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Mussolini and the Fascists come to power
The first successful Fascist takeover was in Italy under Benito Mussolini. It was then that Mussolini first joined and soon became leader of the Fascist Party. -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
The kwantung Army of the empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden incident. -
Hitler and the nazis come to power in germany
Hitler rose to a place of prominence in the early years of the party by him being a good speaker of the party, he told the other members to make him leader or he will never return. -
Nuetrality Acts passed in the U.S.
The U.S. government enacted a series of laws designed to prevent the U.S. from being embroiled in a foreign war by cleary stating the terms of the U.S. -
Munich conference
A result of a long series of negotiations Adolf hitler had demanded the Sudetenland in czechoslovakia. -
Kristalnacht
A massive coordinated attack on the Jews throughout the German Reich on the night of Nov 9,1938 into the next day. -
Germany and the USSR sign the Non-Aggression Pact
Stalin and Vyacheslav negotiated an agreement that both countries Ribbentrop carried a proposal from hitler that both countries commit to a non-agggression pact that last a 100 years. -
Germany invades Poland- Beginning of WW2
The Germany Soviet pact stated that poland was to be partitioned between 2 powers enabled germany to attack poland without fear on soviet intervention. -
Battle of Atlantic
The longest continuous military campaign in ww2 running from 1939 to defeat of germany in 1945. -
france falls to Germany
The German invasion of france and the low countries during the second world war. -
Rescue at Dunkirk
The evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between May 27 and june 4. -
Formation of the Axis powers
Germany, italy, and japan signed the Tripartite Pact which became known as the Axis powers. -
Presidential Election of 1940
The U.S. presidential election of 1940 was the 39th quadrennial presidential election. The election was fought in the shadows of WW2 in europe and the U.S. was emerging from the Great Depression. -
Congress passes the Lend Lease Act
Lend Lease Act was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nation during WW2. -
Bombing of Pearl harbor
Japan launched roughly 200 planes from 6 aircraft carrirers in its first wave of operationon Hawaii. -
relocation of Japanese Americans to camps
Japanese americans regardless of loyalty or citizenship had to evacuate the west coast they were sent to internment camps. -
Bataan death march
Was a forcible transfer from saisain pt and mariveles to camp O'Donnell by the imperial japanese army. -
Battle of Midway Island
A crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific theater of Worl War 2. -
Rosie the Riveter campaign encourages women to get a job
Represented the American women working in factories and ships yards during WW2. -
D-Day Invasion
The allies invaded western europe in the largest amphibious attack in history. -
Allied invasion Victory in the Phillippines
The American filipino campaign to defeat and expel the imperial japanese forces occupying philippines during WW2. -
Presidential Election of 1944
It was the 40th quadrennial presidential election. the election was set against the back drop of WW2. -
Battle of the Bulge
It was a major german offensive cammpaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Walonian in belgium, france, and Luxeryburg. -
Yalta Conference
A meeting with Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and FDR as WW2 was winding down. -
V-E Day
A victory in Europe mark the formal acceptance by the allies of WW2 of nazi germany'd unconditional surrender of armed forces. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The U.S. dropped two atomic bombs over hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Surrender of japan
Announced by imperial japan and formally signed on Sept 2, 1945. -
formation of the united nations
Representatives of 26 nations at war with the Axis powes met in washington to sign the declaration of the United nations. -
Manhattan Project
A secret military project created to produce the first U.S. nuclear weapons.
