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Benito Mussolini takes power in Italy
Mussolini just like Hitler came to the top of Italy in early to mid 1920's. He took over as the head of Italy in 1922. Hitler and Mussolini allied together for a whole new war called World War II. -
U.S. Stock Market Crashes
Black Tuesday is the day that U.S. Stock Market crashed and sent the country into depression. The significnce of this to the war is it also led to Great Depression in Germany. -
Japan Seizes Manchuria
Japan seized Manchuria in September 1931 and controlled it until the end of World War II. Where Japan lost the war. -
Japan invades China
Japan takes over China and other territories and later forms an alliance with Germany. And participaates in World War II. -
Adolf Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler is elected as Chancellor and soon builds a big army and tries bring Germany back to top of the World by World War II. And he blames all of Germany's problems on Jews. -
FDR is elected Prsident
After FDR was elected president people wanted to have isolationism from European problems. Later, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor forcing America to join the World War II. -
Hitler defies the treaty of Versailes
Hitlers begins to build the German army, navy, airforce to bring Germany back to the top of Europe. On this attempt he defies The Treaty of Versailes and Germany's army will be so big that it is as big as France and Germanys combined. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
This war didn't have to do anything with World War II but Italy did this war to get some colonies in Africa and to get control of the Red Sea.It also showed the weaknesses of League of nations. -
U.S. Neutrality Act
This act says that U.S. will return back to isolationism and will not participate in any growing pains in Italy. -
France militarizes the Rhineland
Germany starts to grow their army and France puts its army in the border so if there is a war they can be ready. This is the first time Germany attacked or been in the Rhineland since the World War II. -
Civil War erupts in Spain
The Civil War in Spain starts between Nationalists and Republicans. Nationalists are for dictaorship by James Franco who had been controlling the country for the past 36 years. Spain remained Neutral from all the wars in Europe. -
Anschluss
Annexation of Austria into Germany. Many Austrians liked this because Hitler is from Austria. -
Munich Conference
It is a settelement where Germany takes parts of Czechslovakia called "Sudetanland" comes to Germanys control. -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht is also called "The Night of The Broken Glass". The significance for this is to go against the Jews in germany and Austria. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
It is a treaty Germany and Russia signing as a non aggressive move into each other territories. -
Germanys invades Poland
germany soon takes over Poland like they earlier in World War I. Now a lot of countries are under Germanys control and they are really strong. -
Phony War
In the early stages of World War II it is called "The Phony War". It is because there were a lack of Western Allies participating init. -
Churchill is Elected Prime Minister of Britian
Winston Churchill was elected the Prime Minister in Britain during World War II. -
France surrenders
France couldn't keep up with the Germany so they surrendered. And Britain also struggled from the fall of France. -
Miracle at Dunkirk
The Battle of Dunkirk in France is called "Miracle at Dunkirk". It is because of the evacuation of Allied soldiers from Dunkirk, France. -
Battle of Britain
This war is mostly an air campaign between Germany and Britain in order to get control. -
Japan seizes French IndoChina
Japan seizes French Indochina so that China cannot imports arms and fuel. -
Lend-Lease Act
It is an act saying that U.S. will stay neutral ship the weapons to countries Great Britain, USSR, The Republic of China, and many more. -
Atlantic Charter
It is basically a policy agreed by all the allies for the post-war era. The charter stated the goals of not having another World War. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan surprisingly bombed the Pearl Harbor killed many people, destroyed a lot of ships, damaged a lot of airplanes, and brought a huge loss to the U.S. Later U.S. joined the Army.
