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Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy
Leader of the National Fascist Party. Ruling from 1922 - 1943. -
Stalin becomes Dictator of the Soviet Union
Leader of the Soviet Union. After the Bolsheviks took over Russia, Stalin took power. -
Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
He later creates Nazi's. Wanted to preserve German blood. Very against the Jewish religion. -
Holocaust
A genocide in which six million European Jews were killed. -
Non-aggression pact
Germany and the Soviet Union signed a pact that stated they wouldn't go to war with each other. -
Invasion on Poland and starts WWII
Polish army was defeated and weakened with this attack. -
Phony War "Sitzkreig"
No major military powers came to this in the Western Front. -
Lend-lease Act passed in US
Providing U.S Military aid to foreign nations -
Pearl Harbor attack
A surprise attack from the Japan to the USA -
America declares war on Japan
This is Americas official way of entering WWII. -
War production board
An agency created by the US government that supervised war production during WWII -
Executive Order 9066
Signed by FDR to divided military zones. -
Operation Tourch
British invasion on north Africa. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle on the Eastern front of WWII where Nazis and the Soviet Union fought each other. -
Office of War Mobilization created
An agency created to keep all agency and government in order. -
Iwo Jima
A battle between Japan and America with an outcome of an American victory. -
Okinawa
Largest amount of casualties. 100,000 Japanese and 50,000 allies were killed. -
Dropping of Atomic Bombs
President Harry Truman dropped bombs on Japan. -
End of WWII
The second world war has come to an end.
