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Hitler becomes leader of Nazis
His goal was to eliminate all other parties and become the most powerful leader of germany and has a goal of eliminating everything political. -
Benito mussolini appointed prime minister of italy
Benito mussolini was the leading supporter of fascism, he was originally a socialist but then was appointed prime minister of italy in 1922. -
joseph stalin stole dictatorship in the soviet union
Turned soviet union into a totalitarian state. Totalitarian is where a nation is controlled by a single party. -
Japan invades manchuria china
Japanese treated the Chinese people very poorly with assault, massacre and rape. This all lasted 6 weeks and was a huge awful massacre in the war -
Hitler is named chancellor of Germany
His Nazi party took over and he eventually became popular enough and became chancellor. And wass appointed after the death o the previous chancellor. -
Neutrality act passed in the United States
This act was designed to keep the United states at peace and out of any global conflicts with other countries. Eventually we were dragged into global conflicts. -
Italian Army invades Ethiopia
Mussolini's army invaded ethiopia, they fought valiantly but were no match for italy's modern weapons. And they were defeated by the italian army. -
Militarists take control of the japanese government's
By 1936 militarist were in complete control of the japanese government. Japanese militarists preached racism just like the nazis. -
Hitler sends troops to Rheinland
Germans sent troops to Rhineland, European democracies did nothing to stop them, 2 years later Germany seized austria and took control of them. -
Japans army pillages nanjing
They pillaged over the chinese city of nanjing, with the assault of over a quarter million people and prisoners, many were massacred. -
Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
This pact gave Nazi german annexation of parts of Czechoslovakia. -
Nazis begin rounding up jews for labor camps
In 1938 30,000 male jews alone were taken to concentration camps. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
This was a non violence pact that showed neutrality between the soviets and nazis. -
Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
on september 1st 1939 the Nazis invade poland, sixteen days after the invasion Britain and france declare war on Germany. -
Japanese invade french indochina.
This japanese invasion occurred to stop the importation transportation of weapons and fuel to the french indochina located in the sino vietnamese railway. -
Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control
The Nazis have began to invade neighboring countries and trying to gain more power, next they move to france. -
Battle of Britain begins
After the fall of france, britain stood alone in war against the Nazis. Hitler launched an air raid that claimed tens of thousands of lives, causing many british people to sleep in bunkers and subway stations. -
Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
Even with britain's help to try and defend Germany, they were quickly overpowered and forced to surrender. They took control of paris -
First Peacetime Draft in US
This was a draft that required all men from ages 21 to 36 to sign up for the draft. They later changed the age from 21 to 18. Only 900,000 people could be trained at a time. -
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades
Hitler broke his pact with stalin and invaded Russia, they were furious and decided to join Britain in the fight against the Nazis. Soviets mistrusted the british forces but now work together to defeat the common enemy. -
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
The atlantic charter issued outlines for post world war, was released by winston churchill and FDR and emphasized that the people have the right to choose their own government. -
pearl harbor
Japanese launched a surprise attack at the U.S. naval base in pearl harbor. United states navy declares war on the japanese. -
Russians stop Nazis from advancing to stalingrad
Major battle on the eastern front for the city of stalingrad. Arguably one of the bloodiest wars and a major turning point in the war. -
Philippines fall to the japanese
Not long after the attack on pearl harbor, the philippines were attacked but then also invaded by the japanese. But the philippines fall and then occurs the bataan death march. -
japanese american isolation camps
After the attacks on pearl harbor, the american government started sending all japanese americans located on the west coast to isolation camps for questioning -
battle of the midway
This battle occurred around 6 months after the attack on pearl harbor and was a very decisive naval battle that lasted 3 days -
zoot suit riots
These were fights between zoot suiters (of the mexican race) and sailors, these happened in california. Sailors and marines were beating beating up innocent mexicans on the streets. This sparked my large outbreaks of fighting. -
Italy surrenders and mussolini is dismissed from prime minister
the british army crossed over the mediterranean and swiftly took control of the italian island of sicily. Italy fell and mussolini was dismissed from office and a new government was enforced. Germany continued fighting even though losing italy. -
British and U.S. forces defeat the nazi and italian armies in north africa
The North african campaign fought in the libyan and egyptian desert. During the battle, the italian had 620,000 casualties, and the british suffered only 220,000 casualties during this battle. -
Battle of the bulge
This was an offensive attack scheduled by the nazi forces on belgium. The nazis outnumbered the american forces 250,000 to and merely 80,000 The united states suffered one of the largest surrender of troops in our history -
D-Day invasion
The allied forces invaded the beaches of normandy IN an attempt to control the highly protected west front beach of germany. All together this invasion caused over 425,000 casualties but the result was a successful invasion for the allies. -
FDR dies, Harry truman appointed president
Harry truman was appointed vice president just 82 days before the death of FDR, after his death truman became the 33 president of the united stated and dropped the atomic bomb on japan ending wwII -
V-E day war ends in europe
Also known as victory day, its nationally celebrated for the acceptance of allies and the defeat of Nazi Germany. -
First atomic bomb dropped
The first atomic Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, approximately 80,000 japanese were killed from the bombing at 8:16 in the morning, the man who allowed the bomb dropping was the newly appointed president Harry S. Truman -
V-J day japanese surrender
The japanese formally surrender on august 14 1945, this surrender was officially the end of wwII. The formal surrender took place on the U.S.S missouri -
War Crimes trials held in nuremberg
On this day a series of trials were held accusing Nazi war criminals, 24 of them were found guilty and one year later were sentenced to death by hanging. -
Paris taken by allied forces
Also known as the liberation of paris was a military action that took place. Paris was controlled by the Nazis for the War but after this conflict was re liberated by the french and the nazis surrendered the area. -
U.S forces retake the philippines
Also known as the battle lyte Was a water invasion campaigning the re control of the philippines.This invasion was from the american forces and filipino guerillas.
