World War 2

By schrotenboerjam40
  • Hitler Becomes Leader of The Nazi Party

    Hitler Becomes Leader of The Nazi Party

    Hitler joined the nazi party the year it was founded.
  • Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Rose to power as a leading Fascist
  • Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

    Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

    Changed Soviet Union from peasant country to world power. His actions had consequences like dead civilians.
  • Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    Japan occupied south Manchuria on China's east coast
  • Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    The supposed one thousand year Reich had started
  • Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

    Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

    Prohibited US of arms, ammunition and implements and war
  • Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    To boost Italian national prestige
  • Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    They used intimidation and assassination to achieve their aims
  • 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

    Germany claimed one of France's treaties were hostile to Germany
  • Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.

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

    Committed by Japanese Army against the residents of Nanjing
  • Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

    Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

    10 days later Hitler signed a pact for war against Czechoslovakia
  • Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

    Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

    It was a military tactic. They began with Polish Jews
  • Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    Stalin viewed the pact as a way to be on peaceful terms with Germany
  • Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Germany had been planning this attack since March
  • Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control

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

    The German occupation began in April when they invaded Scandinavia
  • 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

    Combat began with the Luftwaffe mainly
  • Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

    Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

    The attack began with air raids on Belgium and Holland
  • First time Peacetime Draft in US

    First time Peacetime Draft in US

    Also known as the Burke-Wadsworth
  • 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

    German-Soviet relationship date back to the end of the first world war
  • Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    Churchill is the British prime minister
  • Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

    Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

    They did this order to stop China from importing arms
  • 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

    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

    Pearl Harbor was completely unprepared for a battle
  • Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

    Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

    45 mile march to prison camps
  • Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

    Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

    62% of the internees were u.s. citizens
  • Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

    Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

    Russians changed their tactics in order to succeed
  • Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

    Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

    only 6 months after pearl harbor we had gained back momentum
  • British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

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

    North Africa destroyed or neutralized nearly 900,000 German and Italian troops
  • Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

    Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

    Mexican immigrants faced discrimination across the country causing riots.
  • Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

    Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

    Majority passed a resolution that dismissed Mussolini
  • D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

    D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

    Largest operation in History
  • Paris retaken by Allies Forces

    Paris retaken by Allies Forces

    Allies original strategy was to push the Germans to the Rhine
  • Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces

    Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces

    Launched in a densely forest area
  • US forces return to recapture the Philippines

    US forces return to recapture the Philippines

    We arrived at leyte island
  • FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

    FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

    FDR served four terms
  • V-E Day, war ends in Europe

    V-E Day, war ends in Europe

    Public Holiday of victory in europe
  • First Atomic Bombs dropped

    First Atomic Bombs dropped

    President Truman wanted to bring the war to a speedy end
  • V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

    V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

    Formally signed on September 2
  • War Crimes Trials held in Nuremberg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.

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

    General Yamashita was hanged for war crrimes