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Czar Nicholas ii became the leader of Russia
His reign saw Imperial Russia go from being one of the foremost great powers of the world to economic and military collapse. -
Kuomintang was created
was one of the major advocates of the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty and the establishment of a republic. The KMT was founded by Song Jiaoren and Sun Yat-sen shortly after the Xinhai Revolution of 1911 -
Russian Marxists split into Mensheviks and Bolsheviks
in Russian, the party was formed from a split in the The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party creating the Bolsheviki and Mensheviki parties. -
Russo-Japanese War began
"the first great war of the 20th century.It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea -
Trans-Siberian Railway Built
During World War II, the Trans-Siberian Railway played an important role in the supply of the powers fighting in Europe.
rubber, which Japan was able to source from South-East Asia. -
Bloody Sunday in Russia
unarmed demonstrators marching to present a petition to Tsar Nicholas II were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard. -
Albert Einstein Developed the Theory of Relativity
determined that the laws of physics are the same for all non-accelerating observers, and that the speed of light in a vacuum was independent of the motion of all observers. -
Sun Yixian became president of China
first president and founding father of the Republic of China Sun Yat-sen, the spearhead behind the Qing dynasty revolution was elected the provisional president of the Republic of China. -
March Revolution
Workers went on strike in Russia protesting shortage of fuel and bread -
March Revolution in Russia
was a revolution focused around Petrograd members of the Imperial parliament or Duma assumed control of the country, forming the Russian Provisional Government. -
Czar Nicholas ii Abdicated
During the February Revolution, Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a provincial government is installed in his place. -
The Bolshevik Revolution
was a seizure of state power -
Russian Civil War Began
The fighting was between two groups: the Red Army and the White Army. The Red Army was an army of communist. The White Army opposed the communists -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
a peace treaty , between the new Bolshevik government of Russia (the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey) -
League of Nations was created
an international organization created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes. -
May Fourth Movement Began
was an anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement growing out of student demonstrations in Beijing. protesting the Chinese government's weak response to the Treaty of Versailles -
Weimar Republic established in Germany
established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government Weimar Republic faced numerous problems, including hyperinflation, and political extremists. -
New Economic Policy Enforced in Russia
The NEP was an economic policy of Soviet Russia proposed by Vladimir Lenin who called it "state capitalism". -
Adolf Hitler became the leader of the Nazi Party
was a political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945. -
Washington Conference
was a military conference called by President Warren G. it was attended by nine nations—the United States, Japan, China, France, Britain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Portugal -
Joseph stalin became the leader of the USSR
was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. -
Benito Mussolini Became the leader of Italy
He ruled constitutionally until 1925, when he dropped all pretense of democracy and set up a legal dictatorship. Mussolini was one of the key figures in the creation of fascism. -
Vladimir Lenin became the leader of Russia
He served as the leader of the Russian SFSR from 1917, and then concurrently as Premier of the Soviet Union from 1922, until his death. -
Russia becomes the USSR
the revolutionary Bolsheviks overthrew the Russian czar and established a socialist state in the territory that had once belonged to the Russian empire. -
Dawes Plan Started
The Dawes Plan was an attempt following WWl for the Triple Entente to compromise and collect war reparations debt from Germany. -
Jiang Jieshi Became the leader of the Kuomintang
He became the commandant leader of the Kuomintang Whampoa military academy and took Sun's place as a leader of the KMTwhen sun died in 1925. -
Adolf Hitler wrote mein kampf
is an autobiographical manifesto by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, in which he outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. -
Hirohito became the emperor of Japan
Hirohito became emperor of Japan on December 25, 1926, following the death of his father. -
Charles Lindberghs solo flight across the atlantic
The aviator Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Five-year Plan
were a series of nation-wide centralized economic plans in the Soviet Union. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact Signed
Kellogg-Briand was a 1928 international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve "disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be, which may arise among them. It was signed by Germany, France and the United States -
Great Depression Began
A severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding WWll. longest deepest and most widespread depression of the 20th century. -
Stock Market Crashed in the U.S
The crash signaled the beginning of the 10-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries.[3] -
Japan invaded Manchuria
when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. -
The Holocaust Began
Hitler began his rein on his discrimination and hatred towards jews. -
Adolf Hitler becomes the 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. -
Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR) became president of the U.S.
He was a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war -
The New Deal Started
was a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States They involved laws passed by Congress as well as presidential executive orders during the first term of President -
The Long March
was a military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China, the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang -
Adolf Hitler defied the Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles limited the germany army to have 100,00 and Hitler increased the size to 500,000. He increased the navy well above maxium. -
U.S Congress passed the Neutrality Act
passed by the United States Congress in the 1930s, in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War II. -
Italy invaded Ethiopia
an armed conflict that resulted in Ethiopia’s subjection to Italian rule. Haile Selassie, Ethipoia's ruler asked for help from the League of nations but recieved none. -
Germany Reoccupied the Rhineland
Adolf Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany. -
Francisco Franco Led a Fascist Revolt in Spain
War between the Republicans, who were loyal to the democratically elected Spanish Republic, and the Nationalists, a rebel group led by General Francisco Franco -
Great purge began
was a campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin -
Rome-Berlin Axis
Rome Berlin Axis is a pact between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.Coalition formed in 1936 between Italy and Germany. linking the two fascist countries together. -
Japan invaded China
was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. Japanese scored major victories in Shanghai after heavy fighting, and also captured the Chinese capital of Nanking. -
Rape of Nanking
an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against Nanking during the Second Sino-Japanese War -
Anschluss
the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany -
Hitler hosted the Munich Conference
was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders -
Kristallnacht Begans
"the Night of the Broken Glass" was the Nazi government’s attack against jews throughout nazi germany and parts of Austria. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact Signed
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. -
Germany Invaded Poland (Blitzkrieg)
German forces invaded Poland from the north south and west. -
SitzKrieg Began
was a phase early in World War II that was marked by a lack of major military operations by the Western Allies (the United Kingdom and France) against the German Reich. (Phoney war) -
Auschwitz Death Camp Opened
was the largest of the Nazi concentration and death camps. Located in southern Poland -
Winston Churchill beacame the Prime Minister of GB
Churchill, who was known for his military leadership ability, was appointed British prime minister in his place. -
Allies Evacuate Dunkirk
the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, -
Vichy government established in france
was France during the regime of Marshal Philippe Pétain, during World War II, from the German victory in the Battle of France -
Battle of Britain
the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) against the United Kingdom -
Tripartite Pact Signed
was a pact signed in Berlin, Germany which established the Axis Powers of World War II. -
Lend-Lease Act
a program under which the United States supplied Great Britain, the USSR, Republic of China, Free France, and other Allied nations with material. -
Operation Barbarossa
was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II.The ambitious operation was driven by Adolf Hitler's persistent desire to conquer the Soviet territories -
Atlantic Charter
was a pivotal policy statement defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. -
Chelmno Concentration Camp Opened
After the invasion of Poland. Germany annexed the area as part of the new territory of Reichsgau Wartheland aiming at its complete "Germanization", -
Japenese Attacked Pearl Harbor
was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -
The U.S Declared War on Japan
The United States Congress declared war upon the Empire of Japan in response to that country's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. -
Nisei were Interned in Relocation Centers in the U.S
"War Relocation Camps" of over 110,000 people of Japanese heritage who lived on the Pacific coast of the United States. The U.S. government ordered the internment after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor -
Hitler enacted the Final Solution
was Nazi Germany's plan during World War II to systematically exterminate the Jewish people. -
Bataan Death March
the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II -
Doolittle Raids over Japan
was an air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu island during World War II, the first air raid to strike the Japanese Home Islands -
Island hopping campaign
a military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against Japan and the Axis powers during World War II. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia -
Battle of Midway
the United States Navy (USN),decisively defeated an attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), inflicting irreparable damage on the Japanese fleet. -
Battle of El Alamein
was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, fought on the northern coast of Egypt between Axis forces.Germany and Italy. -
Battle of Stalingrad
was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad -
Battle of Guadalcanal
A military campaign that fought between Auguat 7 1942-February 9 1943 on and around the island on Guadalcanal in the pacific theatre of WWll. It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan. -
Operation Torch
was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War -
Casablanca Conference
plan the Allied European strategy for the next phase of World War II.The conference agenda addressed the specifics of tactical procedure, allocation of resources and the broader issues of diplomatic policy. -
Allies landed in Sicily
was a major World War II campaign, in which the Allies took Sicily from the Axis Powers Italy and Nazi Germany. -
Tehran Conference
the first of the World War II conferences held between all of the "Big Three" Allied leaders (the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom). -
Operation Overlord (D Day)
he operation that launched the invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II by Allied forces. -
Kamikaze Pilots appeared in the Pacific
Kamikazes made their first appearance during the Battle of Leyte Gulf . -
General MacArthur returned to the Phillippines (Leyte Gulf)
the amphibious invasion of the Gulf of Leyte in the Philippines by American and Filipino guerrilla forces under the command of General Douglas MacArthur -
Battle of the Bulge
a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. -
Yalta Conference
was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. discussing Europe's post-war reorganization -
Battle of Iwo Jima
was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire -
Battle of Okinawa
was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II -
Mussolini was executed
Partisans caputured both mussolini and mistress clara petacci and others then shot them to death. the bodies were hung upside down on Meat hooks from the roof of an Esso gas station. -
Hitler committed suicide
committed suicide by gunshot alongside with his companion Eva Braun. Once he got word that the Red Army was now in Germany he knew he didn't have a fighting chance. -
Germany surrendered
Nazi Germany surrendered thus bringing World War Two in Europe to an end. -
V-E Day
mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
Potsdam Conference
gathered to decide how to administer punishment to the defeated Nazi Germany. -
Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. in attempt to get Japan to surrender -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
a second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan's unconditional surrender. -
V-J Day
The day on which Japan surrendered, in effect ending World War II -
Japan Surrendered
brought the hostilities of World War II to a close. Bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
Nuremberg Trials
were a series of military tribunals, held by the Allied forces after World War II, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany. -
Civil War in China
was a civil war in China fought between forces loyal to the government of the Republic of China led by the Kuomintang
