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World War ll Era from 1921 to 1946
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Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party
This takes place in Nazi Germany. -
Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
He was appointed by King Victor Emmanuel III. -
Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union
He was a powerful communist leader and it was also known as the (USSR) -
Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
commonly known as the Manchurian Incident. and This proved to be one of the causes of World War 1 -
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
Chancellor means : title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. -
Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
Neutrality Act: in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War II. -
Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
Also known as the Second Italo–Abyssinian War -
Militarist take control of Japanese Government
The invasion of Manchuria caused militarist leaders to gain control of the Japanese Government -
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
Since it broked the treaty it marked the first time since the end of World War I that German troops had been in this region. -
Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.
Quarter of a million people died -
Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
to discuss the future of the Sudetenland in the face of ethnic demands made by Adolf Hitler -
Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
also known as “extermination camps -
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
Mean't that Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union wouldn't attack each other -
Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
also known as the September Campaign or 1939 Defensive War or the Fourth Partition of Poland -
Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control
Operation Weserübung was the code name for Germany's assault on Denmark and Norway during the Second World War -
Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
After surrendering,Northern France spent four years under German occupation. -
First time Peacetime Draft in US
the first peacetime program of compulsory military service takes effect. Under the Selective Training and Service Act, all males between the ages of 21 to 35 are required to register for the draft. -
Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
is the name given to the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom -
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans
He broke the pact so he could attack on the soviet union -
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. It was drafted by the leaders of Britain and the United States, and later agreed to by all the Allies. -
Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
in order to prevent the Republic of China from importing arms and fuel through French Indochina along the Sino-Vietnamese Railway. -
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
a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. -
Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March- was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II. -
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
was the World War II internment in "War Relocation Camps" of over 110,000 people of Japanese heritage who lived on the Pacific coast of the United States. -
Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
June 4-7, It was the most important naval battle of world war 2. "the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare." -
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save moscow
The German Army never fully recovered from the beating it took in Russia around Moscow -
British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
Also known as the North African Campaign -
Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA
The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of riots in 1943 during World War II that broke out in Los Angeles, California -
Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.
Dismissed by Victor Emmanuel III -
D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. -
Paris retaken by Allies Forces
With much of France now under allied control the Americans decided that the liberation of Paris by Christmas would be politically advantageous. -
Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. It was also a surprise attack -
US forces return to recapture the Philippines
The first objective was the capture of Leyte, an island situated between Luzon and Mindanao. After a two day naval bombardment General Walter Krueger and the 6th Army landed on 22nd October, 1944. -
FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
After the death of FDR, Harry S. Truman of Missouri, the Vice President, took the oath as the thirty-second President. -
V-E Day, war ends in Europe
Also known as Victory in Europe day: tit was to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. whcih marked the end of World War II in Europe. -
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V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy was incapable of conducting operations so they surrendered -
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
Due to major war criminals, the war crime trials had to be held
