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mussolini and the fascists come to power in italy
Fascism arose in Europe after World War I when many people yearned for national unity and strong leadership. -
Japanese invasion of manchuria
at the same time,the japanese army in kore [which was ocaupied by the japanese sent forces in to manchuria and Quickly seized all major the civilies in liaong and kirinprovinces. -
Neutrality acts passed in the us
The Neutrality Acts were laws passed in 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1939 to limit U.S. involvement in future wars. -
Neutrality acts passed in the us
Between 1935 and 1937 Congress passed three "Neutrality Acts" that tried to keep the United States out of war, by making it illegal for Americans to sell or transport arms, or other war materials to belligerent nations. -
munich conference
The frech third re public and thek ingdom of ltaly. -
kristallnacht
Nazis in Germang torched Synagoues,vandalized and killed close to 100 jaws. -
formation of the axis powers
the tripar tite pact,which become knowas the axis alliance. -
Germany and the USSR sigh the Non-Aggression pact
The German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
Germany invades poland-Beginning of WWII
To justify the action, Nazi propagandists falsely claimed that Poland had been planning, with its allies Great Britain and France, to encircle and dismember Germany and that Poles were persecuting ethnic Germans. -
battle of the atlantic
to do this, german submarines, called u-boat, and other warships prowled the alantic ocen sinking allied transport ships. -
france fall to germay
The battte of france, also know as fall of france, was the german invasion of frane and the low countries during the second world war. -
rescue at Dunkirk
The British expeditionnary force [Bef] and other allied troops from the french seaport of dunkirk [dunkeraue] toengland. -
presidential election of 1940
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congress passed the lend-lease act
had given President Roosevelt virtually unlimited authority to direct material aid such as ammunition, tanks, airplanes, trucks, and food to the war effort in Europe without violating the nation's official position of neutrality. -
bombing of pearl harbor,hawaii
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Bataan Death march
when the japanese forced 76,000 captured allied soldiers [filipions and americans] to march about 80 miles across the bataan penin sulc. -
battle of midway Island
which the united states destroyed japan's first-line carrier strength and most of it's best traind nanal pilots -
Rosie the Riveter campaign encourages women to get a job
The iconic images of Rosie the Riveter explicitly aimed to change public opinion about women's work. -
d-day
The Allied then prepared to enter germany,where they would meet up with soviet troops moving infrom the east -
Allied invasion/victory in the philippines
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presidential election of 1944
the election took place during world war ll -
battle of the bulge
the Allied line on the apperance of a large bulge,giving rise to the battle name. -
yalta conference
a week of intensive bargaining by the leaders of the three major Allied powers ends in Yalta, a Soviet resort town on the Black Sea. -
v-e day
the end of adolf hitler reich,formally recognising the end of the secand word war in eutople -
bombing of Hiroshima and nagasaki
first deployed atomic bomb over the japanese citry of hiroshima. -
Surrender of japan
MacArthur, enacted widespread military, political, economic, and social reforms. -
formation of the united nations
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Relocation of Japanese Americans to camps
The first internment camp in operation was Manzanar, located in southern California. Between 1942 and 1945 a total of 10 camps were opened, holding approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans for varying periods of time in California, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Arkansas. -
Manhattan project
The result was the top-secret "Manhattan Project." After this milestone, funds were allocated more freely, and the project advanced at breakneck speed. Nuclear facilities were built at Oak Ridge, Tennessee and Hanford, Washington. The main assembly plant was built at Los Alamos, New Mexico.