-
-
President von Hinderburg named the leader of the Nazi Party (Adolf Hitler), chancellor of Germany. Shortly after power he replaced Germany's democratic Welmar Republic with the Third Reich.
-
The conference was about how to fix the world's economic depression, international trading, and stabalizing currency exchange rates.
-
Roosevelt recognizes the USSR because he was hoping to make a trade relationship and he wanted to make a strong military ally.
-
The act was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to provide the Philippines their independence. The bill was signed on March 24, 1934 and was approved on May 1, 1934 by the Philippine Senate.
-
General Francisco Franco led a group of Spanish arny officers to rebel against the Spanish republic.
-
During the time when Japan captured Nanking (capital of China), there were six weeks many deaths and war rape commited by Japanese soldiers.
-
The Spanish Civil ends with over a million people dead, making it the worst thing to happen in Spanish history.
-
Germany's air force or the German Luftwaffe, surprised Poland by bombing their military bases, airfeilds, railroads, and cities. Two days later, Poland, Britain, and France declared war against Germany.
-
The Germans wanted to stop food and war materials from being transported to Great Britain and the Soviet Union. All cargo ships that were leaving to Great Britain would have been destoryed by the Germans.
-
The act is goes on the Cash and Carry Policy, which allows America to trade with other foreign nations. The foreign nation would have to get the product themselves and they could not pay by credit. This act helped America's production and employment rate.
-
Hitler had a surprised invasion in Denmark and Norway to "protect [those countries]' freedon and independence'. Hitles actually wanted to build bases on the coast of Denmark and Norway in order to attack Great Britain.
-
Franklin D. Roosevelt hesistated on running for third term against W. Willkie, but won again in elections.
-
The act provided the U.S. military aid to other nations during the war. The president would send defense materials and weapons to other nations like Britain, the Soviet Union, China, Brazil, and other countries that were under this act.
-
After America cutted off supplies to Japan, Japan attacked America by bombing Pearl Harbor. It led to around 3,000 casualties with the destruction of air and sea-craft.
-
After the bombing in Pearl Harbor, America officially entered World War II
-
Prime Minister Churchill came to the White House to discuss war plans with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Churchill mannaged to convince Roosevelt to attack Germany and Italy first, since they were the biggest threat instead of Japan.
-
Roosevelt signed the order, that allowed anybody from military areas that were deemed "necessary or desirable." By June, at least 110,000 American Japanese were put into interment camps created by the U.S. military.
-
The 75,000 surrendered Filipinos and American were forced to march 65 miles from Mariveles to San Fernando. It took about five days to complete it, but many had died from mistreatments and starvation. Survivors were taken to prisoner-of-war camps and many had died from diseases, mistreatments, and starvation,
-
This battle was against the Germans and the Soviet Union. Hitler tried to take the Soviet's oil fields in the Cascasus Mountains and he also wanted to wipe out Stalingrad, an industrial center on the Volga River.
-
After the battle, the Soviets lost around 1,100,000 soldiers, but the Soviets had won the battle. Russians had considered it, one of the greatest battle of their war.
-
Dwight D. Eisenyower gave the "go" on this day to invade Normandy, France. The fight against of the Nazi Army was on the coastline or Normandy.
-
A plan was created by Hitler, in order to split American and British forces and the Allied supply line.Germany was able to break throught the Allied territory thus creating a bulge in the lines. After the battle, Germany had lost 120,000 troops, 600 tanks and assault guns, and 1,600 planes; the Germans had no choice, but to retreat.
-
During FDR's forth term, he had died of a stroke, and on the same night Harry S. Truman became America's 33rd president.
-
The facist leader of Italy, Benito Mussolini, was killed along with his wife Claretta Petacci. Mussolini's body was hanged at Piazzale Loreto, Milan for public viewing.
-
Hitler commited suicide by shooting himself in the head, along with his new wife, Eva Braun who took a cyanide capsule at the Chancellery building in Berlin. When their bodies were found, they were covered in gasoline and were lit on fire.
-
The day when the Germans signed the "Act of Military Surrender."
-
The Allies celebrated the Victory in Europe and the war in Europe had ended.
-
An atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, which led to around 80,000 deaths and 35,000 injuries. At the end of the year, at least 60,000 died because of the effects from the atomic bomb.
-
A few days after the bombing in Hiroshima, America dropped another atomic bomb in Nagasaki, which led to Japan surrending,
-
Also called "Victory over Japan Day" is the official day when Japan formally surrendered from the Allies, thus ending World War II.