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Mussolini takes power in Italy
Mussolini became the 40th Prime Minister of Italy. Once elected in 1922 stayed in power until 1943 and shortly after his short leave from office came back until his death. -
Stalin takes power in USSR
He had started in bitter poverty and later became the ruler of a country that is 1/5 the size of the worlds land mass. This rise to power took place after lenin died in 1924 Stalin was the next best in line to take power. -
Japan invades Manchuria
The Japanese Army attacked Chinese troops in Manchuria. This was an attempt by the Japanese Empire to gain control over the whole province, in order to eventually encompass all of East Asia. -
FDR elected president
Was the 32 President of the United States. The only president to serve 4 terms and changed America like no other president. His first 100 days are still compared to the current presidents 100 days and helped bring the US out of its first depression. -
Hitler takes power over Germany
Is seen as a great figure and helped Germany out of a rough economy and become one of the great powers of its time. One of the most fear people in the entire world. And created the Nazi regime which killed almost a total of 10 to 12 millon people half of which were of Jewish decent. -
Hitler sends troops into the Rhineland
Hitler did not listen to what the Treaty of Versallies said and went ahead and began to send troops into the Rhineland. The reason he took the Rhineland was because the French could easily get to the Rurh which was their industrial strong hold basically. -
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War which was a military revolt against the Republican government of Spain. When the initial military plan failed to win control of the country, a bloody civil war broke out by both sides. The Nationalists, as the rebels were called, received aid from Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. The Republicans received aid from the Soviet Union, as well as from International Brigades, a great number -
Neutrailty Act of 1937
Was the prohibition of arms and amunition to beligierent countires. And the Ban of US vessels transporting arms and ammunition to beligerent countires http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=1564. -
Quarentine Speech
It was a speech about the countries well being to people in Chicago. And how war is inevitable and to stand behind Roosevelt in his decision for war. -
Rape of Nanjing
This was the mass murder of over half the Chinese soldiers in the town of Nanjing. The Chinese soldiers outnumber the Japs six to one and still lost half of their men in the city. -
Hitler sent troops into Austria and announced anshluss
Union with Germany had been a dream of Austrian Social Democrats..Adolf Hitler and his authoritarian rule made such a proposition less attractive, though, which was an ironic twist, since a union between the two nations was also a dream of Hitler's, a native Austrian. -
Munich Confrence
Russia, Germany, Britain, France, and Italy met in Munich to talk about what to do about Germany. This confrence would later be refered to as the Munich Confrence. During the time there, the allies decided to approve a policy of appeasement, wherein they would allow Germany to erase the boundaries of the Versailles Treaty without taking military action. However, it was also agreed that the sovereignty of Poland would be protected, and thus a line was drawn -
Germany and Ussr signed the nazi soviet pact
Hitler did not want to fight a two front war so he began talks with USSR to avoid fight a two front war with them until he invaded them in later years. -
Germany invades Poland
The German invasion of Poland was a test on how Hitler intended to wage war--what would become the "blitzkrieg" strategy. They would strike the enemy and destory as much as they could by bombing them and once they did as much as they could would invade with mass numbers of ground units. Including tanks, artiliary, and men all of which were in large quanitities. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/1/newsid_3506000/3506335.stm -
WWII starts (war declared on Germany)
Germany invades Poland after making up their own excuse by killing a prisoner and then invading poland in a lightning war. -
France surrenders to Germany
Frances signs an armastics which gave France up to Hitler and his Nazi regime. -
Tripartite Pact
It was a pact saying that if one of the Axis powers declared war on the US the other two would have to come and help out. Japan was the only one interested in this becasue it would help them more than it would help Germany and Italy. -
Lend-Lease Act
This act gave FDR the approval to lend any type of war aid to a country in need to help it win the growing WW. This means that he could sell, transfer, lend,or exchange the US equipment. http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=old&doc=71 -
Germany invades USSR
Invasion of Soviet Russia where huge amounts of German soldiers and their allies forced their way into the USSR where they recieved precious inland land from them. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005164 -
Atlantic Charter
Was the treaty signed by Roosevelt and Churchill off the coast of Newfoundland saying that they would have a Joint declartion of War on facism. -
The attack on Pearl Harbor
Was an attack by the Japanese on our Naval fleet yard where they created devastating loses for the US not only in ships but in lives. Luckily our strongest ships including several aircraft carriers had not been in port at the time which would help to fight the war later on. -
Germany and Italy Declare War on the U.S
This was right after we delcared war on Japan for bombing pearl Harbor this was because Italy and Germany were allies of Japan which began the start of WWII for the US and inevitably ending in us winning the war. http://www1.yadvashem.org/about_holocaust/chronology/1939-1941/1941/chronology_1941_53.html -
Internment of Japanese-Americans begins
Executive orders from the President order the military to take Japanese-Americans in land from the ship yards and military bases so that they would not let the Japanese know if they were spying or not. -
Zoot-suit riot
It was when young latino men who had their dress up were wrongly attacked for something of free speech. The police agreed with them and arrested a few sailors to look like they did something but realsed them very quickly. -
The Allies declare war on Japan
The neutrality pact between the Soviet Union and Japan was concluded, before the attack of Germany on the USSR and before the outbreak of war between Japan on the one hand and England and the United States on the other.
