World War 2

By hannahfoote
  • Adolf Hitler leads the Nazi Party

    Adolf Hitler leads the Nazi Party

  • Benito Mussolini becomes prime minister of Italy

    Benito Mussolini becomes prime minister of Italy

  • The soviet Union is formed

    The soviet Union is formed

    The soviet Union is formed and Mussolini comes to power.
  • Kellogg - Briand Pact outlaws war

    Kellogg - Briand Pact outlaws war

    War is outlawed
  • Josef Stalin

    Josef Stalin

    Sole dictator of the Soviet Union
  • Period: to

    Great Depression

  • Japans Invades China

    Japans Invades China

    Japans armies seize Manchuria, China
  • President Roosevelt becomes President

    President Roosevelt becomes President

  • Adolf Hitler comes to power

    Adolf Hitler comes to power

    Hitler becomes chancellor
  • Congress passes Neutrality Act t keep nation out of foreign wars

    Congress passes Neutrality Act t keep nation out of foreign wars

  • Italy invades Ethiopia

    Italy invades Ethiopia

  • Militarist takes control of Japanese Government

    Militarist takes control of Japanese Government

  • Hitler sends troups to Rhineland Germany

    Hitler sends troups to Rhineland Germany

    Hitler sends troups to Rhineland Germany in violation of the Treaty of Versailles.
  • Japanese army pillages Nanjing China

    Japanese army pillages Nanjing China

    One quarter of a million pepole are killed.
  • Munich Pact is Signed

    Munich Pact is Signed

    The Munich Pact gives Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany.
  • Nazi-Soviet Pact is signed

    Nazi-Soviet Pact is signed

    Hitler and Stalin sign the Nazi Soviet Pact
  • Hitler builds Labor camps.

    Hitler builds Labor camps.

    The nazis round up jews to work in the labor camps.
  • Period: to

    World War 2

  • Nazi's invade Poland

    Nazi's invade Poland

    Britain and France declare war on Germany
  • Roosevelt announces that the USA will stay out of war

    Roosevelt announces that the USA will stay out of war

  • Nazi's invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control

    Nazi's invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control

  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island.

  • Nazi's invade France

    France is forced to surrender
  • Peace Time Draft

    Peace Time Draft

    First Peace time draft in the United States.

  • Hitler invades USSR

    Hitler Breaks Pact with Stalin

  • Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

  • Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

  • Pearl Harbor

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

  • Philippines fall to Japanese

    Bataan Death March

  • Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

  • Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

  • Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

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

  • Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

  • Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

  • D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

  • Paris retaken by Allies Forces

  • Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces

  • US forces return to recapture the Philippines

  • FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

  • V-E Day, war ends in Europe

  • First Atomic Bombs Dropped

  • V-J Day, Japan surrenders to allied forces

  • War crimes Trials held in Nuremburg Germany, Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan