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Hitler becoms the Chancellor of Germany giving him power.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the 1937 Neutrality Act, which bans travel on belligerent ships, forbids the arming of American merchant ships trading with belligerents, and issues an arms embargo with warring nations
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt forbids U.S. ships from carrying arms to China or Japan.
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Japanese warplanes dive-bomb the American gunboat Panay in the Yangtze River in China. Japan apologizes and pays reparations for the lives lost.
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In a speech in Rome, Benito Mussolini, fascist leader of Italy, promises to fight the democracies alongside Adolf Hitler's should war break out.
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The U.S. Congress passes the Naval Expansion Act giving President Franklin D. Roosevelt one billion dollars to enlarge the navy.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt writes letters to both Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, requesting they promise not to attack a list of nations for at least ten years. Hitler would respond on behalf of the Italian leader and himself, assuring Roosevelt that he had nothing to fear
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The Nazis invaded the polish. This act was amin contributor to the start of World war 2.
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Britain and France declare war on Germany honoring their commitment to Poland
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The Nazi Germany party take over and invade Denmark and Norway.
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In a speech to Congress, President Franklin D. Roosevelt requests new defense spending, an enlarged army, and an expanded air fleet. Public opinion favors the new defense program.
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First experimental use of gas chambers at Auschwitz.
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The Jpanese bombed pearl harbor in Hawaii in hopes to weaked the united states Navy. This led to the unite states joining the war.
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The United States declares war on Germany, Italy, and Japan.
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Under the leadership of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. troops land in Algiers, Oran, and Casablanca in North Africa
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The United states invades Normandy, France
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Mussolini is captured and hanged by Italian partisans; Allies take Venice.
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Hitler commits suicide
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German troops in Italy surrender.
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Both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine.
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An atomic bomb is dropped by the US in Hiroshima, Japan.
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Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II.
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The United Nations is formed in order to prevent another world war.
