WWll

By NickOhanesian
  • Hitler became the leader of the Nazi party

    Hitler became the leader of the Nazi party

    Hitler join the Nazi group and soon after he joined he became popular and became the leader.
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  • Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

  • Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR

    Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR

  • Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

    Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China

  • Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

  • Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

    Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress

  • Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

    Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa

  • Militarist take control of Japanese Government

    Militarist take control of Japanese Government

  • Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty

    Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty

  • Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people

    Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people

  • Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

    Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany

  • Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

    Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps

  • Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

    Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin

  • Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany

    The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign or 1939 Defensive War or the Fourth Partition of Poland.
  • Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

    Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island

  • First time Peacetime Draft in US

    First time Peacetime Draft in US

  • Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control

    Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control

  • Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

    Germany invades France and forces it to surrender

  • Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans

    Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans

  • Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

    Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter

  • Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

    Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)

  • Dec. 7 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. 7 Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US

  • Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

    Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March

  • Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

    Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps

  • Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

    Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow

  • Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

    Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific

  • British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

    British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa

  • Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

    Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA

  • Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

    Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.

  • D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

    D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies

  • Paris retaken by Allies Force

    Paris retaken by Allies Force

  • Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces

    Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces

  • US forces return to recapture the Philippines

    US forces return to recapture the Philippines

  • FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

    FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President

  • V-E Day, war ends in Europe

    V-E Day, war ends in Europe

  • First Atomic Bombs dropped

    First Atomic Bombs dropped

    Atomic bombs could wipe out villages and everything in them.
  • V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

    V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces

  • War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.

    War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.