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Hitler becomes leader of Nazi Party
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Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
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Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
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Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
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Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
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Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
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Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
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Militarist take control of Japanese Government
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Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
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Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people
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Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
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Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
Germany had threatened England to occupie Czechoslovakia -
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
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Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control
The invasion of this started on the day Churchill was elected prime minister of england. -
Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
Same day as the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg and Belgium were invaded. -
Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
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First time Peacetime Draft in US
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Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans
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Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
This was installed at during early world war II. -
Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
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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
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Japanese Americans interned in isolated camp
It was a recolation by the united states government of about 110,000 japanese americans wo lived along the pacific coast. -
Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
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Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
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June 4-7 Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacifi
This happend 6 months after Pearl Harbor. It is regarded as the most important naval battle of the Pacific section of WWII -
British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
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Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA
Zppt Suits were worn by mexicans who had imagrated to America, the riots were between the american police and the people wearing the suits. -
Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.
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D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
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Paris retaken by Allies Forces
This was also known as the liberation of Paris. It had started with a French resistance angainst the Germans. -
Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
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US forces return to recapture the Philippines
The Americans fought against the Japanese. -
FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
Truman had made atomic bomb decisions against Japan. -
V-E Day, war ends in Europe
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First Atomic Bombs dropped
President Truman ordered this attack on Japan. These events represent the only time nuclear bombs were used in war. -
V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
This was right after the event of the atomic bombs that had devistated many lives. -
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
There were various events for this event for they were all taking place in different countres.
