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Japan invade Manchuria
the in an event commonly known as the Manchurian Incident. -
Japan invaded China
The Japanese launched an invasion of China proper, launching the Second Sino-Japanese War. -
Benito Mussolini became the leader of Italy
Benito Mussolini was one of the Fascist leaders. The king of Italy named Mussolini Prime Minister in order to stop Italy from going to war. He remained the Prime. -
Adolf Hitler became leader of Germany
Already chancellor, is also elected president of Germany in an unprecedented consolidation of power in the short history. -
FDR began his Good Neighbor Policy
The Good Neighbor policy was the foreign policy of the administration of United .While its rule became effective during Franklin Roosevelt's presidency. -
Congress passed the Neutrality Acts
The first Neutrality Act prohibiting the export of “arms, ammunition, and implements of war” from the United States. -
Nuremberg Trials
A site dedicated to the explication of the trials of the Nuremberg War Crime Trials. -
Italy invaded Ethiopia
League of Nations was faced with another crucial test. -
WAAC formed
The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps was formed during World War One. In the build up to its creation, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps encountered. -
European appeasement of Hitler began
Education exercise about Prime Minister Chamberlain meeting with Hitler in. -
Kristallnacht
the sounds of breaking glass shattered the air in cities throughout Germany. -
Japanese put in internment camps in the U.S
When war broke out in Europe and while armed conflict began to rage in East Asia. -
Germany and Russia signed a nonaggression pact
Hitler and Stalin surprised the world when they announced a pact between themselves. -
Germany began the blitzkrieg
Germany invaded Poland and World War II began. -
Cash and Carry
Cash and carry was a policy requested by U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at a special session of the United States Congress -
Battle of the Atlantic
Played a very significant part in World War Two. In World War Two, after the escape at Dunkirk and the inspiration of the Battle of Britain. -
Churchill became the Prime Minister of Great Britain
Prime Minister Chamberlain signed the Munich Pact with Nazi. -
Battle of Britain
The British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle vs. the Nazi Germany Air Force for control of British air space to prevent a Nazi invasion of Britain. -
The Tripartite Pact was signed
Three-Power Pact Between Germany, Italy, and Japan, Signed at Berlin. -
Four Freedoms
In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. -
Lend Lease Act
In fact, the Lend-Lease Act was specifically cited by Hitler as yet another provocation and de facto US entry into the war. -
Nazis develop the Final Solution
Remeber that the Nazis wanted to exterminate the Jews and they developed. -
Joseph Stalin became the leader of the USSR
Under Stalin's rule, the concept of "socialism in one country" became a central tenet. -
Atlantic Charter
Joint declaration issued during World War II, by the British prime minister, Winston Churchill, and Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
The Japanese launched a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. -
Holocaust began
Hitler began to restrict the Jews with legislation and terror. -
Double V
"The Pittsburgh Courier drew its inspiration for the Double V campaign from a letter by James G. -
Manhattan Project
Was a research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs during World War II. -
Bataan Death March
brutal treatment by the Japanese of those who surrendered at the Battle of Bataan. -
Doolittle Raids
Was the first U.S. air raid to strike the Japanese home islands during WWII. -
Battle of Midway
Battle of Midway, Pacific Battles, Midway, Pacific Theater, Naval Battles. -
OPA created
The Ontario Power Authority is an independent, non profit corporation established through the Electricity Restructuring Act. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union. -
Operation Torch
Was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign. -
Navaho Code Talkers used
The Navajo code talkers were commended for their skill, speed. -
Casablanca Conference
The first war conference between the Allied Powers. -
Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act
Also called War Labor Disputes Act -
Tehran Conference
During the Conference the three leaders coordinated their military strategy against Germany and Japan. -
D-Day
The Normandy landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy. -
Tuskegee Airmen
The popular name of a group of African-American pilots who fought in World War II. -
MacArthur "returned" to the Philippines
When the Commonwealth of the Philippines achieved semi-independent status. -
Battle of the Bulge
Was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes. -
Battle of iwo jima
Battle for Iwo Jima. "The battle of Iwo Island has been won. -
Yalta Conference
Major World War II conference of the three chief Allied leaders, President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States. -
FDR died
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American lawyer and statesman. -
Battle of Okinawa
Operation Iceberg, was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War. -
Development of Rosie the Riveter
Rosie the Riveter, the symbol of American women patriotically taking up factory. -
V-E Day
Officially announced the end of World War Two in Europe. -
V-J Day
Victory over Japan Day is a name chosen for the day on which Japan surrendered. -
Atomic bomb dropped on 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.
