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Benito Mussolini and Fascists party gain control in Italy
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Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
Japan attacked Manchuria on September 18, 1931, in hopes of gaining control over the whole province. They wanted to encompass all of East Asia. Almost all of Japan's expansion is due to expansion wars. -
Hitler and the Nazis gain control in Germany
Adolf Hitler took over Germany in 1933. He is known for starting the Nazi party. The Nazi Party was an example of totalitarism. -
Neutrality Acts passed in U.S.
The Neutrality Acts of 1935 were passed to keep America out of war. The country was trying to recover from a depression and citizens did not want to be in a conflict that is not their own. Many citizens believed that it was European conflict that needed to stay in Europe. -
Munich Conference
The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was coined. The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe, excluding the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia. -
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Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht was a night of terror for German Jews. In English, it is translated to "night of broken glass." Nazis in Germany terrorized Jews by torching synagogues, vandalizing Jewish homes, businesses, and schools, along with murdering almost 100 Jewish citizens. About 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and sent to German concentration camps on this night.
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Formation of the Axis Powers
The Axis Powers were officially formed on May 22, 1939, when Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, which is nicknamed "the pact of steel." Germany, Italy, and Japan had been helping eachother long before the pact was signed, the pact just made the alliance with each of the countries official. -
Germany and USSR sign Non-Agression Pact
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Germany invades Poland- Beginniing of WWII
The German invasion of Poland was a primer on how Hitler intended to wage war–what would become the “blitzkrieg” strategy. This was characterized by extensive bombing early on to destroy the enemy’s air capacity, railroads, communication lines, and munitions dumps, followed by a massive land invasion with overwhelming numbers of troops, tanks, and artillery. -
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Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was when German U-Boats tried to take over the Atlantic Ocean by attacking ships from other countries. They were trying to keep Allie ships from transporting military supplies. This lasted from September of 1939 to May of 1945.
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France Falls to Germany
Germany attacked France on May 10, 1940. The Germans would not have been able to attack the French if they would have had the Ardennes Forest defended, however, they felt that it was too harsh of a terrain for anyone to attack through the forest, but on May 10, 1940, Germany proved them wrong . France had fallen to Germany. -
Rescue at Dunkirk
On June 4, 1940, the evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk on the Belgian coast ends as German forces capture the beach port. The nine-day evacuation, the largest of its kind in history and an unexpected success, saved 338,000 Allied troops from capture by the Nazis. FIshermen and other type of ships helped the Allies escape. -
Presidential Election of 1940
The election was fought in the shadow of World War II in Europe, as the United States was emerging from the Great Depression. Incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Democratic candidate, broke with tradition and ran for a third term, which became a major issue. The surprise Republican candidate was maverick businessman Wendell Willkie, a dark horse who crusaded against Roosevelt's perceived failure to end the Depression and his supposed eagerness for war. Roosevelt, acutely aware of stro -
Congress passes the Lend Lease Act
President Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease bill into law on 11 March 1941. It permitted him to "sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of, to any such government [whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States] any defense article." -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
The Japanese attack on Pearl Habor, Hawaii, happened just before 8a,m. on December 7, 1941. Hundreds of Jaanese planes attacked the naval base at Honululu, Hawaii. The attack only lasted a couple hours but an unimaginable amount of devastation. -
Rosie the Riveter campaign encourages women to get a job
Rosie the Riveter was a campaign used in the United States to encourage women to help with the war efforts. They worked in factories and shipyards during the war. They took over jobs that men typically did. -
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project is code name for the creation of atomic bombs used in World War II. The bombs would later be dropped on Japanese cities- Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Below is a video clip.
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Relocation of the Japanese Americans to camps
Japanese Americans were moved to camps shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor out of American's fear of more attacks of their homes and businesses. Japanese Americans were later released. 2/3 of these people were loyal to America, not aliens. -
Bataan Death March
A short video desccribing and illustrating the harsh event known as the Bataan Death Mach can be found below.
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Battle of Midway Island
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. Thanks in part to major advances in code breaking, the United States was able to preempt and counter Japan’s planned ambush of its few remaining aircraft carriers, inflicting permanent damage on the Japanese Navy. An important turning point in the Pacific campaign, the victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position. -
D-Day Invasion
n June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. The cost in lives on D-Day was high. More than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded, but their sacrifice allowed more than 100,000 Soldiers to begin the slow, hard slog across Europe, to defeat Adolf Hitler’s crack troops. -
Allied Invasion/Victory in the Phillipines
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Presidential Election of 1944
The United States presidential election of 1944 was the 40th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1944. Incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Democratic nominee, sought his fourth term in office; he defeated Republican Thomas E. Dewey in the general election. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhvNPfN6VwY -
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Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major battle in Europe during World War II. It was Germany's final attempt to drive the Allies off of mainland Europe. Most of the troops involved on the Allied side were American troops. It is considered one of the greatest battles ever fought by the United States military. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was a meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt early in February 1945 as World War II was winding down. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later, Japanese city, Nagasaki faced the same terror. -
Surrender of Japan
Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s unconditional surrender in World War II in a radio address on August 15, citing the devastating power of “a new and most cruel bomb.” -
Formation of the United Nations
On January 1, 1942, representatives of 26 nations at war with the Axis powers met in Washington to sign the Declaration of the United Nations endorsing the Atlantic Charter, pledging to use their full resources against the Axis and agreeing not to make a separate peace.
