World War II

By wiesnerann89
  • Adolf Hitlar becomes the leader of the Nazi party

    Adolf Hitlar becomes the leader of the Nazi party

    extreme nationalist and facsist
  • Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    After WWI, economic problems in Italy had led to unrest. Benito Mussolini promised to restore order through strong leadership.
  • Joseph Stalin -- sole dictator of the Soviet Union

    Joseph Stalin -- sole dictator of the Soviet Union

    Communist; General Secretary of the Soviet Union's Central Committee until his death in 1953.
  • Japan's Army seizes Manchuria, China

    Japan's Army seizes Manchuria, China

  • Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    his plan was to make Germany a powerful, unified, one-party state
  • Neutrality Act passed by US Congress

    Neutrality Act passed by US Congress

    The US wanted to ensure that they would not become involved in foreign conflicts again. The Neutrality act was designed to guarantee peace in the United States while the rest of the world was at war.
  • Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

  • 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

    This was the first time since the end of World War I that German troops had been in this region.

  • Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    The Anti-Comintern Pact signed
  • Japan's invades Nanjing, China

    Japan's invades Nanjing, China

    Here they massacre 250,000 people.
  • Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

    Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

  • Munich Pact signed giving the Sudentenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

    Munich Pact signed giving the Sudentenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

    Hitler promised he would stop asking for land after Germany had control over the Sudentenland region. Not wanting to initiate conflict, Czechoslovakia complied.
  • Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    Everyone was surprised when Hitler and Stalin, bitter enemies, signed the agreement. It was later broken by Hitler.

  • Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Britain and France, obliged by a treaty, declare war on Germany.

  • Nazis invade Denark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium and take control

  • Germany invades France

    France is forced to surrender
  • First time Peacetime Draft in US

    First time Peacetime Draft in US

    required civilian males between the ages of 18 and 45 to register with local draft boards

  • Battle of Britain

    Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

  • Japanese invade French Indochina

    French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia) In response, FDR banned exports such as steel and oil from Japan. The lack of resources made Japan start planning their attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu.
  • Hitler invades Russia

    Hitler invades Russia

    This was breaking the pact with Stalin. USSR joins England in fighting the Germans
  • 1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    stated goals for the world after WWII
  • Japanese attack Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, USA

    Japanese attack Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, USA

    US declares war on Japan. Germany and Italy declare war on the US.

  • Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

  • Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

    forcible transfer of American and Filipino soldiers by the Japanese
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    turning point of war in the Pacific
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad

    Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad and save Moscow
  • Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

    Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

    between white sailors/marines and latino youth
  • British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

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

  • Italy surrenders

    Italy surrenders

    Mussolini expelled as Prime Minister by King Victor Emmanuel III.
  • D-Day invasion of France at Normandy

    D-Day invasion of France at Normandy

    more than 155,000 soldiers took part in the D-Day invasion, made up mostly of American, British and Canadian troops.
  • Paris retaken by Allies Forces

    Paris retaken by Allies Forces

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

    last offensive of German Forces
  • US forces return to recapture the Philippines

    US forces return to recapture the Philippines

  • Harry S. Truman becomes President when FDR dies

    Harry S. Truman becomes President when FDR dies

    Roosevelt's 3rd vice president and the 33rd president of the United States.
  • war ends in Europe

    war ends in Europe

    known as "V-E" or "Victory in Europe" Day; when the WWII allies accepted the surrender of Nazi Germany.

  • First Atomic Bombs dropped

    dropped by the US on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • War Crimes Trials

    War Crimes Trials

    held in Nuremburg Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan. Those found guilty were hung.