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Mussolini Becomes Prime Minister
During this time of vulnerability Mussolini abuses the weakness of the Italians and makes his way to Prime Minister. He takes position in 1922 -
Stalin comes to power
founded in 1922. When Lenin died in 1924 Joseph Stalin took power. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Hitler entered the government and eliminated his competition and took over Germany -
Holocaust
2/3 of the 9 million Jews were killed by Hitler during WWII. -
Invasion of Poland
Hitler continued pushing the boundaries of the treaty. -
Lend- Lease
During the WWII the lend lease act was passed to provide aid to the military. -
War production board
The WPB changed the focus of industries from peacetime work to war needs, and eliminated nonessential production. -
Pearl Harbor
When Japan was trying to conquer the Philippines the United States cut the supply of oil to Japan. -
America Declares war on Japan
After the attack on Pearl Harbor FDR gives a speech "a day that will live in infamy." -
Executive Order 9066
This order declare certain areas as military zones sending Japanese Americans, German Americans, and Italian-Americans to concentration camps in the United States. -
Operation Torch
The British American invasion of North Africa during the campaign of WWII. -
D-Day
Great Britain and America invaded Northern France by means of beach landings. -
Iwo JIma
Iwo jima was Americas first strike on Japans homeland. After one month of fighting America ended victorious raising their flag. -
Battle of Okinana
Over 287,000 American soldiers were involved and this was on of the biggest battlers in the Pacific. -
Atomic bombs dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The U.S. dropped nuclear weapons on Japan during the final stage of WWII. -
End of WWII
In 1945 the allies invaded the Japanese land and the axis powers surrendered.