world war 2

mussilini takes power

Nov 4, 1922

mussilini gained wide support in 1922 he became leader of Italy.

Hitler publishes main kampf

Jan 27, 1923

Hitler publishes Main Kampf which is german for my struggle while he is in prison in 1923

world war 2

Period: Jan 27, 1923 to Dec 31, 1948

Joesph Stalin becomes a leader in Russia

Jan 27, 1925

Communism and facism represent two opposite sides of extremes

FDR becomes president in US

Jan 27, 1932

FDR becomes president in the US

Hitler is leader of Germany

Jan 27, 1933

Hitler becomes a leader in the German government

Rhineland

Jan 27, 1936

Hitler invades Rhineland

invades austria

Jan 28, 1938

Germany invades Austria

germany invades poland

Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland

britan and france declare war

Sep 3, 1939

Great Britan/ France declare war on Germany

Battle of Britan

May 28, 1940

Japan Germany, and italy become the Axis

Sep 17, 1940

North Africa Liberated

Jan 28, 1941

bombing of Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

US declares war on Japan

Dec 8, 1941

Germany/Italy declare war on US

Dec 11, 1941

Battle of Midway

Feb 12, 1942

Internment of American Japanese

Feb 12, 1942

stalingrad

Jul 12, 1942

Operation torch

Nov 28, 1942

Victory at guadalcanal

Feb 9, 1943

Operation Overlord

Jan 28, 1944

Battle of the Bulge

Jun 28, 1944

Battle of leyte Gulf

Oct 23, 1944

Liberation of Auschwitz

Jan 17, 1945

Iwo Jima captured

Feb 12, 1945

Battle of Okinawa

Apr 1, 1945

FDR Dies

Apr 12, 1945

Hitler Commits suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Germany Surrenders

May 7, 1945

V-E Day

May 8, 1945

Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

Atomic Bomb: Nagasaki

Aug 9, 1945

VJ

Aug 14, 1945

Battle of Tarawa

Oct 20, 1945