World War II

By aslusser1

  • Treaty of Versailles

    End of WWI

  • Rise of National Socialist German Worker's

    Nazi Party

  • Stock Market Crash

  • The Great Depression

    1929-1939

  • Hitler appointed Reich Chancellor of Nazis

  • Hitler names himself Fuhrer

  • Neutrality Act of 1935

    Illegal for Americans to sell arms to any country at war

  • Kristallnacht

  • Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact

  • Neutrality Act of 1939

    Permitted sale of weapons on cash and carry basis

  • Lend Lease Act

    Allowed US to lend/lease arms to countries vital to US defense

  • Pearl Harbor

  • Executive Order 9066 Signed

    Signed by Roosevelt allows war dept to remove people as needed from military zones

  • Midway

    Turning Point in the war in the Pacific. US Navy defeats Japs

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    08/23/1942 - 2/02/1943. Turning point in WWII in Europe.

  • D Day

    Allied invasion at Normandy France

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Ardennes Offensive was last major Nazi Offensive

  • Korematsu v United States

    Supreme Court says Executive Order 9066 is constitutional and rights of Japanese Americans can be restricted in circumstances of emergency and peril

  • Nuremberg Trials

    1945-1949

  • VE Day

    Victory in Europe

  • Bombing of Hiroshima

  • Bombing of Nagasaki

  • VJ Day

    Victory in Japan

  • Post War Power Balance

    Between US and Soviet Union