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Adolf Hitler: Nazi Party
1921 Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party -
Mussolini: Prime Minister Italy
1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy -
Josef Stalin: Dictator
1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR) -
Japan-China
1931 Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China -
Hitler:Chancellor
1933, March 21 - Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany -
Neutrallity Acts
1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress -
Italy-Ethopia
1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa -
Militarists- Japan
1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government -
Hitler-Treaty of Versailles
1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty -
Japan-China:Killing
1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people. -
Sudetenland-Germany
1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany -
Nazis-Jews
1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin -
Nazis invade Poland
1939 Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany -
Germany-France
1940 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender -
Nazi Invation
1940 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control -
Battle of Britain
1940 Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island -
Peacetime:US
1940 First time Peacetime Draft in US -
Hitler-USSR
1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans -
Churchill:FDR
1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter -
Japan-France
1941 Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia) -
Pearl Harbor
1941, Dec. 7 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 -
Japanese Americans
1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps -
Japan-Philippines
1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March -
Battle of Midway
1942, June 4-7 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific -
Russia-Nazis
1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow -
Allied forces defeat German and Itaian troops
1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa -
Zoot Suits
1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA- these suits were very popular amoung Latinos. -
D-Day
1944 June 6 - D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies -
Italy surrenders
1943 July - Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min. -
Paris is retaken
1944 Aug. - Paris retaken by Allies Forces -
Battle of the Bulge
1944 Dec. Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces -
U.S.-Philippines
1945 Jan. – US forces return to recapture the Philippines -
The Death of FDR
1945 April 16th - FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President, he had only been Vice President for a Short period of time -
V-E Day
1945 May 8th - V-E Day, war ends in Europe, allies celebrate -
1st Atomic Bomb
1945 Aug. - First Atomic Bombs dropped -
V-J Day
1945 Aug. 14th – V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces -
War Crimes Trials
1946 War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
