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Hitler gets Elected.
It all started with Hitler getting elected chancellor of germany. Hitler was a very influential person. He got germany to come together and support his means for the war. -
Attack on Panay
Japanese warplanes divebomb an american gunship called Panay in the Yangtze River in China, Shortly after this attack Japan apologises and pays reparations for lives lost. -
Anschluss
Adolf hitler annexes austria and declares austria apart of the Third Reich. The U.S. later recognizes the new austrian government. -
Hermann Goering
Hermann Goering, Marshall of the third reich and hitler's second in command warns all jews in austria to leave. -
Italy Joins Hitler
In a speech in Rome, Benito Mussolini fascist leader of Italy, promises to fight the democracies with Adolf Hitler If war happens to break out. -
Naval Expansion Act
The U.S. Congress passes the Naval Expansion Act giving President Franklin Roosevelt one billion dollars to enlarge the navy. -
Kristallnacht
During the German Kristallnacht or Night of Broken Glass, 7,500 Jewish businesses are looted, 191 synagogues are set afire, nearly 100 Jews are killed, and tens of thousands are sent to concentration camps. -
Hitler Occupies Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler is prepared to invade and conquer the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia, Despite the treaty of munich, adolf quickly sent troops in to occupy the area. -
Russia and Hitler Sign Nonaggression Pact
Germany and the Soviet Union agree to a nonaggression pact leaving the Soviets free to strengthen their western frontier, and Hitler free to attack Poland. -
Hitler Invades Poland
German troops invade Poland on the ground while Hitler's air force bombs Polish cities from the sky. -
Britain and France Declare War
Britain and France declare war on Germany honoring their commitment to Poland. -
Congress Lifts Arm Embargo
Congress grants President Franklin D. Roosevelt's request to revise neutrality laws, to revoke an arms embargo so that military equipment, ammo, and weapons could be sold to Britain and France, and to prevent American ships from sailing into war zones. -
Hitler Defeats France
German fighter planes and ground troops pounded France, Britain forces retreat from France and Adolf Hitler's armies defeat French forces. -
Bigger is Better
In a speech to Congress, President Franklin D. Roosevelt requests new defense spending, an enlarged army, and an expanded air fleet. People favors the new defense program. -
France Surrenders
France, crushed, surrenders to Germany and signs an armistice. Great Britain now stands alone against the Axis powers. -
U.S. helps Britain
President Franklin D. Roosevelt makes a deal to give Great Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for naval bases in Newfoundland, Bermuda, and sites in the Caribbean and the South Atlantic. -
Lend-Lease Act
Before the U.S. Congress, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a program, which would deliver arms to Great Britain to be paid for following the war's end. Congress approves the bill. -
Merchant Ship Struck
In the South Atlantic, the American merchant ship Robin Moor is sunk by a German torpedo. President Franklin D. Roosevelt responds to the German attack by declaring a national emergency. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese fighter planes attack the American base at Pearl Harbor, destroying U.S. aircraft and naval vessels, and killing 2,355 U.S. servicemen and 68 civilians, This eventually pulled the United States into World War 2 -
The Plan
Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt meet in Casablanca in North Africa to plan attacks on all fronts, to invade Sicily and Italy, to send forces to the Pacific, and to better aid the Soviet Union. -
Russia captures germany
The Russian Red Army traps and captures German armies that had invaded the Soviet Union. -
Taking back Paris
U.S. forces, aided by a Free French division, liberate Paris from Nazi control. -
The meeting
The Allied powers meet in Yalta to negotiate Soviet dominance in Eastern Europe. The Yalta Conference would result in the dual administrations in Berlin, the break up of Germany, and the prosecution of war criminals. -
Two leaders die
President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia. then 16 days later Italian insurgents capture Mussolini, murder him, and mutilate his body. -
Hitler Commits suicide Germany Surrenders
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin, the next day germany surrenders unconditionally
