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World War II
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Signing Of Treaty Of Versailles
This was the treaty that ended World War I. It gave Germany full responsibility for the war and made them pay harsh reperations to other countries and also took pieces of their land. -
Great Depression Begins
This was the time in many countries that the economy dropped to all time lows. Lives of all social status were changed. -
Manchurian Incident
After a japanese army stationed in Manchuria believed that chinese had something to do with the blowing up of a railway line, they captured several cities in southern Manchuria. -
Hitler Named Chancellor Of Germany
On January 30, 1933, the Nazis organized a massive torchlight parade in Berlin to celebrate the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor of Germany. -
German's First Concentration Camp
A concentration camp is a place of mistreatment, starvation, forced labour, and murder of the people that the Nazi's didnt like. There first concentration came was Dachau opened in Germany. -
FDR's 1st Term Begins
FDR begins his first term with alot of problems ahead of him. As of now he has to take care of the United States and The Great Depression. -
Stalin Begins The Great Purge
Many different laws given out by Stalin that resulted in the slaying of many different types of people including Ukrainians, priest, political partys and others. -
U.S. Cuts Tariffs On Foreign Goods
U.S. did this during the time of the Great Depression so that they could get the people to begin selling and help the economy begin to stimulate. -
1st Neutrality Act
This act banned the United States from providing weapons to any nation that is at war. -
2nd Neutrality Act
This act banned loans to nations at war. Also it renewed the first act for 14 more months. -
Italy Conquers Ethiopia
Ethiopia was in 1934 one of the few independent states in a European dominated Africa. A border incident between Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland that December gave Benito Mussolini an excuse to intervene. -
3rd Neutrality Act
This act permitted trade with fighting nations in nonmilitary goods as long as those nations paid cash and transported the cargo themselves. This policy is known as Cash and Carry. -
FDR's 2nd Term
In this term FDR continued to focus more on the United States when around him in Europe the war had already began. -
Recession of 1937
Even though the economy was getting better for a while from the Great Depression the economy collapsed again. It didnt end until around the 1940s. -
Germany Invades Austria
Hitler marched his troops into Austria and was simply given Austria with little to no opposition. -
Munich Conference
Hitler wanted the Sudetenland region of Czechslovakia to make the territory a part of Germany. Here Hitler met with representatives of the heads of state from France, the United Kingdom, and Italy. An agreement was reached that Hitler could annex the Sudetenland provided he promised not to invade anywhere else. All four countries signed the agreement. -
Germany Invades Poland
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. The land was split between Soviet Union and Germany due to the non-agression act. -
Germany Defeats France
After German troops slit the allied forces army into two, the north and the south. German troops enter Paris after it was abandoned by the goverment. Next, 1.5 million allied soldiers surrendered and Germany now had control over France. -
Battle of Britain
After Germany took over France, Hitler went for Britain. He launched the greatest air assault that the world has ever seen. This battle would last throughout the war because the British pilots would not give up. -
Destroyers For Bases Agreement
America gave Britain 50 old destroyers in exchange for the United States Navy to have land rights and make bases on British land. -
Hitler Invades Soviet Union
This was the largest German military operation of World War II. They disregarded the Nonaggession Act and attacked Soviet Union. -
U.S. Enters WWII
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, America decided to go to war against Japan and the Axis Powers. -
Bombing Of Pearl Harbor
Japan fleet launches an attack on the Pearl Harbor resulting in the deaths and injuries of many. -
Declaration By United Nation
The Declaration by United Nations was a World War II document agreed to during the Arcadia Conference by 26 governments. Basically our modern UN.
