Leading up to United States involvement in World War 2

Treaty of Versailles

Jun 28, 1919

Angered Germany because it basically blamed them for starting the war.

United States involvment in World War 2

Period: Jun 28, 1919 to Dec 11, 1941

Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Socialist Party.

Jul 29, 1921

Stock Market Crash

Oct 29, 1929

Germans elect Nazi party, now the 2nd largest political party.

Sep 14, 1930

FDR elected President of the United States of America

Nov 8, 1932

FDR had very anti-war ideas

Adolf Hitler becomes the Chancellor of Germany

Jan 30, 1933

First concentration camp opened at Oranienburg

Mar 12, 1933

Enabling Act gives Hitler dictational power

Mar 23, 1933

Nazi Party declared Germany's only political party

Jul 14, 1933

Germany quits the League of Nations

Oct 14, 1933

Hitler becomes the Fuhrer

Aug 19, 1934

Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription

Mar 16, 1935

German military mobilizes

Aug 12, 1938

Kristallnacht

Nov 9, 1938

Nazi's and Soviet's

Aug 23, 1939

Britain and Poland sign Mutual Assistance Treaty

Aug 25, 1939

Nazi Germany invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Beginning of World War 2

Sep 3, 1939

Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany

United States declares its neutrality

Sep 5, 1939

Canada declares war on Germany; Battle of the Atlantic begins

Sep 10, 1939

Battle of Britain begins

Jul 10, 1940

America freezes German and Italian assets in America

Jun 14, 1941

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

On the morning of December 7th, 1941, the United States naval base of Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japanese Kamakazi pilots. This was the last straw for President Harry Truman.

Germany declares war on the United States of America

Dec 11, 1941

Only 4 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Germany declares war on the United States