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Bolshevik revolution
a seizure of state power -
stalin comes to power in russia
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paris peace conference
the meeting of the allied victors following the end of WWI -
treaty of versailes signed
ended state of war between germany and allied powers -
washington naval conference
Warren G Harding was president -
benito mussolini comes to power in italy
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rapallo treaty
signed by the hotel imperiale -
england refuses to renew its alliance with japan
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beer hall putsch
failed attempt by hitler to seize power in munich -
mein kampf published
Mein Kampf is an autobiographical manifesto by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler -
stock market crash
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french begin constructing the maginot line
a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles, and weapons installations that France constructed along its borders with Germany during the 1930s -
japan invades mancuria
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 19, 1931 -
ukrainian famine
Ukrainian Famine was dreadful famine premeditated by the Soviet Union, headed by Joseph Stalin during 1932-1933 -
hitler made chancellor of germany
President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or fÜhrer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany. -
first concentration camps est.
first interned only known political opponents of the Nazis -
the great terror
The Great Purge was a campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin -
night of long knives
a purge that took place in Nazi Germany -
hitler declares himself vice chancellor and fuhrer of germany
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berlin olympics
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rape of nanking
Rape of Nanking, was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against Nanking -
scandinavian wars
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nazi final solution developed
Germany's plan during World War II to exterminate the Jewish people in German-occupied Europe -
hitler in vades austria
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munich conference
The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders -
hitler invades the sudetenland
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krystallnacht
a series of coordinated attacks against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria -
hitler conquers the rest of czechoslovakia
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manhatton project begins
a research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs during World War II -
einstein writes a letter to FDR on the possibility of atomic weapons
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nazi soviet anti aggression pact
representatives from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, which guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other -
hitler invades poland
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brtitian and france declare war on germany
response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany. -
winter war between finland and russia
a military conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland -
nazi occupation of norway
the German invasion of Norway -
defeat of french army by the nazis
German invasion of France and the Low Countries, -
winston churchill comes to power in england
prime minister of england -
battle of britian
the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) against the United Kingdom -
desert campaigns in african begin
campaigns fought in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts -
pearl harbor
japannes bomb the us naval base in hawai -
us neutrality act
neutrality in wwII -
hitler launches operation barbarossa
code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II -
F.D.R signs order 9066
authorizing the removal of any or all people from military areas "as deemed necessary or desirable." -
battle of midway
one of the most important naval battles of World War II. -
nimitz and McArthur begin island hopping in pacific
strategy was to capture the Pacific islands one by one -
D-day
The World War II D-Day invasion of Normandy, France. -
operation market garden
Field Marshal Montgomery's goal was to force an entry into Germany over the Lower Rhine. -
battle of the bulge
German offensive campaign -
us victory at iwo jima
a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire -
death of F.D.R
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hitler commits suicide
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surrender of germany
germany surrenders -
first successful test of atomic bomb
Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, conducted by the United States Army -
us drops atomic bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki
an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, drops the world's first atom bomb, over the city of Hiroshima. -
surrender of japan
the surrender of the Empire of Japan
