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death of Roosevelt
On this day in 1945, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt passes away after four momentous terms in office, leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman in charge of a country still fighting the Second World War and in possession of a weapon of unprecedented and terrifying power. -
RIse to power of hitler
he became chancellor and the leader of the nazi party -
rise to power of mussolini
he was elected and formed a facist party -
rise to power of stalin
he became a dictator who ruled for the rest of his life -
The end of the Halocaust
May 8 1945 iit ended 6 million jews died. germans were better than jews so they killed them -
italys conquest of ethiopia
it ended in may 1936. The positive outcome of the war for the Italians coincided with the zenith of the international popularity of dictator Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime,[7] in a phase called "the age of consensus" during which foreign leaders praised him for his achievements. -
spanish civil war
ended on april 1 1939 army officers to join the uprising and overthrow Spain’s leftist Republican government. in 3 days they captured monnulinni -
rome and berlin axis formed
Rome-Berlin Axis, Coalition formed in 1936 between Italy and Germany. An agreement formulated by Italy’s foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano informally linking the two fascist countries was reached on October 25, 1936. It was formalized by the Pact of Steel in 1939. The term Axis Powers came to include Japan as well. -
Annexing Austria
April 10 1938. unification of all German-speaking people under one flag, Anschluß (frequently Anglicized as Anschluss), had been an idea that had existed since the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. It briefly gained momentum immediately after WW1, but by the 1930s most Austrians were happy with the arrangement of having their own independent nation. -
nazi soviet nonagression pact
On August 23, 1939, representatives from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, which guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other. By signing this pact, Germany had protected itself from having to fight a two-front war in the soon-to-begin World War II; the Soviet Union was awarded land, including parts of Poland and the Baltic States. The pact was broken when Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union less than two years later, on Jun -
poland attacked
it ended 1/28 1939 it ended with the poland surrendering to the germans/ nazis. they won because of new tactics that they had discovered -
battle of brittian
31 october 1940 it ended. The Battle of Britain is the name given to the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940 -
pearl harbor
Just before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just two hours, but it was devastating: The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. The day after the assault, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked -
battle of midway
Between 4 and 7 June 1942 The Battle of Midway was a crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theatre of World War II -
Battle of Stalingard
2 February 1943 it ended. was 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 Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe. -
the rise of tojo
tojo makes himself the military czar on this date' -
D-day
on this day we dropped an atomic bomb on japan killing millions -
Battle of the Bulge
it ended january 25 1945. In December 1944, Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp. Caught off-guard, American units fought desperate battles to stem the German advance at St.-Vith, Elsenborn Ridge, Houffalize and Bastogne. As the Germans drove deeper into the Ardennes in an attempt to secure vital bridgeheads, the Allied line took on the appearance of a large bulge, giving rise to the battle -
V-E Day
The day europe won against the germans -
dropping of the atomic bomb
Though the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan marked the end of World War II, many historians argue that it also ignited the Cold War. -
V-J day
japan had surrendered to the USA
