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World War II
World War II Time Line -
Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party
Hitler elected by majority receiving 543 votes for, and only one against -
Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
Marched into Rome with his Fascist Blackshirts and took over the govenment and turned it into the worlds first fascitst state. -
Josef Stalin becoms sole leader of the Soviet Union (USSR)
Brought the Soviet Union into a totalitarian state -
Japanese forces seize Manchuria, China
Japan attacks Manchuria, China. With friendly countries in distress, the United States and the Soviet Union fought with China to defeat the Japanese in Manchuria. -
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
Appointed by Paul von Hindenburg -
Neutrality Act passed by US Congress
Created to ensure neutrality during WW2 but revoked after Pearl Harbor. Neutrality Acts were passed in '36, '37, and '39 to reaffirm and adjust the original Act -
Italian army invades Ethiopia
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Hitler sends troops into Rhineland
This action violated the Treaty of Versilles. -
Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China
Japanese army ordered to take Nanjing at all costs -
Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
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Non-Aggression Pact Signed by Hitler and Stalin
Wishing to take Poland and protect itself from a two-front war, Nazi Germany signed a non-aggression pact with Soviet Russia -
Munich Pact signed
Permitted Nazi Germany the annexation of Sudentenland in an attempt to appease Hitler and Germany -
Nazis invade Poland
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Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Nazis invade Neighboring countries
Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium -
Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
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Battle of Britain
Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island -
First time Peacetime Draft in US
Began building Military up before the war began to be prepared for the large war they knew already existed -
Japanese invade French Indochina
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Hitler breaks Pact and invades Stalin's Russian Poland
USSR now teams Allies in fighting the Germans -
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
This Charter Defined the Allies goal for WWII -
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese
Pearl Harbor sabotaged by the bombing of Japanese airforce in a surprise attack. US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US -
Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
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Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
Treated inhumanly and put to work building a railroad with less than 1000 calories a day -
Battle of Midway
turning point of war in the Pacific -
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad
Saves Moscow -
British and US forces defeat Axis Powers in North Africa
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Zoot Suit Riots
In Los Angeles, California US Navy sailors beat young mexicans or any one wearing a "Zoot Suit" due to the use of too much fabric and material. They believed it was wasteful of that material and they called it un patriotic and disloyal. -
Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.
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D-Day
invasion of France at Normandy by Allies over 150,000 soldiers. Largest amphibious offensive ever to take place -
Battle of the Bulge
last offensive of German Forces -
US forces return to recapture the Philippines
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FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
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V-E Day
War ends in Europe. Allies Win. -
V-J Day
Japanese Surreneder to Allied forces. Victory in the Pacific -
First Atomic Bombs dropped
Bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki the devastaion was startling. Caused the Japanese to surrender unconditionally -
War Crimes Trials
held in Nuremburg Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan to try convicted leaders of commiting war crimes.
