WWII Study Guide

1931

Japan invades Manchuria

1932

Fascism in Italy and Nazi propaganda start to rise

1933

Hitler becomes chancellor. The night of long knives, fire at reichstag

Night of long knives

Hitler and a group of Nazi’s go and kill peopel who opposed Nazi ideals

Fire at reichstag

German building gets caught on fire and Hitler decides to blame it all on communists

1934

Hitler becomes Fuhrer

1935

Nuremberg Laws, Italy invades Ethiopia, USA’s 1st Neutrality act

Neutrality Act of 1935

restricted the US to provide weaponry to countries at war

1936

Spanish war

1937

2nd neutrality act, Japan invades China

Neutrality Act of 1937

The US restricted people to not ride on belligerent ships

1938

Kristallnacht, Hitlers takes Austria, Munich conference. Evian conference

Munich Conference

Appeasement deal that said Hitler could have the Sudetenland as long as he doesn’t take Czechoslovakia or any other land; France, Germany, Italy, Great Britian

Evian Conference

Conference discussing the “Jewish crisis” between the 36 different countries. Everyone decided to put quotas on how many Jewish people could enter

1939

Hitler takes Czechoslovakia which goes against the Munich conference, Germany and Italy ally

Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

Germany and Russia sign non aggression pact

Neutrality Act of 1939

Cash and carry; Belligerent countries can use weaponry from the US as long as they can pay for what they take

The start of WWII

Germany invades Poland

D-Day