Main Causes of WW II

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  • Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party

    Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party

    Hitler is elected the leader of the Nazi Party in Germany
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    World War II

  • Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Benito was very popular, so he was appointed prime minister
  • Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

    Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

    He is very brutal and violent
  • Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    japan has no trouble seizing manchuria
  • Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    he is very popular in germany
  • Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

    Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

    they were passed to prevent involvement in future wars for the US
  • Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    the italian army had to travel very far
  • Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    japanese are scared
  • Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty

    Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty

    hitler is mad about the violation
  • Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.

    Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.

    this is remembered as a very sad massacre in history
  • Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

    Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

    czechoslovakia is mad
  • Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

    Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

    they were intended to kill the jews
  • 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    they were getting along very well
  • Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

    They start to take a lot of control this point
  • Battle of Britain begins – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

    Battle of Britain begins – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

    hitler is mad about his air force being defeated
  • 22 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

    22 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

    germany was hard to surrender
  • Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans

    Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans

    stalin is mad about the breaking of the pact
  • Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

    Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

    french are taken by surprise
  • Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    a joint declaration between the US and great britain
  • Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan,

    Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan,

    this greatly affects the japanese living in pearl harbor
  • Germany and Italy declare war on the US

    Germany and Italy declare war on the US

    the US its taken back
  • Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

    Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

    many lives are lost
  • Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

    Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

    the nazi's are unprepared

  • Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific (4 days)

  • Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

    Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

    riots over fashion
  • British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

    British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

    the US feels accomplished
  • Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min

    Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min

    mussolini is no longer liked
  • D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

    D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

    required expensive planning
  • Paris retaken by Allied Forces

    Paris retaken by Allied Forces

    paris is the capital of france
  • Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces

    Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces

    took place in france
  • US forces return to recapture the Philippines

    US forces return to recapture the Philippines

    they are captured easily
  • FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

    FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

    people are sad about the death of FDR
  • V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

    V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

    victory japan day
  • War Crimes Trials held in Nuremberg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.

    War Crimes Trials held in Nuremberg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.

    the best known of post war crime trials