WWII

By naomi_chaffee

  • Mussolini takes over Italy's Government

    Mussolini takes over Italy's Government
    • Took much longer then Hitler
    • Wanted to be like Rome
    • Complete Dictator More Info References: Picture: Kingdom of Italy." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2015. Facts: "Mussolini's Dictatorship." Mussolini's Dictatorship. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.

  • Beer Hall Putsch

    Beer Hall Putsch
    • First attempt to try to take over Germany
    • Foreshadowed that the war was coming
    • "The National Revolution has Begun!"
    • All three of the triumvirate left More Info References: Picture: "Beer Hall Putsch (Munich Putsch)." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 20 June 2014. Web. 11 Feb. 2015. Facts:"The Beer Hall Putsch of 1923." The Beer Hall Putsch of 1923. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2015

  • Kellogg-Briand Pact

    Kellogg-Briand Pact
    • Stop using war to solve problems
    • Not effective
    • Japan takes over China, not enough living space
    • League of Nations does nothing More Info References: Picture:"Kellogg-Briand Treaty Ratified ..." - RareNewspapers.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2015. Facts: Infoplease. Infoplease, n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2015.

  • U.S. Stock Market Crash

    U.S. Stock Market Crash
    • Caused worldwide depression
    • 12 million people out of work
    • Herbert Hoover said "If you are introuble don't expect others to help you" what a crappy president
    • Overproduction (farming)
    • Domino effect More Info References: Picture: "When Will the Stock Market Crash?" Fonville Wealth Management. N.p., 01 Aug. 2014. Web. 18 Feb. 2015. Facts: Stock Market Crash of 1929." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

  • Japan Invades Manchuria

    Japan Invades Manchuria
    • Not enough living space, too big
    • Breaks the Kellogg Briand act
    • League of Nations does nothing More Info References: Picture: "Japanese Invasion of Manchuria." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2015. Facts: "Manchuria 1931." Manchuria 1931. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2015.

  • Hitler becomes Germany's Chancellor

    Hitler becomes Germany's Chancellor
    • Beats the communists after trying to become Chancellor for the 2nd time
    • After Hindenburg died he took it as an opportunity More Info References: Picture: "Edgar Feuchtwanger, Jew Who Grew up next Door to Hitler, Pens Memoir." South China Morning Post. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2015. Facts: "Adolf Hitler Is Named Chancellor of Germany." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2015.

  • Japan Withdraws from the League of Nations

    Japan Withdraws from the League of Nations
    • Left the League of Nations because they blamed Japan for the events that happened in Manchuria (Which they did...)
    • Railway blew up --> Blamed China More Info References: Picture: "JAPAN LEAVES THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS 1933 - Stock Footage." JAPAN LEAVES THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS 1933 - Stock Footage. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2015. Facts: United Press International - Centennial Anniversary: 1907 - 2007." United Press International - Centennial Anniversary: 1907 - 2007. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2015.

  • Nazi's reach a political majority in Germany

    Nazi's reach a political majority in Germany
    • Dictatorship
    • Promised people things that didn't actually happen More Info References: Picture: "Why the Weimar Republic Failed?" Weimar Republic. N.p., 05 Sept. 2012. Web. 18 Feb. 2015. Facts: Nazi Germany - Dictatorship." Nazi Germany - Dictatorship. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2015.

  • First Anti-Semitic Law is passed in Germany

    First Anti-Semitic Law is passed in Germany
    • Anti Jews
    • Genocide
    • Blonde hair blue eyes, perfect? More Info References: Picture/Facts: Jewish LegislationAnti-Jewish Legislation. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2015.

  • The night of the long knives (Rohm Purge)

    The night of the long knives (Rohm Purge)
    • Kill opposing political leaders
    • SA (Stormtroopers)
    • SS independent More Info References: Picture/Fact: SS Himmler's SchutzStaffel - Www.HolocaustResearchProject.org." The SS Himmler's SchutzStaffel - Www.HolocaustResearchProject.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2015.

  • Hitler openly announces to his cabinet he will defy the Treaty of Versailles

    Hitler openly announces to his cabinet he will defy the Treaty of Versailles
    • Bigger armies
    • Rhineland
    • Angry, WW1 More Info References: Picture/Facts: "A List of German Versailles Treaty Violations." VERSAILLES TREATY VIOLATIONS 1930,HITLER VS VERSAILLES TREATY RESTRICTIONS,LIST OF VERSAILLES TREATY VIOLATIONS 1936,GERMANY FAILS TO MEET VERSAILLES TREATY OBLIGATIONS 1936,GERMANY DEFIED DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY 1936,GERMANY DEFIED INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY 1936. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2015.

  • Creation of the Nuremberg Laws

    Creation of the Nuremberg Laws
    • Anti Jewish
    • Excluded Jews from German rights
    • Loosing WW1
    • Germas were the strongest race (Aryan) More Info References: Picture/Facts: "Nuremberg Laws... Swastika Becomes Official Symbol..." - RareNewspapers.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2015.

  • Italy invades Ethiopia

    Italy invades Ethiopia
    • Jealous of Hitler
    • Lost before More Info References: Picture/Facts: "Italy Invades Ethiopia IN 1935..." - RareNewspapers.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2015.

  • Hitler Militarizes the Rhinelane

    Hitler Militarizes the Rhinelane
    • Breaks Treaty of Versallies
    • Buffer Zone
    • Gaining land back from WW1 More Info References: Picutre/Facts: "1936olympicsblog." 1936olympicsblog. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2015.

  • Rape of Nanking

    Rape of Nanking
    • Japan and China
    • Beheading
    • Raped women and children More Info References: Picture/Facts: "Rape of Nanking Archives - Walid Shoebat." Walid Shoebat. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.

  • Germany Annexes Austria

    Germany Annexes Austria
    • 2nd time
    • Force More Info References: Picture/Facts: Anschluss." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference
    • Leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia
    • LoN do nothing, once again More Info References: Picture/Facts: The Munich Conference." The Munich Conference. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.

  • Hitler demands the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia

    Hitler demands the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia
    • Strong army
    • No war
    • Given More Info References: Picture/Facts: Airminded." Airminded. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015

  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht
    • Violence aginst Jews
    • Night of broken glass
    • Jewish shops More Info References: Picture/Facts: INJUSTICE: 75 Years since Kristallnacht, Nazis Still Roam Free." Landmark Report RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2015

  • Einstein’s letter to FDR, “The Manhattan Project”

    Einstein’s letter to FDR, “The Manhattan Project”
    • Atomic bombs
    • Belgain Uranium More Info References: Picture/Facts: "Einstein to Roosevelt, August 2, 1939." Einstein's Letter to Roosevelt, August 2, 1939. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015

  • Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

    Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
    • Germany and Soviet Union
    • Britain and France deny
    • Allies with Germany More Info References: Picture: Lock, Stock, and History, "Wonder How Long the Honeymoon Will Last" A..." Lock, Stock, and History, "Wonder How Long the Honeymoon Will Last" A... N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015 Facts: "The Hitler-Stalin Pact." History.com. A&E Television

  • Nazi invasion of Poland

    Nazi invasion of Poland
    • Given by France and Britain
    • Not really peace..
    • Less soviet fighting More Info References: Picture/Facts: "Arthur Szyk: Artist for FreedomOnline Exhibition." Online Exhibition. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015

  • The Tripartite Pact

    The Tripartite Pact
    • Germany, Italy, Japan
    • Helping Pact
    • Hungary was also dragged into the agreement later on More Info References: Picture/Facts: "Fold3." Tripartite Pact.jpg. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.

  • Lend Lease Act

    Lend Lease Act
    • USA gives help
    • Britain, Soviet Union, etc
    • Weapons, army More Info References: Picture/Facts: "Lend-Lease Act & Dr. Seuss Political Cartoons WWII (powerpoint)." Historymartinezs Blog. N.p., 19 Apr. 2011. Web. 22 Feb. 2015

  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Bombing of Pearl Harbor
    • Japan strikes Hawaii
    • Joined WW2 More Info References: Picture/Facts: "The Bombing of Pearl Harbor." THE PEARL HARBOR DECEPTION. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2015

  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa
    • Massive attack on Soviet Union
    • 3m German soldiers
    • Germans gained a LOT/ won More Info References: Picture: "Operation Barbarossa | European History." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015

  • The Wannsee Conference and the “Final Solution”

    The Wannsee Conference and the “Final Solution”
    • Kill all Jews
    • Concentration Camps
    • Blonde hair blue eyes? More Info References: Picture/Facts: The Wannsee Conference." The Wannsee Conference. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2015.

  • Bataan Death March

    Bataan Death March
    • Japan takes over Bataan
    • 65 mile walk to camp
    • Harsh conditions More Info References: Picture/Facts: "Bataan Death March." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2015.

  • Doolittle Raid

    Doolittle Raid
    • US airstrike to Japan
    • 4 months after Pearl Harbor
    • boosted American morale More Info References: Picture/Facts: "Factsheets : Doolittle Raid." Factsheets : Doolittle Raid. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2015

  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    • US vs Japan
    • Figured out Japan fleet codes
    • US victory More Info References: Picture/Facts: "Gallery For Battle Of Midway Painting." Gallery For Battle Of Midway Painting. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad
    • One of the bloodiest battles in history
    • Soviet Union crushed German army
    • Humiliation for Hitler More Info References: Picture/Facts: "The Unrelenting Battle for Stalingrad Continues." World War II Today RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.

  • Operation Torch

    Operation Torch
    • First time America and the British worked together
    • British wanted to attack Germany asked USA
    • "No fighting" More Info References: Picture/Facts: "Thread: Operation Torch." Military Photos RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.

  • Island Hopping

    Island Hopping
    • Gain military bases on islands (USA)
    • Took control of small Japanese islands
    • Iwo Jima
    • Notice picture More Info References: Picture/Facts: "Island Hopping." No Escape. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.

  • Operation Overlord and D-Day

    Operation Overlord and D-Day
    • Allies invade France
    • Land in France move onto Germany
    • Victory More Info References: Picture/Facts: Operation Overlord. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.

  • Operation Valkyrie

    Operation Valkyrie
    • Attempted assasination of Hitler
    • Hitler made the plan, but the allies took it
    • Bombing More Info References: Picture/Facts: "Newsletter." Operation Valkyrie. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015

  • Discovery of Majdanek

    Discovery of Majdanek
    • Concentration camp
    • Hitler made
    • shoes More Info References: Picture/Facts: "Fold3." Majdanek Concentration Camp: Place, Pictures and Information. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    • Hitler attempted to split the allies
    • Fought in frozen forests of Ardennes
    • American victory More Info References: Picture/Facts: "American Experience: TV's Most-watched History Series." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.

  • Hitler’s Suicide

    Hitler’s Suicide
    • Killed himself
    • Killed his family
    • Not beable to be tortured by allies More Info References: Picture/Facts: Arts Bombast: Lee Miller." Ribbon Around A Bomb. N.p., 28 July 2012. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.

  • V-E Day

    V-E Day
    • Marking allied victory in Europe More Info References: Picture/Facts: Picture: BBC News. BBC, n.d. Web. 17 Feb. 2015

  • Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    Atomic bombs
    - First Atomic Bomb
    - Over Japan
    More Info
    References:
    Picture/Facts: "Hoax - Nagasaki Arch Survives Both Atomic Bomb and Tsunami." Hoax - Nagasaki Arch Survives Both Atomic Bomb and Tsunami. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.

  • V-J Day

    V-J Day
    • Victory over Japan
    • Japan surrenders More Info References: Picture/Facts: "V-J Day in Times Square in Color." PetaPixel RSS. N.p., 24 Jan. 2011. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.

  • Creation of the United Nations

    Creation of the United Nations
    • 26 countries that were allied
    • No single country would sue Germany ever More Info References: Picture/Facts: United Nations." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2015

  • The Nuremberg Trials

    The Nuremberg Trials
    • Nazi war criminals to justice
    • Nazi high ranks More Info References: Picture/Facts: "Nazi War Crimes Trials: The Nuremberg Trials." The Nuremberg Trials. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.

  • The Japanese War Crime Trials

    The Japanese War Crime Trials
    • Crimes against humanity
    • Most of them died (High ranks) More Info References: Picture/Facts: "Tokyo War Crimes Trials (1946-48): Bibliography and Selected Links." Tokyo War Crimes Trials (1946-48): Bibliography and Selected Links. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.

  • The beginning of the Cold War

    The beginning of the Cold War
    • USA vs USSR
    • 2 big allies now enemies More Info References: Picture:Tehran Conference - Beginning of the Cold War." DystopianA2012 -. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015 Facts: "Cold War." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.