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Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party
Hitler joined the nazi party and then began making speeches to large crowds encouraging people. He then became the leader. -
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Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
he was a journalist, politician and leader of a party called PNF. He then later became the Prime Minister -
Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
Before Josef Stalin was the leader the Union was a peasant society. When he became leader they transformed into an industrial and military superpower. He ruled by terror, many of his own citizens died. -
Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
Japan launched an attack on Manchuria. Within days armed forces occupied several areas. The Japanese government wanted to have peace with China, but the military continued on their journey. -
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
Hitler became more popular throughout, especially during the worldwide depression. He went around doing speeches and getting involved which made him popular. He said what the people wanted to hear which got him elected. -
Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
Mussolini was the leader at the time. The whole purpose for invading was too boost Italy's confidence with the war and to get leverage. It also was to provide more land for unemployed Italians and to use their natural resources. -
Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
it ended up prohibiting the export of “arms, ammunition, and implements of war” from the United States to foreign nations at war and you had to apply for an export license when you an arms manufacturer. -
Militarist take control of Japanese Government
When the government was failing and the military quit taking orders from the government the japanese civilians turned to the military to take control and to lead the country. So the military had to take control. -
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
Hitler violated the treaty of versailles and invaded rhineland. He sent troops into a demilitarized zone along the rhine river. -
Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.
over a period of six weeks, Imperial Japanese Army forces brutally murdered hundreds of thousands of people–including both soldiers and civilians–in the Chinese city of Nanking (or Nanjing). Tons of women were sexually assaulted -
Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
The jews were gradually shut out of German society by the Nazis through a never-ending series of laws and decrees, culminating in the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 which deprived them of their German citizenship and forbade intermarriage with non-Jews. They were removed from schools, banned from the professions, excluded from military service, and were even forbidden to share a park bench with a non-Jew. -
Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
British and French prime ministers Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier sign the Munich Pact with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. The agreement averted the outbreak of war but gave Czechoslovakia away to German conquest. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. Stalin wanted to keep peace with germany since europe was about to go to war again. -
Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
In response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany. -
Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control
April 9, 1940 – Nazis invaded Denmark and Norway.
May 10, 1940 – Nazis invaded France and Belgium.
May 15, 1940 – Holland surrendered to the Nazis.
Germany used these countries for various things and they traded with each other/ germany used some of their resources. -
Battle of Britain begins – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
" the Battle of Britain ended when Germany’s Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force despite months of targeting Britain’s air bases, military posts and, ultimately, its civilian population. Britain’s decisive victory saved the country from a ground invasion and possible occupation by German forces while proving that air power alone could be used to win a major battle." -
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Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
France and Germany signed an armistice, which halted the fighting. France was filled with Germans very rapidly. -
First time Peacetime Draft in US
"On this day in 1940, the Burke-Wadsworth Act is passed by Congress, by wide margins in both houses, and the first peacetime draft in the history of the United States is imposed. Selective Service was born.The registration of men between the ages of 21 and 36 began exactly one month later" -
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans
The pact is broken when the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union (germany invades russia). Hitler had pacts with many countries. He then ignored then and invaded after he got what he wanted. Countries then knew that he was trustworthy. -
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
The atlantic charter was a joint declaration released by U.S. and Britain. They had a meeting about what they were going to do. They had many different agreements including they wouldn't see territorial expansion. They both wanted support with their governments during the war. -
Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
When the Japanese attacked they tried to fight back, but after fighting they weren't able to keep up, so they had to sign an armistice or surrender. -
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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 did a surprise attack on the naval base in Pearl Harbor (hawaii) on Dec. 7, 1941. Then two days later Italy and Germany declared war on the US (dec. 9). -
Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
THe bataan death march was when the Japanese would have the prisoners walk for miles from the prison camps. They would kill whoever stopped or couldn't walk anymore. The some of the Americans would carry their comrades if they could no longer walk. -
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
Over 127,000 United States citizens were imprisoned during World War II. They were imprisoned because of their ancestors with being Japanese. FDR had all of the Japanese Americans be relocated to the center of the US and put in concentration camps, under bad advice. They weren't torture camps, they got to eat together and adults were able to work for 5 dollars a day. They were seen as a possible threat to the US. -
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
The russians knew that the Nazis would be coming to attack them soon and to take over. They ended up moving Stalin's body so it would be protected. They also built some safe shelters that were hidden but also looked like some of the other buildings in Moscow. -
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Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
"the Battle of Midway–one of the most decisive U.S. victories against Japan during World War II–begins. During the four-day sea-and-air battle, the outnumbered U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircraft carriers while losing only one of its own, the Yorktown, to the previously invincible Japanese navy." -
Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA
The zoot suit riots were riots with the white policemen against the colored people. They were upset and then began fighting, the cops then tried to take control. "Zoot Suit Riots, a series of conflicts that occurred in June 1943 in Los Angeles between U.S. servicemen and Mexican American youths, the latter of whom wore outfits called zoot suits." -
British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
British and Indian forces captured some 130,000 Italians. Hitler's response to this loss was to send in the newly formed "Afrika Korps" led by General Erwin Rommel. They fought until they eventually surrendered to Britain/US -
Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.
On july 25, 1943 Mussolini was voted out of power by his own grand council. The day before they had met to discuss the future of Italy and if they should continue to fight. -
D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
The Normandy landings (codenamed Operation Neptune) were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (termed D-Day) of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. -
Paris retaken by Allies Forces
By August 18, Allied forces were near Paris, and workers in the city went on strike as Resistance fighters emerged from hiding and began attacking German forces and fortifications. -
Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. the Germans created a “bulge” around the area of the Ardennes forest in pushing through the American defensive line, was the largest fought on the Western front. -
US forces return to recapture the Philippines
In January 1945, MacArthur was given control of all American land forces in the Pacific. On January 9, 1945, U.S. forces sealed off the Bataan Peninsula in the north; on February 16, the 8th Army occupied the southern tip of Bataan, as MacArthur drew closer to Manila and the complete recapture of the Philippines. -
FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
The president actually died on the 12th of April. When the VP found out he had some big shoes to fill, but he managed. He decided to go through with continuing building the atomic bomb and much more. -
V-E Day, war ends in Europe
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. It thus marked the end of World War II in Europe. -
First Atomic Bombs dropped
President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end. On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
On this day in 1945, an official announcement of Japan’s unconditional surrender to the Allies is made public to the Japanese people. -
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremberg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
Yamashita was only one of thousands facing trial for their actions during World War II. Japanese soldiers had been killing, raping, looting and torturing all across the East since the 1930s. In 1945, at long long last, the bill was coming due. Before the courts-martial and military commissions recessed for the last time, some 5,600 Japanese had been prosecuted in more than 2,200 trials. Of these men–and a few women–more than 4,400 were convicted, and about 1,000 were executed.
