spain
Spain split int two groups. One side supporting the Axis powers while the other supproted the Allies. these conflicting opinions caused the Spanish civil war taking Spain out of the war. -
Anschluss
the occupation and annexation of the German Republic Austria into Nazi Germany. formed a strong alliance between the two nations. -
Munich Conference
an agreement permitting the Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. The Sudetenland were areas along Czech borders, mainly inhabited by ethnic Germans. The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe without the presence of Czechoslovakia. -
Kristallnacht
referred to as the Night of Broken Glass was a pogram or series of co-ordinated attacks against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria on 9–10 November 1938, carried out by SA stormtroopers and civilians -
Japan invades China
a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. Japan was attempting to gain more territory and become a recognized world power -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Joseph Stalin realized that war with Germany was inevitable. However, to have any chance of victory he needed time to build up his armed forces. The only way he could obtain time was to do a deal with Hitler. Stalin was convinced that Hitler would not be foolish enough to fight a war on two fronts. If he could persuade Hitler to sign a peace treaty with the Soviet Union, Germany was likely to invade Western Europe instead. -
Germany invades Poland
German forces invaded Poland from the north, south, and west. As the Germans advanced, Polish forces withdrew from their forward bases of operation close to the Polish-German border to more established lines of defence to the east. After the mid-September Polish defeat in the Battle of the Bzura, the Germans gained an undisputed advantage. -
Phony War
a lack of major military operations by the Western Allies against the German Reich. War was declared by each side, but no Western power had committed to launching a significant land offensive -
France Surrenders
The German advance continues to sweep southward driving before it not only the retreating French army, but an estimated 10 million refugees fleeing for their lives. The French abandon Paris, declaring it an open city. This allows the Germans to enter the French capital on June 14 without resistance -
Churchill is Elected Prime Minister in England
a British Conservative politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century, he served as Prime Minister twice -
Miracle at Dunkirk
the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between 26 May and the early hours of 3 June 1940, because the British, French and Belgian troops were cut off by the German army during the Battle of Dunkirk -
Battle of Britain
the World War II air campaign waged by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940. The objective of the campaign was to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force (RAF) -
Lend-Lease Act
program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, Free France, and other Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and 1945 -
Japan seizes French Indo-China
a move by the Empire of Japan in September 1940, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, to prevent China from importing arms and fuel through French Indochina, -
Atlantic Charter
issued in August 1941 that early in World War II defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. It was drafted by Britain and the United States, and later agreed to by all the Allies. The Charter stated the ideal goals of the war: no territorial aggrandizement; no territorial changes made against the wishes of the people; restoration of self-government to those deprived of it; free access to raw materials; reduction of trade restrictions; global cooperation to secure better economic and social -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan was planning in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States.
