Global Studies

Mussolini Takes Over Italy's Government

Oct 30, 1922

Mussolini wins the October 1922 elections, having 250,000 supporters.

Timeline

Period: Oct 30, 1922 to May 3, 1946

Beer Hall Putsch

Nov 9, 1923

Failed coup attempt by Hitler to control Munich.

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Aug 27, 1928

An agreement to outlaw war. Signed in Paris.

U.S. Stock Market Crash

Oct 29, 1929

The overproduction of agricultural produce created financial despair.

Nazi's Reach a Political Majority in Germany

May 8, 1932

The Nazi Party becomes very popular amongst the German people.

Hitler Becomes German Chancellor

Jan 30, 1933

Paul von Hindenburg names Hitler the Fuhrer of the National Socialist German Workers Party.

First Anti-Semitic Law Passed

Apr 7, 1933

More than 400 decrees and regulations against Jewish people.

The Night of the Long Knives

Jun 30, 1934

A purge when the Nazi regime carried out extra-judicial executions.

Hitler Announces he will Defy Treaty of Versailles

Mar 15, 1935

Because they limited the size of Germany's army

Japan Withdrawals from LON

Mar 27, 1935

Japan withdrew because they were blamed for the events in Manchuria and were advised to withdraw their troops.

Italy Invades Ethiopia

Oct 3, 1935

The Italians technically won, although in the past they had been defeated.

Hitler Militarizes Rhineland

Mar 7, 1936

Hitler doing this was a direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles.

Rape of Nanking

Dec 13, 1937

Also called the Nanking Massacre, the Rape of Nanking was an atrocity commited by the Japanese Army against the people of China which included sexual assaults and beheadings.

Germany Annexes Austria

Mar 12, 1938

Took Austria by force. Austrian chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg was bullied into appointing top Austrian Nazis to his cabinet.

Germany Demands Sudetenland From Czechoslovakia

Mar 15, 1938

Germany invades and demands the Sudetenland.

Munich Conference

Sep 30, 1938

Neville Chamberlain tried to talk Hitler out of demanded the Sudetenland.

Kristallnacht

Nov 9, 1938

A massive attack on Jews throughout the German Reich.

Nazi Invasion of Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Hitler ordered troops to invade Poland to make room for "pure" German citizens to live in according to his plan to make the world wholly German.

Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

Sep 29, 1939

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was an agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union (also called the Treaty of Non-Aggression)

Einstein's Letter to FDR

Oct 11, 1939

Einstein's letter to president Roosevelt urged him to do research on atomic bombs, as he knew the German government was doing that very thing.

Evacuation of Dunkirk

Jun 4, 1940

The evacuation of Allied soldiers from Dunkirk, France.

France Surrenders

Jun 17, 1940

France surrenders to Germany and creates an armistice.

Battle of Britain

Jul 10, 1940

Bloodiest battle in the war, largest sustained bombing campaign of that time.

The Tripartite Act

Sep 27, 1940

Made Germany, Italy, and Japan allies in the war.

Lend Lease Act

Mar 11, 1941

Principal means for the USA to provide military aid to its allies.

Operation Barbarossa

Jun 22, 1941

Massive invasion of the Soviet Union by German troops.

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

The Japanese bombing on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was the event that launched the USA into WW2.

Wannsee Conference

Jan 20, 1942

A conference of Nazi bureaucrats to coordinate the Final Solution.

Bataan Death March

Apr 10, 1942

75,000 Filipino and American troops were forced to march 65 miles to prison camps.

Doolittle Raid

Apr 18, 1942

16 American B-25 bombers and attacked the Japanese mainland.

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

Decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater.

Operation Torch

Nov 8, 1942

British-American invasion of French North Africa.

Island Hopping

Nov 19, 1942

A counter-offensive strike establishing a line of overlapping island bases.

Battle of Stalingrad

Feb 2, 1943

Major battle in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad.

Operation Overlord

Jun 6, 1944

Successful invasion of German-occupied western Europe.

Operation Valkyrie

Jul 20, 1944

Failed plot to assassinate Hitler.

Discovery of Majdanek

Jul 24, 1944

Soldiers discovered the concentration camp Majdanek and the atrocities commited against Soviet citizens.

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

Major German offensive campaign in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.

Hitler's Suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Hitler and his wife Ava commited suicide in Hitler's underground bunker by swallowing a cyanide capsule and then shooting themselves with a pistol.

V-E Day

May 8, 1945

Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Aug 6, 1945

USA dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb that wiped out 90 percent of the city of Hiroshima and instantly killed 80,000 people. Three days later, the USA deployed another bomb in Nagasaki, killing approximately 40,000 people.

Japan Invades Manchuria

Aug 8, 1945

The Japanese Kwangtung Army attacked Chinese troops in Manchuria.

V-J Day

Aug 15, 1945

Victory over Japan day.

Beginning of the Cold War

Aug 25, 1945

The USA and Soviet Union were no longer allies, and this rift cause the start of the Cold War.

Creation of the UN

Oct 24, 1945

26 nations at war with the axis powers met in Washington, D.C. to sign the Declaration of the UN, endorsing the Atlantic Charter.

Creation of the Nuremburg Laws

Nov 20, 1945

Antisemitic laws created in Nazi Germany.

The Nuremburg Trials

Nov 20, 1945

German industrialists, lawyers, and doctors were tried and indicted on crimes against peace and crimes against humanity.

Japanese War Crime Trials

May 3, 1946

28 Japanes military and government officials were tried and convicted of crimes against humanity and war crimes.