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World War II
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Stalin Appointed to General Secretary
Stalin was appointed General Secretary by Lenin. -
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini and his facist followers thretatened to overthrow the king. In response the king made Mussolini the prime minister. Mussolini then made Italy the first facist state the world has ever seen. -
Hirohito-New Emperor of Japan
After Hirohito's father;Yoshihito died. HiroHito became the emperor of Japan. -
Stalin:sole dictator
Stalin is now the sole dictator of the Soviet Union. He is in complete control. Anybody who oppsosed him was killed or imprisoned. -
Japan invades Manchuria
Japan invades the Manchuria region of Northeastern China. The League of Nations does nothing to stop it. -
Hitler comes into power
Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancllor of Germany. After appointed chancellor,he quickly turns Germany into a totalitarian state. Anti-Semetic laws were passed against Jews. -
Italy attacks Ethiopia
Italy attacked the country of Ethiopia. Haile Selassie pleaded the League of Nations to help them. They didn't help. Ethiopia fell to the Italian invaders. -
Militarists Take over Japan
Miltarism has competly taken over Japan. Miltarianists pressured Japan to take over other countries. -
The second Sino-Japanese war
Japan steps up it's aggression against China. For 6 weeks Japan pillaged the Chinese City of Nanjing. -
Poland Invaded
Poland is invaded by Germany from the west and the Soviet Union from the east. The Soviet Union ended up breaking it's non-aggression pact with Poland. Germany ended up annexing the western part of Poland. -
USSR Invaded
Germany betrayed the Soviet Union in an invasion known by the Germans as "Operation Barbarossa -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. This drags America into war -
The Battle Of The Coral Sea
This battle was the first time that American And Japanese forces engaged in a different kind of warfare. Planes took off the decks of aircraft carriers and attacked enemy carriers miles away. -
The Battle of Midway
This is regarded as the most important event in the Pacific campaign of WWII It was a major defeat for Japan. The Japanese navy no longer ruled the Pacifc after this battle. -
Battle of Guatacanal
US marines land on the Island of Guadacanal in th South Pacific.
America gains control of the island after six months of warfare. -
Battle of El Alamein
The British defeat the German forces in El Alamein,Egypt. This destroyed the Axis powers hopes of occupying Egypt. -
Italy surrenders
The king of Italy dimissed Mussolini from office. This new government surrendered to the allies. -
D-Day landing
More then 155,000 American,Canadian,and British troops land at Normandy,France in order to take France back from the Nazis. -
The Battle of the Bulge
As Aliied forces pushed eastword,the German forces counterattacked in Belgium. As bad weather grounded Alled aircraft for the first week of battle,this created a "Bulge" in American lines. -
Battle of Luzon
US troops land at the island of Luzon in the Phillipines. A few months later,the troops advance on Manilla. After a month of urban warfare,Manilla is captured. -
Soviets invade Germany
A huge Soviet force enters Germany from the east. Soon western allies entered from the west. Nazi Germany's days were numbered. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima,along with Okinawa was one of the last stops in America's "Island hopping" strategy. Many Americans died in Iwo Jima,about twelve thousand to be exact. -
Battle of Okinawa
Okinawa along with Iwo Jima was one of the last stops in America's "island hopping" strategy. The Japanese unleased their Kamakaze attacks in this battle. -
V-E Day
On April 30, 1945, Hitler commited suicide. About a week later,Germany surrendered at Eisenhower's headquarters. This day is remebered as V-E day. -
Hiroshima bombing
President Truman thought a full scale invasion of Japan would be too risky. Instead he ordered an atomic bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima. The Japanese still refused to give in. -
Nagasaki bombing
Three days after the first bombing,a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Those who weren't killed by the explosions in both cites,would die slower deaths from radiation poisoning, -
V-J Day
On August 14 1945,Japan annouced they would surrender. On September 2 1945 aboard the USS Missouri,General MacArthur formally Accepted Japan's surrender. WWII was finally over.
