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A signing after WW1. Taken place when Hitler marched troops into the Rhineland of Germany, directly breaching the TREATY OF VERSAILLES. -
This Act limited the trade of even non-munitions to belligerent nations to a "CASH AND CARRY BASIS." To avoid any American entanglements, the nation had to only transport through sea using their ships. -
When the sacking of the Chinese capital reached the American mainland. The brutalities had prompted President Roosevelt to abandon cooperation with Congressional isolationists, in hopes of a more forceful approach against the Japanese. -
Roosevelt's speech was located in Chicago. He advocated collective action to stop the epidemic aggression. Later found that his hopes of igniting American sensibilities had failed. -
The bridge where a skirmish between Chinese and Japanese troops broke out. In the end, the Japanese government used it as a pretext to launch a full-scale invasion of China. In hopes of delivering a quick knockout punch. -
After emboldened by Western inaction, Hitler's troops marched into Austria and annexed the country. Hilters eyes then focused on the SUDETENLAND. It is a region in western Czechoslovakia inhabited by 3.5 million Germans. -
Hitler was now free to seize the territory Germany had lost to Poland as a result of the Treaty of Versailles. Come September 1, 1939, Nazi troops crossed into Poland from the west. -
After troops transferred over...On September 3, France and Great Britain declared war on Germany. World War II had begun. -
Taken place when a swift first strike against the bulk of the UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET, this would seriously cripple the American ability to respond. The hopes were that Japan could capture the PHILIPPINES and American island holdings before the American navy could recuperate and retaliate. -
The United States had ended shipments of scrap metal, steel, and iron ore to Japan. Later, the United States began to send military hardware to CHIANG KAI-SHEK, who was the nominal leader of the Chinese forces resisting the Japanese takeover. -
Bombs were raining on the PEARL HARBOR. This is when almost 3,000 Americans were killed. A total of 6 battleships were destroyed or rendered unseaworthy, and most of the ground planes were ravaged as well. Americans reacted with surprise and anger.