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World War II Events
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Hitler rose to power
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Dictators start a totalitarian government under facist rule
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Mussolini becomes prime minister
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Stalin becomes sole dictator of the U.S.S.R
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Japan's Army seizes Manchuria, China
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Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
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Neutrality act passed by congress
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Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
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Militarist take control of Japanese Government
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Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
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Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.
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Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
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Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
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Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
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Sept 1st - Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
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Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium
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Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
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First time Peacetime Draft in US
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Japanese invade French Indochina
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Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades -USSR now joins England in fighting the Germans
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Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
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Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US
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Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
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Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
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June - D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
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Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
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Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
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British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
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Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA
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July - Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.
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Aug. - Paris retaken by Allies Forces
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Dec. Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
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V-E Day, war ends in Europe
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V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
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War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
