World War II

By Garrett Maas
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    World War II

  • Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi party

    Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi party

    My video He later becomes higher ranked in German government
  • Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    He eventually is attacked by Hitler
  • Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

    Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

    USA has to come help save them from Germany
  • Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    This is one of Japan's first victories
  • Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    He then begins to attack/ally everyone around him.
  • Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

    Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

    The USA decides that because they are still recorvering that they won't enter the war unless absolutely necasary.
  • Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    When we enter the war tis is one of the first places we take back.
  • Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    Militarists are people that encourage the Army/Military/Airforce/Navy above all else.
  • Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty

    Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty

    Hitler started with a treaty that said they won't attack but they broke that treaty and started the war.
  • Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China

    Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China

    They massacre a quarter of a million people in China.
  • Munich Pact signed

    Munich Pact signed

    This gives Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany.
  • Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

    Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

    The nazis begin to start the Holocaust.
  • Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    This is the pact that held Stalin and Hitler together for the time being.
  • Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

    This officially started World War ll.
  • Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium

    Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium

    They take complete control over all these territories.
  • Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

    Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

    After they take France its only the Soviet Union left.
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
  • First time Peacetime Draft in US

    First time Peacetime Draft in US

    The USA is trying to still keep peace and not enter the war.
  • Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia

    Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia

    USSR now joins England in fighting the Germans
  • Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    This states the goals of the Allied forces.
  • Japanese invade French Indochina

    Japanese invade French Indochina

    They are trying to take complete control of France.
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    Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

  • Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

    Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

    The pjilipines then were led on a death march to camps.
  • Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

    Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

    Americans were supicios of their japenese neighbors
  • Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad

    Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad

    If they hadn't stopped them Moscow would have surely fell.
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    Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

  • British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

    British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

    Germany is starting to lose on both fronts.
  • Zoot Suit Riots

    Zoot Suit Riots

    Happened in the USA. Americans attacked mexican-americans.
  • Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Minister

    Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Minister

    Mussolini is killed for helping Germany.
  • D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

    D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

    Thousands of troops descended on German forces at Normandy beach.
  • Paris retaken by Allies Forces

    Paris retaken by Allies Forces

    The allied forces not only take Paris but all of France.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

    Germany final futile assault on the Allied forces.
  • US forces return to recapture the Philippines

    US forces return to recapture the Philippines

    The US return to save the Philipines.
  • FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

    FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

    Roosevelt dies and Vice president Truman becomes president.
  • V-E Day, war ends in Europe

    V-E Day, war ends in Europe

    The Allied forces finally defeat germany in the war.
  • V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

    V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

    Japan loses to the Allied forces just like Germany.
  • First Atomic Bombs dropped

    First Atomic Bombs dropped

    Truman decides to end the war faster.
  • War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan

    War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan

    These trials are held to help rebuild all thats destroyed and punish the losers.