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Mussolini takes power in Italy
Italy gets a new powerful leader. He introduces a new type of leadership called fascism. -
U.S. Stock Market Crashes
At this time the U.S. Stock Market crashes to an all-time low. The U.S. stays in this economic turmoil until the WWII helps boost jobs in America. -
Munich Conference
The conference dealt with an agreement permitting Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's southern territory. -
Japan seizes Manchuria
Japan takes over Manchuria for all of their natural resources and wants to expand Japanese territory. This later makes the U.S. stop supplying Japan with oil. -
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
German's new leader makes broad promises to make Germany the strongest and largest country for the next 1000 years. Adolf Hitler is also a racist leader who thinks Germany should be full of the "Perfect Race." -
FDR is elected president
FDR wins the 1933 election for presidency. In office FDR wants to keep a neutral bias towards war. -
Hitler defies the Treaty of Versailles
Hitler started production of military equipment and started to grow his army. Everyman was now being drafted. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
When Italy invaded Ethiopia it showed the weaknesses of The League of Nations. -
France militarizes the Rhineland
German troops entered the Rhineland for the first time since WWI. -
Japan invades China
Japan wanted to expand their territory to the mainland for more natural resources. The Japanese also wanted to expand their national power. -
Civil War erupts in Spain
Began with a military uprising. Spain was later split into two different parties, "Republican" and "Loyalist." -
Anschluss
The joining of Austria and Germany, this was part of the making of the Third Reich. -
Kristallnacht
In German Kristallnacht means "Night of Broken Glass." A period in which Jewish people were first sent to concentration camps. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Was a treaty between Germany and Russia stating that they will not fight each other. The Germans later break this treaty. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany took 1.5 million troops to mobilize in Poland. -
Phony War
The time before France and Great Britain declare war on Germany. During this time London was bering bombed by Germany. -
Churchill is Elected Prime Minister in England
Winston Churchill is Elected Prime Minister in England. -
Miracle at Dunkirk
British and French troops had to evacuate the Harbor because German's were incoming. -
France Surrenders
The French surrender before the war really began. After surrendering the French got a new government. -
Battle of Britain
Was an air battle between Germany and Great Britain to gain air dominancy. -
Japan seizes French Indochina
Made blockades to stop the transportation of weapons and fuel. -
Lend-Lease Act
The U.S. would help supply the British with military needs. By doing this it kept the U.S. out of the war itself. -
U.S. Neutrality Act
The neutrality act ended on March 1941 when U.S. merchant ships were rapidly taken down. -
Atlantic Charter
The meeting stated reasons for which this war would not things but help things. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The American Navy base was attack by Japanese fighter jets. No one was prepared for what was to happen.
