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World War II Timeline

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  • GERMANY INVADES POLAND

    GERMANY INVADES POLAND

    The German invasion of Poland was a primer on how Hitler intended to wage war--what would become the "blitzkrieg" strategy.
    -France and especially Britain followed a foreign policy of appeasement.
    September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion.
  • NEUTRAITY ACTS OF 1939

    NEUTRAITY ACTS OF 1939

    permitted belligerents to purchase war materials, provided that they paid cash and carried the goods away in their own ships.
  • FALL OF FRANCE

    FALL OF FRANCE

    • Belgium and the Netherlands and trap the Allied forces at Dunkirk.
  • BATTLE OF BRITAIN

    BATTLE OF BRITAIN

    The Battle of Britain was a struggle between the German Luftwaffe and the British Royal Air force which raged over Britain between July and October 1940.
  • SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT

    SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT

    • Selective service act required that men between the ages of 21 and 35 register with local draft boards.
  • TRIPARTITE PACT

    TRIPARTITE PACT

    Three-way Pact or Tripartite Treaty(Axis Pact) was a pact signed in Berlin, Germany; pact was signed by representatives of Germany, Italy and Japan .
    ( all nations of the world be given each its own proper place, have decided to stand by and co-operate with one another )
  • LEND LEASE ACT

    -Allowed the United States to support governments whose policies aligned with national interests
    - Billion worth of supplies were shipped to allies all over the world.
    -Great Britain and the Soviet Union received the bulk of the American made goods.
  • ATLANTIC CHARTER

    ATLANTIC CHARTER

    defined the Allied goals for the post-war world
    drafted by the leaders of Britain and the United States, and later agreed to by all the Allies
  • ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR

    ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR

    -It was a suprise attack by the japenese navy on the uinted states NAVAL BASE.
  • UNITED STATES DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN

    UNITED STATES DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN

    • President Franklin D. Roosevelt Declared war on japan ,because cause the bombing on the naval ships.
  • WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS.

    WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS.

    = Representative Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts introduced a bill that would establish a women’s corps in the U.S. Army.( auxiliary unit)