Major Events from WW2

Hilter Becomes Chancellor

Jan 30, 1933

• Hitler becming chancellor gave him more power
• Many rules was in enforced that people didnt agree with.
• If he wasnt chancellor during that time things would have been different

Japan invades China

Jul 7, 1937

Mussolini Joins Hilter

May 14, 1938

Benito Mussolini, leader in Italy, joins Hitlers side if war should break out.

Naval Expansion Act

May 17, 1938

U.S. Congress passes the Navel Expansion Act. This Act gave FDR one billion dollars to expand the navy.

Nazi-Soviet Union Non-Aggression Pact

Aug 23, 1939

Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Nazi-Soviet Union Non Aggression Pact.

Germany Invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland which starts WW2.

France and Great Britian declares war on Germany

Sep 3, 1939

Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British government

May 30, 1940

Italy attacks France

Jun 10, 1940

Benito Mussolini's Italian forces attack France

Tripartie Pact

Sep 27, 1940

Germany, Italy, and Japan sign this pact

Draftees to Camp

Oct 29, 1940

The number of drafts were drawn which sent thousands of draftees to drill camps

Pearl Harbor Attack

Dec 7, 1941

-War planes from Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S.Navy base.
-This attack was one of the reasons the U.S. got involved

U.S. Enters WW2 on the side of the Allies

Dec 8, 1941

U.S. & British troops land

Jul 10, 1943

U.S. & British troops lands in Sicily. In thr middle of August the Allies control Sicily.

Allies Formed

Jun 1, 1944

The Allied powers assembled in England in preparation for D-day

FDR Dies

Apr 12, 1945

President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies.

Mussolini Dies

Apr 28, 1945

They capture Mussolini, and murder him

Hitler dies

May 1, 1945

Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin.

Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

The U.S. drops the first atomic bomb to be used in warfare on Hiroshima. This bomb killed 75,000 people instantly.

WW2 Ends

Sep 2, 1945

World War Two officially ends