world war 2

By kuhlman_2203
  • Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party

    Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party

    the nazi german party ruled all of germany all of the party where taking jews away.
  • Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    benito mussolini was the youngest prime minister in germany
  • josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

    josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

    was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953. the soviet union was transfromed form peasent society and then went into a industrial and military superpower.
  • Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    the japanese made a puppet state called Manchukuo and the occupation they had lasted till the end of worl war 2
  • Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler leader or fÜhrer of the National Socialist German Workers Party.

  • Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

    the export of “arms, ammunition, and implements of war” from the United States to foreign nations at war and requiring arms manufacturers in the United States
  • Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    The war was fought between the armed forces of the Kingdom of Italy and the armed forces of the Ethiopian Empire
  • Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    Imperial governments combined with traditional Japanese militarism to make life increasingly difficult
  • Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty

    Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty

    france sign the treaty of versailes then gemermans thought it was hostille to them hitler used this to send german troops into rhineland .

  • Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.

    over 200,000 chinese people where killed during the massacre.
    the massacre started 6 weeks after dec 13.1937

  • Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

  • Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

  • Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

  • Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

  • Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take

  • Battle of Britain begins – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

    Battle of Britain begins – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

    the germans tried to take over the royal airforce and taking down the british air bases.

  • Battle of Britain begins – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

  • 22 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

  • First time Peacetime Draft in US

    First time Peacetime Draft in US

    the draft was meant to be a foreign policy for men ages 21-36
  • Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans

    Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans

    hitler invaded the soviet union
  • Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    "the document was one of the documents that would establsh th united nations"
  • Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US

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

    the japanese ecretly attacked us air crafts and all boats in hawaii
  • Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

    Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

    japan extended control over the whole french indochina
  • Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

    Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

    hitler wanted to take over moscow adn then was defeated by the russians.
  • Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

    Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

    when japanese americans where sent to camps because they where accused of telling the japanese secrets they had to leave their homes and sell most of their belongings.
  • Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

    Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

    filipinos and americans had to wlk 65 miles to their death
  • Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

    Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

    the battle of midway was the turning point in the paciffic war
  • British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

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

    operation torch was on its way they could not becuase the allies had more of a drect attack
  • Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

    Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

    conflict between america service men mexacans wearing zoot suits.
  • Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

    Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

    he became prime minister and then allied with hitler to prop is leadership up but was soon killed .
  • D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

    D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

    the allied invasion of normandy in operation overload of worl war 2
  • Paris retaken by Allies Forces

    Paris retaken by Allies Forces

    paris went o strike when the new that the allied forces where near paris.
  • Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces

    Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces

    it was the last major campaign in world war 2
  • US forces return to recapture the Philippines

    US forces return to recapture the Philippines

    the americans lande operation sho-co to save the philippines
  • FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

    FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

    president FDR left vice presidnet harry s truman in charge while the us was still in the second world war
  • V-E Day, war ends in Europe

    V-E Day, war ends in Europe

    v-e day repersents as victory in europe day this day is a holiday that repersent the allies acceptance of world war 2
  • First Atomic Bombs dropped

    First Atomic Bombs dropped

    the atomic bomb was sent by harry s truman to end the war alot faster.
  • V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

    V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

    this day was the surrender of japan
  • War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.

    War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.

    the war crimes that where held by about tokyos three war crimes.