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Benito Mussolini becomes dictator
Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister Mussolini instituted facism in Italy and allied with Hitler. -
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Hitler comes to power With Hitler in power, Germany started to rearm. He later started WW2 with the Invasion of Poland. -
Hitler Remilitarizes the Rhineland
Hitler defied treaties and remilitarized the Rhineland This increased tensions between Germany and France/Britain. -
Germany, Italy, and Japan come together to form the Axis Powers
The Axis Powers are formed The Axis Poers consisted of Germany, Italy, and Japan. They killed millions of people. -
Germany annexes Austria
Austria is annexed by Germeny through the Anschluss This allows Germany to gain even more land, resources, and soldiers. -
The Munich Pact is formed
Germany, Britain, France, and Italy come together and allow Germany to annex the Sudatenland This is widely reguarded as a failure and that it never should have happened. This only helped Hitler to push his agenda. -
Germany invades Poland starting World War 2
Germeny invades Poland officially starting World War 2 Poland would be seperated in half by Germany and the Soviet Union. This would draw France and Britain into the war. -
Germany conquers France
France, one of the major Allied Powers, fell to Germany after a massive push in the south This severly hampered the efforts of the Allies. -
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Battle of Britain
BELLIGERENTS: Allies: Britain, Canada. Axis: Germany, Italy
CASUALTIES: Allies: 966 killed or wounded. Axis: 4303 killed, captured, or missing
VICTOR: Britain
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The Lend-Lease Act is passed
The Lend-Lease Act allowed the U.S. to send arms to Britain These new supplies helped Britain to get back into the fight. -
USS North Carolina commissioned
The USS North Carolina was the first U.S. battleship built in 20 years. She served in the Pacific Theater. -
Germany invades the Soviet Union
Germany betrayed the Soviet Union with Operation Barbarossa. This would lead to the eventual downfall of Germany. -
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Tuskegee Airmen
First African-American aviators in the United States Army Air Core. These men turned out to be some of the best pilots in the Air Core. -
The attack on Pearl Harbor
BELLIGERENTS: United States, Japan
LOCATION: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, U.S.
CASUALTIES: U.S.: 3,581 killed or wounded Japan:64 killed
IMPORTANCE: Draws United States into World War 2.
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The United States enters World War 2
The U.s. declared war of Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor. We later declared war on Germany officially entering WW2. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was a death march of American Soldiers by the Japanese. -
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Battle of Midway
BELLIGERENTS: United States, Japan
LOCATION: Midway Island
CASUALTIES: U.S: 307 killed Japan: 3057 killed
VICTOR: United States
IMPORTANCE: Turn the tide of the Pacific Campaign -
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Battle of Guadalcanal
BELLIGERENTS: United States, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Japan
LOCATION: Guadalcanal
CASUALTIES: Allies: 14,893 killed, captured, wounded Japan:36,200 killed.
VICTOR: Allies
IMPORTANCE: Ended all Japanese expansion attempts. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
BELLIGERENTS: Germany, Italy, Romania, Hungary, Croatia, Soviet Union.
CASUALTIES: Axis: 850,000 killed, wounded, or captured. Allies: 1,129,619 killed, wounded, or captured.
VICTOR: Soviet Union
LOCATION: Stalingrad, Russia
IMPORTANCE: Allowed Russia to counter attack and push Germany back. -
Operation Torch
Invasion of North Africa North Africa was one of the major strongholds of the Axis Powers. It was important that they be defeated in North Africa. -
Tehran Conference
Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchil met to discuss the war Here they discuss how to defeat Hitler and what they will do afterwards. -
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
BELLIGERENTS: United States, Australia, Japan
LOCATIONS: Leyte Gulf
CASUALTIES: Allies: 3000 killed or wounded Japan: 12,500 killed, wounded
VICTOR: Allies
IMPORTANCE: Largest naval battle in history. -
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Battle of the Bulge
LOCATION: The Ardennes, Belgium
BELLIGERENTS: Allies: United States, United Kingdom, France, Canada, Belgium. Axis: Germany
CASUALTIES: Allies: 89,500 killed, wounded, or captured
VICTOR: Allies
IMPORTANCE: Last major offenceive of Germany -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was a conferance between FDR, Churchill, and Stalin. It was here that they decided what would happen after the war. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
BELLIGERENTS: United States, Japan
LOCATION: Iwo Jima
CASUALTIES: United States: 6,821 killed Japan: 18,375 killed or missing
VICTOR: United States
IMPORTANCE: Allowed United States to gain an airstrip close enough to bomb the Japanese mainland -
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Battle of Okinawa
BELLIGERENTS: United States, Japan, Australia, Canada
LOCATION: Okinawa
CASUALTIES: Allies: 101,357 killed, wounded, psychiatric
VICTOR: United States
IMPORTANCE: Allowed the U.S. to gain airstrips to bomb the Japanese mainland. -
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Trinity (Nuclear test)
The Trinity test was the first detonation of a nuclear device. -
The atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This was the first use of atomic bombs in warfare. This would lead to an atomic arms race throughout the world. -
V-J Day
The Japanese had finally been defeated on this day. The Japanese were defeated by dropping 2 atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Nuremberg Trials
Nazi officers and high ranking officials were prosecuted and executed for war crimes The world was finally rid of the monsters known as the Nazis. -
Taft-Hartley Act
The Taft-Hartley Act was an act that rescricted the activities of Labor Unions This would be enacted in order to prevent the rise of extremist groups like in Germany. -
Creation of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance. It is ment to serve as a defense against attack by an external party. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a military and political organization. It was between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries.
