World War II Timeline - Caleb Ameel

By CalebAmeel
  • Adolf Hitler Becomes Leader of Nazi Party

    Adolf Hitler Becomes Leader of Nazi Party

    Concentration CampHitler was now gaining massive popularity for his rowdy behavior.
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    World War II Timelime

  • Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Benito created the world's first facist state.
  • Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

    Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

    Managed to consolidate power following the 1924 death of Vladimir Lenin.
  • Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    Japan and its Militarism government starts its acts of war
  • Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler gains power thourgh offical government positon
  • Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

    Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

    This act keeps the United States at peace
  • Italian Army invades Ethipia in Africa

    Italian Army invades Ethipia in Africa

    The Italian Army marches into Ethiopia and take control
  • Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    Militarist take control of Japanese Government

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

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

    Hitler sends troop into Rienland in a direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles
  • Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    Hiltler and Stalin become "Friends"
  • Japan's army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre 250,000 people

    Japan's army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre 250,000 people

    Japanese massacre a quater milion chinese people in the town of Nanjing,China
  • Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

    Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

    Germany expands by the treaty with Czechoslovika giving Germany Sudetenland
  • Nazis begin rounding up Jews for concentration camps

    Nazis begin rounding up Jews for concentration camps

    The Jews are round up to be used in labor camp for the Nazi's
  • Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Poland fearing invasion asked Briatin and France for help if Germany ever invaded.
  • Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

    Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

    France falls to Germany along with most of Europe
  • Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

    Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

    Young British piolts defened there country from the German Air Force
  • Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take contro

    Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take contro

    The nazi's start to invaded and capture other countries
  • First time Peacetime Draft in US

    First time Peacetime Draft in US

    U.S.A drafts their ver first peacetime
  • Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans

    Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans

    Hitler turns on Stalin
  • Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    Atlantic Charter issued
  • Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

    Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

    Japan invades french in their own territory
  • Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US

    Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US

    Japan boms U.S in Pearl Harbor
  • Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

    Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

    Many prisioners of ar taken
  • Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

    Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

    They were not trusted at all
  • Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

    Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

    Turning point in war
  • Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

    Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

    Russian win saves Moscow
  • Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

    Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

    Soldiers attack men in zoot suits
  • British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

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

    U.S involvment helps earn more victories
  • Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

    Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

    Mussolini is no longer Prime Minister of Italy
  • Paris retaken by Allies Forces

    Paris retaken by Allies Forces

    Paris taken from germans
  • Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces

    Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces

    Germans take there last stand
  • D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

    D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

    Allied troops land at Normady
  • V-E Day, war ends in Europe

    V-E Day, war ends in Europe

    Euorpean front is over
  • US forces return to recapture the Philippines

    US forces return to recapture the Philippines

    U.S frees the Philippines
  • FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

    FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

    FDR dies, vice takes over
  • First Atomic Bombs dropped

    First Atomic Bombs dropped

    Deadly, first ever
  • War Crimes Trials

    War Crimes Trials

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