WW2

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  • 1921, Jan. 30 Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party

    1921, Jan. 30 Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party

    Adolf Hitler became the leader of the Nazi person
  • 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Mussolini became prime minister of Italy
  • 1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union

    1929 Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union

    Stalin was the dictator of the Soviet Union
  • 1931 Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    1931 Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    Japan seizes a part of China
  • 1933, March 21 - Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    1933, March 21 - Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler becomes the leader of the Germany
  • 1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

    1935 Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

    US adopted the Neutrility act
  • 1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    Italy invades Africa
  • 1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles TreatyB

    1936 Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles TreatyB

    Hitler did not like Versailles
  • 1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    1936 Militarist take control of Japanese Government

  • 1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people

    1937 Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people

  • 1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

    1938 Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

  • 1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

    1938 Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

  • 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

  • 1940 May 10 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control

    1940 May 10 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control

  • 1940 July 10 Battle of Britain begins – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

    1940 July 10 Battle of Britain begins – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

  • 1940 July 14 - 22 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

    1940 July 14 - 22 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

  • 1940 Sept 16 - First time Peacetime Draft in US

    1940 Sept 16 - First time Peacetime Draft in US

  • 1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans

    1941 Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans

  • 1941 Japanese invade French Indochina

    1941 Japanese invade French Indochina

  • 1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    1941 Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

  • 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

    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

  • 1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

    1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

  • 1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

    1942 Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

  • 1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

    1942 Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

  • 1942, June 4-7 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

    1942, June 4-7 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

  • 1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

    1942 Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

  • 1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

    1943 Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

    The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of racist attacks in June 1943
  • 1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

    1943 British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

  • 1943 July - Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

    1943 July - Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

    Journalist and leader
  • 1944 June 6 - D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

    1944 June 6 - D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

    Invasion of France