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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party
In 1921, HItler was named leader of the Nazi Party.Hitler was becoming well known throughout Munich and sent out political supporters to help him gain voters. -
Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
Benito Mussolini was appointed Prime Minister of Italy. At age 39, this made him the youngest Prime Minister of Italy until 2014. -
Josef Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union (USSR)
Joseph Stalin (Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin) was the leader of the Soviet Union until his death in 1953. -
Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China
The Japanese took over Manchuria, China in 1931. This incident is commonly reffered to as the Manchurian Incident. -
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party, chancellor of Gernany. -
Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress
A series of laws that were geared towards keeping the US out of another war. -
Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa
A colonial war that was faught between two armed forces (Kingdom of Italy and Ethiopian Empire). -
Militarist take control of Japanese Government
Japan thought that militarism should rule out political powers. -
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty
Germany broke the rules of the treaty and invaded Rhineland in 1936. -
Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.
An episode of mass murders and mass rape committed by Japenese troops. -
Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps
Young German soilders round up the Jews so they could deport them to work/concetration camps. -
Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
A settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was coined. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed by Hitler and Stalin
This "treaty" stated that these two countries would not attack eachother. -
Nazis invade Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany
The begining of what started a World War Two in Europe. -
Nazis invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium – take control
Germany invaded Denmark and Norway, ostensibly as a preventive manoeuvre against a planned, and openly discussed, Franco-British occupation of Norway. -
Battle of Britain begins – Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
The Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940. -
Germany invades France and forces it to surrender
German forces invaded Norway and Denmark. -
First time Peacetime Draft in US
The Selective Training and Service Act began the process by which fifteen million -
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. -
Japanese invade French Indochina (Viet. Laos, Cambodia)
The Japanese invaded Vichy French Indochina in order to prevent the Republic of China from importing arms. -
Churchill and FDR issue the Atlantic Charter
A pivotal policy statement issued in August 14, 1941 that, early in World War II, defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. It was drafted by the leaders of the United Kingdom and the United States, and later agreed to by all the Allies of World War II. -
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii attacked by Japanese Naval and Air forces, US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy declare war on the US
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941. -
Philippines fall to Japanese – Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March, which began on April 9, 1942, was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II -
Japanese Americans interned in isolated camps
The forced relocation and incarceration during World War II of between 110,000 and 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry who lived on the Pacific coast in camps in the interior of the country. -
Russians stop Nazi advance at Stalingrad save Moscow
A major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in the south-western Soviet Union. -
Battle of Midway, turning point of war in the Pacific
A crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. -
British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
During the Second World War, the North African Campaign took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943. -
Zoot Suit Riots – Los Angeles, CA
A series of riots in 1943 during World War II that broke out in Los Angeles, California, between Anglo American sailors and Marines stationed in the city, and Latino youths, who were recognizable by the zoot suits. -
Italy surrenders, Mussolini dismissed as Prime Min.
An Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 until his ousting in 1943. -
D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by Allies
The invasion by and establishment of Western Allied forces in Normandy, during Operation Overlord in 1944 during World War II; the largest amphibious invasion to ever take place. -
Paris retaken by Allies Forces
A military conflict that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on 25 August 1944. -
Battle of the Bulge – last offensive of German Forces
A major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. -
US forces return to recapture the Philippines
The American and Filipino campaign to defeat and expel the Imperial Japanese forces occupying the Philippines, during World War II. -
FDR dies, Harry S. Truman becomes President
Truman succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when Roosevelt died after months of declining health. -
V-E Day, war ends in Europe
The public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
First Atomic Bombs dropped
The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
V-J Day, Japan surrenders to Allied Forces
A name chosen for the day on which Japan surrendered, in effect ending World War II, and subsequent anniversaries of that event. -
War Crimes Trials held in Nuremburg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo, Japan.
To try the leaders of the Empire of Japan for three types of war crimes.
