World war 2

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  • Hitler Becomes Chancellor

    Hitler Becomes Chancellor

    On Jan 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany.
  • Neutrality Act.

    Neutrality Act.

    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.
  • Japan defeats China.

    Japan defeats China.

    The Japanese defeat Chinese forces in a clash near Peking, taking control of North China.
  • Roosevelt Quarantines War

    Roosevelt Quarantines War

    In response to Japanese action in China, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers a speech in which he calls for peace-loving nations to act together to "quarantine" aggressors to protect the world from the "disease" of war.
  • Hitler supports Japan.

    Hitler supports Japan.

    German Chancellor Adolf Hitler announces support for Japan.
  • Hitler Annexes Czechoslovakia.

    Hitler Annexes Czechoslovakia.

    Adolf Hitler reneges on the promise made in September of 1938 and takes all of Czechoslovakia.
  • Russians trap Germany.

    Russians trap Germany.

    The Russian Red Army traps and captures German armies that had invaded the Soviet Union.