WWII

By gstokes23
  • Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party.

    Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party.

  • Period: to

    WWII

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt elected president of the United States.

    Franklin D. Roosevelt elected president of the United States.

  • Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.

    Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.

  • German troops remilitarize Rhineland.

    German troops remilitarize Rhineland.

  • Mussolini takes Ethiopia.

    Mussolini takes Ethiopia.

  • Hitler occupies Sudetenland.

    Hitler occupies Sudetenland.

  • Germany combines with Austria (the Anschluss).

    Germany combines with Austria (the Anschluss).

  • Germany takes the rest of Czechoslovakia.

    Germany takes the rest of Czechoslovakia.

  • Hitler and Joseph Stalin sign a nonaggression pact.

    Hitler and Joseph Stalin sign a nonaggression pact.

  • Nazis invade Poland.

    Nazis invade Poland.

  • The British Royal Air Force attacks German Navy and succeeds.

    The British Royal Air Force attacks German Navy and succeeds.

  • Winston Churchill

    Winston Churchill

    becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain as Germany continues to invade other European countries.
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

  • Operation Barbarossa, Germany attacks the Soviet Union.

    Operation Barbarossa, Germany attacks the Soviet Union.

  • Roosevelt discontinues relations with Japan.

    Roosevelt discontinues relations with Japan.

  • Atlantic Charter (Churchill and Roosevelt)

    Atlantic Charter (Churchill and Roosevelt)

  • Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.

    Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.

  • Japanese-Americans sent to relocation camps.

    Japanese-Americans sent to relocation camps.

  • First American bombing on Germany.

    First American bombing on Germany.

  • D-Day; landings in northern France

    D-Day; landings in northern France

  • Hitler commits suicide.

  • Victory in Europe Day

    Victory in Europe Day

  • First atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.

    First atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.

  • Second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

    Second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

  • Japan surrenders (V-Day)

    Japan surrenders (V-Day)

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