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Mussolini Takes Power
He wanted to create an Empire in Italy, and those who opposed he would kill. The Blackshirts would take care of what he wanted them to do, they were his henchmen. He encouraged violence with Socialists and Communists. National Fascist Party. -
Joseph Stalin rises in Russia
Leader of the Soviet Union. He was a communist and a very good manipulator. Stalin was also very ruthless. Creation of a central economy through his 5 year plans for the economy. Created himself as a god like figure. -
Hitler publishes ¨Mein Kampf¨
A book published by Hitler that spoke of stron nationalism, and devotion to Germany. He also dreamed of uniting all Germans in one great empire state. Talks of Germans, Aryan Race as a master race. He also blamed Jews for Germany's problems. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President)
At the depth of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt got elected to be president. He helped the American people regain faith in themselves. He brought hope as he promised. -
Hitler Leader of Germany
Wanted to create the 3rd Reich or empire in Germany. Believed all people with German background should be under one rule. Wanted to create an Aryan rache, which did not include Jews or Communists. Hew as upset with the Treaty of Versailles and he was an extreme Nationalist. Very good speaker and strong leader. -
Germany Invades Rhineland
Demilitarized area, and was one of th richest area in Germany. This is France territory, but the French didnt believe it was worth going to war for. Germany broke Treaty of Versailles. -
Germany Invades Austria
Hitler was from Austria and wanted them to be under one rule, so he annexed them.
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Germany Invades Poland
1939 Germany uses Blitzkrieg to invade Poland. Quick attacks before any defense can be made. This caused France and Britain to declare war on Germany. -
Gr. Britain & France Declare war on Germany
In response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany -
Battle of Britain
- Longest sustained bombing campaign to date
- Victory by the British Royal Air Force
- Victory prevented a ground invasion by German forces
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Japan, Italy & Germany become the Axis
Tripartite Pact This formalizing of the alliance was aimed directly at “neutral” America–designed to force the United States to think twice before venturing in on the side of the Allies. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
It was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. -
U.S. Declares war on Japan
United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion.
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Germany/Italy Declare war on U.S
Adolf Hitler declares war on the United States, bringing America, which had been neutral, into the European conflict. -
Internment of American Japanese
A forced relocation during WW2
Between 110,000 and 120,000 Japanese Americans
US government ordered the removal of Japanese Americans in 1942, shortly after attack on pearl harbor -
Battle of Midway
-American’s break Japanese Navy code
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Operation Torch
- America’s first battle of WW2 against the Germans
- Another Allied victory over the Afrika Korps that sent them into retreat
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Operation Torch
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Stalingrad
-One of the bloodiest battles in history w/2 million military and civilian casualties
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Victory at Guadalcanal
- first major offensive victory for the Allies in the Pacific Theater
- Air base was strategic in controlling lines of communication between U.S. and Australia
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North Africa Liberated
When Italy entered World War II the war quickly spread to North Africa, Marshall Graziani’s troops began a land offensive. Their numerical supremacy won them initial success. They captured the port of Sidi el-Barrini and established a chain of fortified camps. -
Battle of Tarawa
the U.S. began its Central Pacific Campaign against Japan by seizing the heavily fortified, Japanese-held island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. -
Operation Overlord
- Largest amphibious invasion ever
- 5 beaches Omaha, Utah, Juno, Gold Sword attacked by Allied Forces
- Omaha, Utah had largest casualties/Also the American beaches -Known as Battle of Normandy
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
-Major Allied Victory in the Philippines
-Japan uses Kamazaies, U.S. sees the willingness of Japan to die for country
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Battle of the Bulge
- Last major offensive for Germany, through the use of Blitzkrieg
- Attempt to split allied forces from Ardennes to Antwerp to force negotiated peace
- Germans ran low on supplies and fuel, halting the German advance
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Liberation of Auschwitz
soldiers of the Soviet First Ukrainian Front fought their way to the gates of Auschwitz/Birkenau. They found just under 6,000 prisoners still alive in the camp. -
Iwo Jima Captured
Provided a air base near the Japanese coast
Famous photo of Americans raising flag over Mt. Suribachi -
FDR Past Aways
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt passes away after four momentous terms in office, leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman in charge of a country still fighting the Second World War -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Double sucide with his wife
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Germany Surrenders
The German High Command, in the person of General Alfred Jodl, signs the unconditional surrender of all German forces, East and West, at Reims, in northwestern France -
V-E Day
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Battle of Okinawa
-Last and biggest battle of the Pacific Islands
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Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima
The United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
Atomic Bomb: Nagasaki
a second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan’s unconditional surrende -
VJ
news of the surrender was announced to the world. This sparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of World War II.
