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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party
When the Nazi party was founded, Adolf Hitler joined to become it's leader and eventually rule Germany. -
Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
Benito Mussolini was originally a revolutionary Socialist, he forged the paramilitary Fascist movement in 1919 and became prime minister in 1922. -
Joseph Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
Although Stalin transformed the Soviet Union from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower, he ruled by terror, and millions of his own citizens died during his brutal reign. -
Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
The Japanese established a puppet state called Manchukuo, and their occupation lasted until the end of World War II. -
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
Hitler's emergence as chancellor, marked a crucial turning point for Germany and, ultimately, for the world. -
Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
forbade all loans or credits to nations engaged in war or conflict, but did not cover civil wars and materials like trucks and oil. -
Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
demonstrated the ineffectiveness of the League of Nations when decisions were not supported by the great powers. -
Militarist take control of Japanese Government
The Japanese believed that should dominate the political and social life of the nation, and that the strength of the military is equal to the strength of a nation. -
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany
Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany. -
Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China
a brutal massacre of a quarter of a million people -
Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland to Germany
the "Munich Agreement" gave Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany -
Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
The civilians were captured in groups unsuspectedly, or kidnapped from selected city quarters that had been surrounded by German forces ahead of time. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
this was an agreement between the two countries to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
Hitler claimed that the invasion was an act of defense, but Britain and France were not convinced and declared war on Germany. -
Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium
The Germans moved to take land and gain control of countries -
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 -
Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
Germany had a well-organized operation to turn west and take over France. -
First time Peacetime Draft in US
this required that men who had reached their 21st birthday but had not yet reached their 36th birthday register with local draft boards -
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades USSR
this causes USSR to join England in fighting the Germans -
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter provided a broad statement of U.S. and British war aims. -
Japanese invades French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
The Japanese invaded French Indochina to prevent the Republic of China from importing arms and fuel through French Indochina along the Sino-Vietnamese Railway -
Pearl Harbor attacked by Japanese, US declares war on Japan
Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. -
Germany and Italy declare war on the US
Following the attack on pearl harbor, the US was at war with Japan. Two days later Germany and Italy declared war on the US. -
Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhfZA2CUlKQ -
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
over 127,000 Americans were imprisoned. -
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad
This battle saves Moscow from Hitler and the Nazi party. -
Battle of Midway
This battle was the turning point of the war in the pacific. -
British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
As allies, Germany and Italy had been invading and battling other countries, in North Africa Britain and America defeated the Nazi's and their allies -
Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA
sailors and marines were constantly beating up young mexicans for wearing "zoot suits" -
Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.
the Grand Council of Fascism voted against mussolini, and the King had him arrested the following day. -
D-Day invasion of France at Normandy 2qws
when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy region. -
Paris retaken by Allied Forces
the allied forces swept in unopposed and liberated Paris -
Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
This was the last offensive of the German Forces -
US forces return to recapture the Philippines
Allied forces liberated the islands from Japanese control in a naval invasion. -
FDR dies,Truman becomes President
FDR died because of an intracerebral hemorrhage and Harry S. Truman became president. -
V-E Day, war ends in Europe
The start of a public holiday to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's surrender of its armed forces. -
First atomic bomb dropped
On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
V-J Day
On August 14, 1945, (victory over japan day), it was announced that Japan had surrendered to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. -
War Crimes Trials
held in Nuremberg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo Japan.
