World War 2

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  • Adolf Hitler takes over

    Adolf Hitler takes over

    By 1921, Adolf Hitler had become leader of a small group known as the National Socialist, or Nazi, Party.
  • Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Mussolini turned Italy into the world's first Fascist state. (Fascism is a political system based on militarism, extreme nationalism, and blind loyalty to the state and its leader.
  • Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

    Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

    Stalin turned the Soviet Union into a totalitarian state.
  • Japan Army seize Manchuria, China

    Japan Army seize Manchuria, China

    Acting without the approval Japan's elected government, the japanese army seized Manchuria in northeastern China.
  • Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler is named chancellor of Germany, or leader of the German parliament.
  • Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

    Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

    This act was the first of several laws designed to keep the United States at peace
  • Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    Though the Ethiopians fought bravely, their cavalry and outdated rifles were no match for Italy's modern tanks and airplanes
  • Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    Military leaders pressured the civilian government to take control of nearby countries.
  • Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty

    Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty

    Hitler vowed to create an empire that united all German-speaking people, including those outside of Germany. In defiance of the Treaty he began to rebuild Germany's armed forces.
  • Japan's army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people

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

    This lasted 6 weeks and before this happened The League of Nations, which had been founded to halt aggression, protested but took no action.
  • Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

    Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

    Britain and France agreed to let the German leader occupy the Sudetenland, a portion of Czechoslovakia populated largely by people who spoke German. In return, Hitler promised he would seek no further territory
  • Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

    Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

  • Nazi- Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    Nazi- Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    On June 22, 1941, Hitler broke this pact with Stalin. A huge German force crossed into the Soviet Union which had remained out of the early days of war.
  • Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Britain and France declared war on Germany after nazis invaded poland
  • Nazis invades Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium - take control

    Nazis invades Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium - take control

  • Battle of Britain begins

    Battle of Britain begins

    Royal Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
  • Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

    Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

    France was forced to surrender to German military
  • First time Peacetime Draft in US

    First time Peacetime Draft in US

  • Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

  • Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

    Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

    Japanese military invaded French Indochina
  • Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin's Russia and invades

    Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin's Russia and invades

    USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans
  • 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

    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

    This was a very large attack in Hawaii
  • Philippines fall to Japanese

    Philippines fall to Japanese

    Bataan Death March
  • Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

    Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

    Many Japanese americans voluntered to do things in the war to show their trustable to america
  • Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

    Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

    This battle was a decisive naval battle
  • Russians stop Nazi advance at Stanlingrad save Moscow

    Russians stop Nazi advance at Stanlingrad save Moscow

  • Britain and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

    Britain and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

    THis was a very tough accomplishment for them
  • Zoot Suit Riots- Los Angeles, CA

    Zoot Suit Riots- Los Angeles, CA

    This was caused by younger people wearing clothes for the style and sailors got mad and upset because of what they were wearing
  • Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

    Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

    American and British troops crossed the Mediterranean sea from Tunisia, and they swiftly took control of the Italian island of Sicily.
  • D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

    D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

    The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history
  • Paris retaken by Allied Forces

    Paris retaken by Allied Forces

    Nazis were ordered to blow up Paris by Adolf Hitler
  • Battle of the Bulge - last offensive of German Forces

    Battle of the Bulge - last offensive of German Forces

    allied forces pushed eastward
  • US forces return to recapture the Philippines

    US forces return to recapture the Philippines

    Captured by Japanese army
  • FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

    FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

    Fdr died of a stroke
  • V-E Day, war ends in Europe

    V-E Day, war ends in Europe

    Germany was collapsing and on April 16 soviet union troops began an assault on berlin.
  • First Atomic Bombs dropped

    First Atomic Bombs dropped

    Truman learned about the atomic bomb in july and it had been successfully tested in New Mexico
  • V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

    V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

    the emperor of Japan announced that the nation would surrender.
  • War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany;Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan

    War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany;Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan

    In the German city of Nuremberg, Allied judges tried prominent Nazis for plunging the world into war and for the horrorsof the death camps.