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The Japanese militarists launched a suprise attack and seized control of the Chinese province of Manchuria. within several mounths the Japanese troops controlled the entire province.
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Many men who were out of work joined Hitler's private army, the storm troopers, they turned into hitlers last hope.
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The first conctration camp for the jewish was onpned at Oranienburg. Hitler becomes the dictator of Germany
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Nurmberg Laws instituted against Jews in Germany. THe jews were stripeed of there german citizenship, jobs, and property. Jews had to wear a yellow star so the germans could identify them.
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Mussolini was building a new Roman empire and his first target was Ethopia. BY the fall of 1935 10,000 italian solders stood ready to attack
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An army of spanish officers led by Franco rebelled against the spanish republic. Revolts broke out all over spain, than the spanish civil war started.
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Americans were joltedby the news that Germany, Italy, and Japan had signed a mutual defence tready. These 3 nations became kniw as the Axis Power
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When Japan launched an attack on china, Roosevelt fpund a way around the NeutralityActs. Because japan had not formaly decared war against china.
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Kristallnacht, the Nazis destroyed the property, and made over 20,000 arests of the jewish comunity. Around 100 were killed and many more injured. The broken glass fro, the windows were all over the streets hence how the night got its name.
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German troops pored in of what was left of Czechoslovakia st nightfall hitler gloated "Czechoslovakia has ceased to exist"
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Germany invaded poland. Brittan and France declare war on Germany. that starting world war 2
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France surrenders from the brittissh having 500,00 rifiles and 80,000 michine guns.Than the Axis Powers joined
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Roosevelt signed the act. Britian had no more cash to spend in the arsenalof democray. Under this plan the president would lend or lease arms to any country country whose defence was vital to the united states
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THe germans build 6 death camps in poland. one had as amny as 7 gas chambers and about 12,000 were killed a day.
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A. Phillip Randolph was the african american labor leader. who strongly belived in giving blacks the right to work and fight for there country.
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The bitter cold had stopped the germans from fighting. when the spring came the germans were ready to roll. the germans whiped out Stalingrad, which was a major industral center on the volga river
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The japanese bomed pear harbor. there was more than 180 war planes. it had killed 2,403and left 1,178 wounded.
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in the first 6 mounths after pearl harbor. The jappanese conqured an empire that dwarfed hitlers 3rd reich.
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Americans provided easy targets for the germans to attack. IN the first 4 mounths they sank 87 ships. than later destroyed all681 ships.
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News papers reported that it was the end of personal automable making. this showed that the war was going to affect more than one aspect in americans lives.
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the allies suceedeed to stop the jappanese drive tward australia in the 5 day battle. the fighting in this bsttle was done by all planes. and not a sigle shot was fired bysurface ships
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This gave women the chance to serve in noncombat possition. this gave women a salary but not all the benfits.
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The allies succeed in stopping the japanese. The planes than found the japanese fleet. than the americans sent torpedo plains. turning point of the pacific war
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When th ewar begun, dispite the draft nearly 18 milllion workers were laboring in war industries, 3 times as more as in 1941
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The war years were good ones for the people working. As defence industries boomed, unemployment fell to a low of 1.2 percent
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african americans made some progress on the home front. the percentage of them workimg rose from 16% to 30%. they also started moving into cities.
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D day was the first day of the invasion. shortly after midnight 3 dividiond parshuted down avross german lines.
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As the alies pushed twards victory. the big 3 they were called toasted the defeat of germany than now seemed certian
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U.S. marines invaded Okinawa. the japanese unleashed more than 1,900 attacks. sinking more than 30 ships damaging 300 ships and killing about 5,000 seamen
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He did not live to see V-E day. He died of a stroke while geting a portrid done
