Download

World War II

By JohnWend
  • Period: to

    World War II

  • Adolf Hitler is leader of Nazi Party

    Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party after beating our Anton Drexler.

  • Mussolini apointed Prime Minister

    Mussolini apointed Prime Minister

  • Josef Stalin is dictator of Soviet Union (USSR

    Josef Stalin is dictator of Soviet Union (USSR)

  • Japan's army seizes Manchuria, China

    Japan's army seizes Manchuria, China

  • Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

  • Neutrality Act passed by US Congress

    Neutrality Act passed by US Congress

  • Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

  • Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    Militarist take control of Japanese Government

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

    Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

  • Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

    Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

  • Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

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

    Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

  • Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium

    Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium

  • Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

    Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

  • Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion

    Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion

  • First time Peacetime Draft in US

  • Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR now joins England in fighting the Germans

    Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR now joins England in fighting the Germans

  • Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

  • Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

    Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

  • Japanese invade French Indochina

    Japanese invade French Indochina

  • Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US

    Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US

  • Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

    Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

  • Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

    Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

  • Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad

    Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad

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

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

  • Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles

    Zoot Suit Riots

  • Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Minnister

    Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Minnister

  • D-Day Invasion of France at Normandy

    D-Day Invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

  • Paris Retaken by Allied Forces

    Paris Retaken by Allied Forces

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

  • US Forces Return to Recapture the Philippines

    US forces return to recapture the Philippines

  • FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

    FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

  • V-E Day, WWII ends in Europe

    V-E Day, WWII ends in Europe

  • First Atomic Bombs dropped on Japan

    First Atomic Bombs dropped on Japan

  • V-J Day, Japan surrenders

    V-J Day, Japan surrenders