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Adolf Hitler is Apointed Leader of the Nazi Party
On July 29th, 1921 Hitler was voted in as leader of the Nazi party. He recieved 534 votes, and only 1 against him. -
Benito Mussolini Appointed Prime Minister Of Italy
Mussolini was born in 1883 and was a restless, disobedient child who grew up a bully (he was expelled from school for stabbing a fellow student). -
1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
Josef Stalin sole dictator of the soviet union. -
1931 Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
In 1931, the Japanese Kwangtung Army attacked Chinese troops in Manchuria in an event commonly known as the Manchurian Incident. Essentially, this was an attempt by the Japanese Empire to gain control over the whole province, in order to eventually encompass all of East Asia. This proved to be one of the causes of World War IIs(1). -
1933, March 21 - Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, bringing an end to German democracy. In the first months of his chancellorship, Hitler began a concerted policy of "synchronization," forcing organizations, political parties, and state governments into line with Nazi goals and placing them under Nazi leadership. -
1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
The Neutrality Acts were a series of acts created by the United States Congress that were geared toward keeping the United States out of another war. The acts passed between 1935 contained provisions limiting arms sales to nations that were not at war, gave the United States the power to keep citizens from traveling on belligerent ships or to belligerent nations, prohibited loans to belligerent nations and nations that were not repaying previous debts, and forbade American shipping to carry arms -
1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
In 1935, the League of Nations was faced with another crucial test. Benito Mussolini, the Fascist leader of Italy, had adopted Adolf Hitler's plans to expand German territories by acquiring all territories it considered German. -
1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government
On 26 February 1936, fanatical army officers assassinated two of Emperor Hirohito's key advisers, and army mutineers surrounded the Japanese Foreign Office and held much of Tokyo city for three days. -
1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
On 7 March 1936 German troops marched into the Rhineland. This action was directly against the Treaty of Versailles which had laid out the terms which the defeated Germany had accepted. It was Hitler's first illegal act in foreign relations since coming to power in 1933 and it threw the European allies, especially France and Britain, into confusion. -
1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.
1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people. -
1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of Czechoslovakia's areas along the country's borders mainly inhabited by ethnic Germans for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was coined -
1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
January 1938The concentration camp at Dachau, Germany, is enlarged. -
1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
On August 14, 1939, German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop contacted the Soviets to arrange a deal. Ribbentrop met with the Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov in Moscow and together they arranged two pacts - the economic agreement and the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact. -
1939 Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
At 4:45 a.m., some 1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. -
1940 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
In the Second World War, the Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the successful German invasion of France and the Low Countries, beginning on 10 May 1940, defeating primarily French forces. -
1940 Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
1940 Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their islandIn the spring of 1940, Hitler's armies smashed across the borders of the Netherlands and Belgium and streamed into the northern reaches of France. The German "Blitzkrieg" moved swiftly to the west and the south, splitting the British and French defenders, trapping the British army at Dunkirk and forcing its evacuation from continental Europe. -
1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control
1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control -
1940 First time Peacetime Draft in US
The First Peacetime Draft is the first important American policy response to Hitler's victory in Europe in the spring of 1940--the Selective Service Act. It marked the effective end of the isolationist tradition in the United States because for the first time while the country remained officially at peace civilians were drafted into the armed forces to face the possible threat of aggression from abroad -
1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans
1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans -
1941 Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia) -
1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter is one of the key documents of the 20th century and remains still relevant today. President Roosevelt and Primeminister Churchill meet aboard the Prince of Wales on August 9-13, 1941 at Placentia Bay. -
1941, Dec. 7 Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US - Dec. 9
a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan was planning in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States. -
1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
Japanese-American internment was the relocation and internment by the United States government in 1942 of about 110,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese who lived along the Pacific coast of the United States to camps called "War Relocation Camps," in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.[ -
1942, June 4-7 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
Between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the United States Navy decisively defeated an Imperial Japanese Navy -
1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
the japanese death march was 60,000 Filipino and 15,000 American prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II. -
1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow -
1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
With the Japanese declaration of war on Britain in December 1941, Auchinleck was forced to transfer some of his forces east for the defense of Burma and India. -
1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA
Citizens of early 1940s Los Angeles lived in an atmosphere of tension that ultimately exploded in the Zoot Suit Riots. -
1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
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1943 July - Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.
1943 July - Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min -
1944 June 6 - D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
The Normandy landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, in Operation Overlord, during World War II. The landings commenced on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 -
1944 Aug. - Paris retaken by Allies Forces
The Battle for Caen from June-August 1944 was a battle between Allied (primarily British and Canadian troops) and German forces during the Battle of Normandy. -
1944 Dec. Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
The Battle of the Bulge (also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, and the Von Rundstedt Offensive to the Germans) (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive (die Ardennenoffensive) launched through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium, and France and Luxembourg on the Western Front towards the end of World War II. -
1945 Jan. – US forces return to recapture the Philippines
1945 Jan. – US forces return to recapture the Philippines -
1945 April 16th - FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953). The final running mate of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944, Truman succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when Roosevelt died after months of declining health. Under Truman, the U.S. successfully concluded World War II; in the aftermath of the conflict, tensions with the Soviet Union increased, marking the start of the Cold War. -
1945 May 8th - V-E Day, war ends in Europe
War ands in Europe on May 8th, 1945 -
1945 Aug. - First Atomic Bombs dropped
The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan were conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II in 1945. These two events represent the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date. -
1945 Aug. 14th – V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
Victory over Japan Day (also known as Victory in the Pacific Day, V-J Day, or V-P Day) is a name chosen for the day on which Japan surrendered, effectively ending World War II, and subsequent anniversaries of that event. -
1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
