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World War II

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  • Benito Mussolini became the fascist leader of Italy

    Benito Mussolini became the fascist leader of Italy

  • Joseph Stalin became the dictator of the Soviet Union

    Joseph Stalin became the dictator of the Soviet Union

  • Adolf Hitler became the leader of the Nazi Party

    Adolf Hitler became the leader of the Nazi Party

  • Japan's Army seized Manchuria, China

    Japan's Army seized Manchuria, China

  • Hitler was named the Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler was named the Chancellor of Germany

  • Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

    Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

  • Italian Army invaded Ethiopia, Africa

    Italian Army invaded Ethiopia, Africa

  • Hitler sent troops into the Rhineland

    Hitler sent troops into the Rhineland

    This violated the Treaty of Versailles.

  • Militarist take control of Japanese Government

  • Nazis began rounding up Jews for labor camps

    Nazis began rounding up Jews for labor camps

  • Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

  • Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

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

    Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

  • Nazis invade

    Nazis invade

    Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium are invaded.
  • France Fell

    France Fell

    Germany invaded France and they surrender.
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion.

  • First time Peacetime Draft in US

  • Hitler broke Pact with Stalin’s Russia

    Hitler broke Pact with Stalin’s Russia

    Invades USSR, which now joins England in fighting the Germans.

  • Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    The Atlantic Charter was a privacy statement that was issued the allied goals of the war.
  • Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked

    Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked

  • Battle of Midway

    It was called the turning point of the was in the Pacific. It was faught for 4 days straight.

  • Japanese Americans were sent to isolated camps

  • Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad to save Moscow

  • Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

    Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

    The Zoot Suit Riots happened between white sailors and marines because of rising tentions between the mexican americans and the white service men.
  • 13th Jul, 1943 Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed

    13th Jul, 1943 Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed

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

  • D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

  • Paris retaken by Allied Forces

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Last offensive of German Forces.

  • US forces return to recapture the Philippines

  • FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

    FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

  • V-E Day, war ends in Europe

    V-E Day, war ends in Europe

  • Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima

    Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima

  • Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki

    Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki

  • V-J Day, Japan surrendered to Allied Forces

  • War Crimes Trials

    Held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.