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World War 2
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Hitler-leader of nazis
Adolf Hitler becomes leader of nazi party -
Benito Mussolni
Benito Mussolini is appontied Prime Minister of Italy. -
Josef Stalin
Josef Stalin sole dictator of UUSR -
Japan seizes
Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China -
Hitler is Chanceller
Hitler is named chancellor of Germany -
Italy invades Ethiopia
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Neutral US
Nuetrality Acts passed by US congress -
Militarist take control of Japanense government
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Hitler send troops to Rhineland
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Japan invades China
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Munich pact signed
Mnich pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Chzechoslovakia to Germany. -
begining of labor camps
nazis round up Jews and take them to labor camps -
Nazi-Soviet pact
Nazi-soviet pact signed by Hitler and Stalin -
Invasion!!!!
Nazis invade Poland. Britain and France declare war on Germany. -
Invasion part 2!!!
Nazis invade Denmark, Morway, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium and take control. -
Battle of Britain
Royal Air force defeats German Air force to prevent invasion of their island -
First time Peacetime Draft in US.
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Germany indvades France
Germany invades france and forces it to surrender. -
Hitler invades USSR
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans -
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter -
Japanese invade French Indochina
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Pearl harbor
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces -
Declare war on Germany
US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US -
Bataan Death March
Philippines fall to Japanese -
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps -
Staligrad
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow -
Battle of Midway
June 4-7 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific -
German defeat by US+British
British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa -
Zoot Suit Riots
Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA -
italy surrenders
Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min. -
D-Day
1944 June 6 - D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies -
Paris retakenby allies forces
1944 Aug. - Paris retaken by Allies Forces -
Battle of the Bulge
1944 Dec. Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces -
US forces return to recapture the Philippines
1945 Jan. – US forces return to recapture the Philippines -
FDR dies
1945 April 16th - FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President -
V-E Day
1945 May 8th - V-E Day, war ends in Europe -
First Atomic bomb dropped
1945 Aug. - First Atomic Bombs dropped -
V-J Day
1945 Aug. 14th – V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces -
War Crime Trials
1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
