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Worldld War II events
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Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party
Hitler Starts his new job and puts events that lead to WW2 in motion -
Benito Mussolini apointed prime minister of Italy
Mussolini strats long time rain as prime minister -
Joesf Stalin sole dictator of the USSR
Stalin becomes new USSR leader -
Japan Army seizes Manchuria China
Japan and its Militarism government starts its acts of war -
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
Hitler gains power thourgh offical government positon -
United States congress passes Neutralitry act
This act keeps the United States at peace -
Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
The Italian Army marches into Ethiopia and take control -
Militarist take control of Japanese Government
The Japanese Militarist sieze control of there government -
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
Hitler sends troop into Rienland in a direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles -
Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.
Japanese massacre a quater milion chinese people in the town of Nanjing,China -
Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
Germany expands by the treaty with Czechoslovika giving Germany Sudetenland -
Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
The Jews are round up to be used in labor camp for the Nazi's -
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
Hitler and Stalin become all buddy, Buddy -
Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
Poland fearing invasion asked Briatin and France for help if Germany ever invaded. -
Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
France falls to Germany along with most of Europe -
Battle of Britain – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
Young British piolts defened there country from the German Air Force -
Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take contro
The nazi's start to invaded and capture other countries -
First time Peacetime Draft in US
U.S drafts their very first Peacetime act -
Hitler breaks Pact with Stalin’s Russia and invades - USSR which now joins England in fighting the Germans
Hitler betrays stalin -
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
Atlanic Charter issued -
Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
Japs attack French in there region -
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US
Pearl Harbor -
Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
Many prisoners of war taken -
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
Japanese in U.S. are not trusted -
Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
Turning point in war -
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
Russian victory saves moscow -
British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
The U.S. envolement is helping to achieve more victories -
Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA
Soliders on leave attack men waering zoo suits -
Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.
Mussolini surreneders and is no longer Prime Minister -
D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
Allied troops land at Normandy -
Paris retaken by Allies Forces
Allies retake Paris from German occupation -
Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
The Germans mount there last offensive -
US forces return to recapture the Philippines
U.S land in Philipines to free it again -
FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
FDR dies, his Vice Pres. takes over in his passing -
V-E Day, war ends in Europe
Europen front is over -
First Atomic Bombs dropped
First ever Atomic Bomb dropped -
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
Crimes consinderd to be inhuman and outside the normal rules of war
