WWII

By sherlockholmes
  • Hitler becomes leader of Nazi Party

    Hitler becomes leader of Nazi Party

  • Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Stayed in office for twenty one years

  • Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)

  • Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    Japan was seaking more land.

  • Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

  • Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

    multiple dates for this
  • Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

  • Militarist take control of Japanese Government

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

    The treaty of Versailles had made Germany greatly in debt.

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

  • Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

    Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

  • 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

    It was an non-aggression pact.
  • Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

  • 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

    Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

  • First time Peacetime Draft in US

    First time Peacetime Draft in US

  • Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans

    Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans

  • Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    This was installed at during early world war II.
  • Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

    Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

  • 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

  • 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

  • Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

  • 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

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

  • 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.

    Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

  • D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

    This was the landing operations of the allies invasion of normandy.

  • 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

    Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces

  • 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

    V-E Day, war ends in Europe

    It is the date where the allies acceot the surrender from Nazi Germany

  • 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.