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Hitler takes leading position
Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi party. -
Mussolini becomes Prime Minister
Benito Mussolini s appointed Prime Minister of Italy. -
Stalin becomes dictator
Joseph Stalin sole dictator of the Soviet Union -
Japan seizes Manchuria
Japan's army seizes Manchuria, Chine -
Hitler becomes chancellor
Adlof Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany -
Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Act is passed by U.S. Congress -
Italian Army invades Ethiopia
Italian Army invades Ethipoia in Africa -
Militarists
Militarists take control of Japanese Covernment -
Hitler send troops to Rhineland
Adolf Hitler send troops into Rhineland of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty. -
Japanese army pilages Nanjing
Japan's army pillages Nanijng, China; massacres a quarter of a million people. -
Murich Pact signed
Munich Pact signed giving the Sudetenland and Czechoslavakia to Germany. -
Nazi labor camps
Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps. -
Germany Invaded Poland
Germany invaded Poland -
Britain, Australia, New Zealand and France declare war on Germany
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Royal Air Force attacks the German Navy
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United States proclaims its neutrality
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Canada declares war on Germany
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Rationing Begins In UK
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Germans bomb Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland
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Germany invades Denmark and Norway
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Holland Surrenders
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Belgium Surrenders
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First experimental use of gas chambers at Auschwitz
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U.N. charter is ratified
The United Nations charter is ratified by its five, permanent members: The United States, Britain, France, China, and the Soviet Union. -
de Gaulle is named governmental president
Free French leader Charles de Gaulle is named president of France's provisional government. -
The Nuremberg Trials open
The Nuremberg Trials open. For the next ten months, a tribunal comprised of Allied jurists will pass judgement on scores of Nazi war criminals. -
Emperor Hirohito
Emperor Hirohito addresses his subjects and tells them that he is not, contrary to popular belief, a divine being. -
The U.N. Security Council
The United Nations Security Council convenes in London to agree on procedural rules for the international body. -
International Atomic Energy Commision
The International Atomic Energy Commission is established to help regulate emerging nuclear weapons technology
