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New Leader
Adolf Hitler becomes head of Nazi party. -
Benito Mussolini
Bentino Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy -
Joesf Stalin
Dictator of the Soviet Union -
Japan
Japan's army seizes Manchuria, China -
Adolf Hitler
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany -
US
US Congress passes neutrality acts -
Italy
Italian Army invades Ethiopia (Africa) -
Japan
Militarists take control of Japan -
Hitler
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty -
Japan
Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people. -
Germany
Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany -
Nazi's
Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps -
Nazi-Soviet
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin -
War
Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany -
Invade
May 10 Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control -
Battle of Britan
Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island -
Invasion of France
July 14 - 22 Germany invades France and forces it to surrender -
Draft
First time Peacetime draft in US -
Hitler breaks Pact
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans -
Churchill
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter -
Japanese invades..
Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia) -
Pearl Harbor
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 -
Philippines Fall
Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March -
Isolated camps
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps -
Stoping Nazi
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow -
Britain and US
British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa -
Zoot Suit Riots
Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA -
Surrendering
Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min. -
D-Day
D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies -
Paris
Paris retaken by Allies Forces -
Battle
Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces -
Returning to the Philippians
US forces return to recapture the Philippines -
Roosevelt died
FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President -
War ends
V-E Day, war ends in Europe -
Atomic bombs
First Atomic Bombs dropped -
Japan surrenders
V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces -
War crimes
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremberg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan. -
Video clip- D-Day Invasion
