WWII Time Line

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    Joseph Stalin as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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    Benito Mussolini as the 27th Prime Minister of Italy

    was the one who made a Fascism a popular method.
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    Hitler as the Chancellor of Germany

    Events such as the Holocaust happened because of Hitler's reign
  • Italy's Conquest of Ethiopia

    Italy's Conquest of Ethiopia

    The 2nd Italo-Ethiopian War, was a colonial war. The war was fought between the armed forces of the Ethiopian Empire.
  • Spanish Civil War

    Spanish Civil War

    Happened when the Spanish Army in Morocco when the influent generals of the Spanish Army rose up agasinst the Republican Government
  • Rome-Berlin Axis

    Rome-Berlin Axis

    An agreement put together by Italy's foreign minister, Galeazzo Ciano, informally liking the two fascist countries.
  • Annexing of Austria

    Annexing of Austria

    Adolf Hitler announced and "Anschluss" between Germany and Austria. Union with Germany had been a goal of Austrian Social Democrats since 1919.
  • Anschuluss

    Anschuluss

    German Chancellor Adolf Hitler declares Austria part of the Third Reich
  • US Recognizes Austria

    US Recognizes Austria

    The US recognition to the new Austrian government.
  • Mussolini Joins Hitler

    Mussolini Joins Hitler

    Benito Mussolini, fascist leader of Italy promisesto fight the democracieswith Adolf Hitler.
  • Hitler Promises Peace

    Hitler Promises Peace

    Hitler promises to leave Czechoslovakia alone.
  • Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact

    Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact

    An aggrement between Germany and Russia to not attack one another for the ten years
  • Manhattan Project

    Manhattan Project

    US grouped up a bunch of scientist to create nuclear fission.
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    First major campaign fought by air forces. Also largest and most substained aerial bombing.
  • Greer

    Greer

    Angered by the American destroyer Greer, a German submarine fires on the ship.
  • Japan Decides to Attack

    Japan Decides to Attack

    the japanese decides to attack pearl harbor.
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor

    A planned attack by the Japanese Imperial General. Hideki Tojo.
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    Battle of Midway

    crucial and decisive batlle in the Pacific.
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    Battle of Stalingrad

    Nazi Germany and its allies fought the soviet union for control of the city.
  • Russians Trap Germany

    Russians Trap Germany

    the russian army and captures german armies that had invaded the soviet union.
  • Rome Falls

    Rome Falls

    Rome falls to allied forces.
  • Normandy Landings (D-day)

    Normandy Landings (D-day)

    landing operations of the allied invasion of normandy during WWII; it was the largest seaborne invasion in history.
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    Battle of the Bulge

    German campaign launched through the Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belguim
  • The Death Of Roosevelt

    The Death Of Roosevelt

    He had a stroke
  • V-E Day

    V-E Day

    "Victory in Europe Day" ; The end of WWII in Europe.
  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima

    US drops an atomic bomb
  • Nagasaki

    Nagasaki

    a second atomic bomb is dropped in nagasaki
  • Tokyo Petitions for peace

    Tokyo Petitions for peace

    Tokyo ask for peace on the condition that Emperor Hirohito will retain his throne
  • V-J Day

    V-J Day

    "Victoryover Japan Day" ; Japan's surrender
  • Execution of Hideki Tojo

    Execution of Hideki Tojo

    tojo was hung due to his part in the Japanese War Crimes.