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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. In Italy, Benito Mussolini used his charisma to establish a powerful fascist state. Benito Mussolini coined the term “fascism” in 1919 to describe his political movement. -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Seeking raw materials to fuel its growing industries, Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria in 1931. By 1937 Japan controlled large sections of China, and accusations of war crimes against the Chinese became commonplace. ://youtu.be/t_aZWY2Pm3g?t=9 -
Hitler and the Nazis come to power in Germany
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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. They were based on the widespread disillusionment with World War I in the early 1930s and the belief that the United States had been drawn into the war through loans and trade with the Allies. -
Munich Conference
This was an agreement concluded at Munich on 30 September 1938, by Nazi Germany.
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Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons.The project was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. -
Germany and the USSR sign the Non-Aggression Pact
On August 23, 1939–shortly before World War II broke out in Europe–enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years -
Formation of the Axis Power
The alliance began to form in 1936. First, on October 15, 1936 Germany and Italy signed a friendship treaty that formed the Rome-German Axis. It was after this treaty that Italian dictator Benito Mussolini used the term Axis to refer to their alliance. -
Germany invade Poland-Beginning of WW2
On September 1, 1939, the German army under Adolf Hitler launched an invasion of Poland that triggered the start of World War II . The battle for Poland only lasted about a month before a Nazi victory -
Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic is the longest continuous military campaign in World War II. This ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the Naval history of World War II. -
President election of 1940
The 1940 United States presidential election was the 39th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 5, 1940. The election was contested in the shadow of World War II in Europe, as the United States was emerging from the Great Depression. -
Frances falls to Germany
In six weeks from 10 May 1940, German forces defeated Allied forces by mobile operations, conquering France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, ending land operations on the Western Front until the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944. Italy entered the war on 10 June 1940. -
Rescue at Dunkirk
Dunkirk evacuation,in World War II, the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force and other Allied troops from the French seaport of Dunkirk to England. ... When it ended on June 4, about 198,000 British and 140,000 French and Belgian troops had been saved. -
Congress passes the Lend Lease Act
The Lend-Lease Act, approved by Congress in March 1941, 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
The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday morning. -
Battle of Midway Island
The battle of Midway was one of the most decisive battle in the pacific theatre . It was a mostly air battle between fighter planes. They used a lot of dive bombers and torpedo bombers which granted the Americans victory. They won also because of the code breakers which showed where the Japanese were attacking. -
Rosie the Riveter campaign encourages women to get a job
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Relocation of Japanese Americans to camps.
This was the policy of the U.S. government that people of Japanese descent would be interred in isolated camps. Enacted in reaction to Pearl Harbor and the ensuing war, the Japanese internment camps are now considered one of the most atrocious violations of American civil rights in the 20th century. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was when the Japanese forced 76,000 captured Allied soldiers to march about 80 miles across the Bataan Peninsula. The march took place in April of 1942 during World War II. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OFH1Mglr-c -
President election of 1944
The 1944 United States presidential election was the 40th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 7, 1944. The election took place during World War II. Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Thomas E. Dewey to win an unprecedented fourth term. -
D-Day Invasion
D-Day is a military term that referred to the start of the Battle of Normandy in France. It was the day during World War II when Allied forces invaded northern France by landing on the beach in Normandy. -
Battle of the Bulge
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Allied Invasion/Victory in the Philippines
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Yalta Conference
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V-E Day
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Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Surrender of Japan
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Formation of the United Nations
