Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
1933, March 21 - Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
italy invades ethiopia
congress passes first neutrality act to keep nation out of foreign wars
Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
Militarist take control of Japanese Government
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
japan invades china
Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.
Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
roosevelt announces united states will remain neutral in war
germany invades poland;world war 2 begins
united states enters war after japan attacks pearl harbor
Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control
Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
First time Peacetime Draft in US
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
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
u.s navy defeats japanese navy at battle of midway
britain defeats german forces in egypt
Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
1942, June 4-7 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA
1943 July - Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.
allied troops land in france on d-day
1944 June 6 - D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
1944 Aug. - Paris retaken by Allies Forces
1944 Dec. Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
u.s. plane drops atomic bomb on hiroshima; world war two ends
1945 April 16th - FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
1945 May 8th - V-E Day, war ends in Europe
1945 Aug. 14th – V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
1945 Aug. - First Atomic Bombs dropped
1945 Jan. – US forces return to recapture the Philippines
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
