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Chapter 17 Section 1: Adolf Hitler
Hitler joined a small Nazi Party and became the leader. He eventually took control of all the Germany. He only told them that he was going to help them out but really the whole time he planned to take control of all European countries that surrounded germany. -
Chapter 17 Section 3: Democracy in Crisis
A series of recessions rocked Japan's economy. As in Germany, conditions grew worse after 1930 because of the Great Depression. -
Chapter 17 Section 1: Facism In Italy
Mussolini had become such a powerful figure that when he threatened to march on Rome, the king panicked and appointed his prime minister. -
Chapter 17 Section 3: Marchurian Incident
Japenese army stationed in Manchuria took matters into its own hands. Claiming that Chinese soldiers had tried to blow up a rail way line, they captured several cities in the south. -
Chapter 17 Section 4: US Chooses Neutrality
American isolationism increased, although President Roosevelt, elected in 1932, favored more international involvement. The demands of carrying out the New Deal kept Roosevelt focused on domestic issues, however, he was more concerned with lifting the US out of Depression. -
Chapter 18 Section 3: Holocaust
Hitler became germany's leader. He made anti-Semitism the official policy of the nation. No other persecution of Jews in modern history equals the extent and brutalilty of this event. -
Chapter 17 Section 1: Alliances
Hitler signed an alliance with the Italian dictator Mussonlini. Theier aggrement created an "axis" between Rome and Berlin. (The capitals of the two nations.) Germany and Italy joined later by Japan became known as the Axis Powers. -
Chapter 17 Section 1: Stalin
He tried to modernize agriculture , He encouraged soviet farmers to combine their small family farms into huge collective farms owned and run by the state. Facing widespread resistance, Stalin bagan forcing peasants off their land in the late 1920's. -
Chapter 17 Section 3: War Against China
Japan resumed it's invasion of China. The Japenese army turned a minor clash at the Marco Polo Bridge outside Beijing into a full-scale war. -
Chapter 18 Section 3: Jews escaping
1 in 4 jews fled Germany with Nazi encouragement. At first, most refugees moved to neighboring European nations. As the numbers grew however, Jews began to seek protection in the United States, Latin America, and British-ruled Palesine. However only few countries welcomed Jewish refugees as long as the Depression prevented their own citizens from finding work. -
Chapter 17 Section 3: War Against China
Japan resumed its invasion of China. The Japenese Army turned a minor clash at the Marco Polo Bridge outside Beijing into a full-scale war. -
Chapter 17 Section 2: Return From Munich
Neville Chamberlain's triumphant return from the Munich Conference in 1938 did not cheer everyone. Winston Churchill believed that sacrificing part of Czechoslovakia to preserve peace was a fatal mistake. -
Chapter 17 Section 2: Alfred Duff Cooper
He was the head of the British navy, chose to resign rather than accept that policy. In his resignation speech to Parliament, he insisted that Hitler had to be confronted with British might, not appeased. -
Chapter 17 Section 1: Benito Mussolini
He fought and was wounded in the War. He believed strongly that the Versailles Treaty should have granted Italy more territory. He was a talented speaker and easily attracted to followers , including other disatisfied war veterans. -
Chapter 18 Section 3: Hitler's police
Hitler found a group of people that were able to identify any one that is a part of Nazi regime. Hitler did not only hold jews in the concentration camps he started holding homosexuals, Jenovah's Witnesses, Gypsies , and the homeless. -
Chapter 17 Section 2 : Invasion of Poland
British and French leaders warned Hitler that any further expansion would risk war. On this day they formally pledged their support to Poland, agreeing to come to its aid if Germany invaded. Hitler, however did not believe their warning and went on with expansion. Hitler declared ILL because he could not afford to fight a war on two fronts at the same time. -
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Japan's prime minister announced a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere to be led by the Japenese, extending from Manchuria in the north to the Dutch East Indies in the south. -
Chapter 17 Section 2: Germany Attacks
The phony war came to an end as Hitler began a successful attack on Denmark and Norway. Then, on May 10, German troops launched a blitzkrieg on the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxemburg -
Chapter 17 Section 2: Battle of Britain
Hitler launched the greatest air assault the world had yet seen. The intense attack, called the Battle of Britain, would continue well into September. -
Chapter 18 Section 1: Mobilizing
Congress authorized the first peacetime draft in the nation's history. The Selective Training and Service Act required all males aged 21 to 36 to register for military service. A limited number of men was selectedfrom this pool to serve a year in the army. -
Chapter 17 Section 4: Debating the American Role
The US agreed to spend 50 old destroyers to Britain in return for permission to build bases on British territory in the Western Hemisphere. -
Chapter 17 Section 2: Courageous Defense
German bombing of London started some 1,500 fires, setting the center of the historic city ablaze, despite massive losses, the British people kept their will to fight. -
Chapter 17 Section 4: Lend-Lease
The America First Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act in March 1941, authorizing the President to aid any nation whose defense he believed was vital to American security. -
Chapter 18 Section 1: Shortages and Controls
The Office of Price Administration (OPA) was established by an executive order. The OPA's job was to control inflation by limiting prices and rent. -
Chapter 18 Section 1: The Germans Advance
The attack began in the early morning. Nearly 3.6 million German and other Axis troops poured across the length of the Soviet border. -
Chapter 17 Section 4: Final Weels of Peace
While Japenese and American diplomats negotiated, a militant army officer took power in Japan. General Tojo Hideki, who supported war against the United States, became prime minister. -
Chapter 17 Section 4: US Declares War
The attack on Peral Harbor stunned the American people. They called this day, "a date which will live in infamy", Roosevelt the next day asked congress to declare war on Japan. -
Chapter 18 Section 1: Public Support
Roosevelt established the Office of War Information to work with magazine publishers, advertising agencies, and radio stations of the Victory Garden. It hired writers and artists to create posters and ads that stirred Americans' patriotic feelings. -
Chapter 18 Section 2 : Battle of Stalingrad
Ther Germans began campaign of firebombing and shelling that lasted more than 2 months. Soviet fighters took up positions in the charred rubble that remained of Stalingrad. -
Chapter 18 Section 4: Diversity in the Armed Forces
Faced with mounting casaulties, military authorities reluctantly gave African Americans the opportunity to fight, in separate unions. One such group, called the Tuskegee Airmen, became the first African American flying unit in the United States military. -
Chapter 18 Section 1: War Production
The president appointed James F. Byrnes, a longtime member of Congress and a close presidential advisor, to head the Office of War Mobilization. The office would serve as a super-agency in the centralization of resources. -
Chapter 18 Section 2 : Invasion of Italy
The United States seventh army, under General George S. Patton, invaded the large island of Sicily with British forces. The Italian mainland was in jeopardy. The Italian's lost faith in Mussolini's leadership. -
Chapter 18 Section 2: D-day
4,600 invasion crafy and warships slipped out of their harbors in sountern England. As the ships crossed the English channel, about 1,000 bombers pounded German defenses at Normandy. 23,000 airborne British and American Soldiers, in a daring nighttime maneuver, parachuted behind enemy lines. -
Chapter 18 Section 2: Germany Surrenders
The German troops surrendered. After the fighting came to an end, American soldiers rejoiced, and civilians on the home front celebrated V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day). They knew, however, that the war would not be over until the Allies had defeated Japan.
