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Adolf's rise to Death
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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party
Adolf Hitler, born in Austria becomes the leader of the Nazi Party -
Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
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Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
Joseph Stalin becomes the main leader of the Soviet Union (russia) -
Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
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Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
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Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
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Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
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Militarist take control of Japanese Government
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Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
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Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.
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Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
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Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
Hitler was rounding up Jews to concentration camps for labor and their eventual death. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
Hitler and Stalin signing a peace pact between each other as to not attack each other's countries -
Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
Hitler's first target is poland, they invade it
Other european countries such as France and Britain declare was of Germany -
Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control
Hitler then decides to attack the north -
Battle of Britain begins – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
Britain and Germany fight with air forces, and britain wins. -
Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
Germany invaded the north of france which caused it to cower in fear and soon surrender -
First time Peacetime Draft in US
Peace draft in the US for Peace -
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans
Hitler broke the pact he made with Stalin by attacking Russia -
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
A declaration between the US and the Great Britain. It provided a broad statement of US and British war aims. -
Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
Japan invaded part of china controlled by France which is now known as Vietnam, Cambodia, etc... -
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US - Dec. 9
After Japan attacks the US and the US fights back, Italy and Germany declare war on the US. -
Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
The Bataan death march was a march of captured american and filipino soldiers, many starved or died of diseases on the way. -
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
After the Japanese attacks, Japanese americans are feared as spies and are put in internment camps -
Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
The US begins winning battles over the Pacific -
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
this: Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow -
British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
this: British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa -
Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA
A riot on mexican teenagers wearing high resource costing clothing. -
Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.
Allied powers wanted Italy out of the war and succeeded with an attack -
D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
American, Canadian, and British forces re-take the beaches of Normandy from Germans. -
Paris retaken by Allies Forces
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Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
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US forces return to recapture the Philippines
Forces are sent to rescue the captured forces. -
FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
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V-E Day, war ends in Europe
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First Atomic Bombs dropped
The US drops 2 nuclear bombs on Japanese cities "Hiroshima and Nagasaki" -
V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
The US gains wins over Japan leading to their surrendering. -
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremberg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
People who committed war crimes are held accountable from this date on
