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Trans-Siberian Railway Built
The Trans-Siberian railway is the longest single rail system in Russia. It connected Moscow to Vladivostok. -
Czar Nicholas II Became the Leader of Russia
Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia. -
Kuomintang Was Created
The Kuomintang was the ruling political party in Taiwan. -
Russo-Japanese War Began
Japan won this war due to its superior naval strength and tactics. This war also conrtibuted to Japans rise as a great power. -
Albert Einstein Developed the Theory of Relativity
Albert Einstein Developed the Theory of Relativity in 1905. -
Bloody Sunday in Russia
Bloody Sunday was when unarmed demonstrators marching to present a petition to Tsar Nicholas II were fired upon by soldiers. -
Sun Yixian Became President of China
Sun Yixian was a Chinese revolutionary, first president and founding father of the Republic of China. -
Russian Marxists Split Into Mensheviks and Bolsheviks
The Bolsheviks were the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. -
Czar Nicholas II Abdicated
His reign saw Russia go from being one of the great powers of the world to economic and military collapse. -
March Revolution in Russia
In the March Revolution, the old regime was replaced by a provisional government which was then replaced with a Bolshevik government. -
Russian Civil War Began
The Russian Civil War was fought between the Bolshevik Red Army and the White Army. -
The Bolshevik Revolution
The Bolshevik Revolution was a seizure of state power. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk got Russia out of World War One. -
Weimar Republic Established in Germany
The Weimar Republic was established to replace the imperial form of government. -
May Fourth Movement Began
This movement was an anti-imperialist movement growing out of student demonstrations, protesting the Chinese government's weak response to the Treaty of Versailles, -
Adolf Hitler Defied the Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. -
The League of Nations was Created
The League of Nations was created in an effort to maintain world peace. -
New Economic Policy Enforced in Russia
In 1921, Lenin adopted the New Economic Policy in an attempt to bring capital into Russia. -
Washington Conference
The Washington Conference was a military conference attended by nine nations regarding interests in the Pacific Ocean and East Asia. -
Russia Became the USSR
The USSR is the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. -
Joseph Stalin became the leader of the USSR
Stalin became the leader of the USSR after Vladimir Lenin. -
Benito Mussolini Became the Leader of Italy
After the March on Rome in 1922, Mussolini was appointed Prime Minister of Italy. -
Vladimir Lenin Became the Leader of Russia
Lenin was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist. -
Adolf Hitler Became the Leader of the Nazi Party
Hitler became the leader of the Nazi party right before the Beer Hall Putsch. -
Dawes Plan Started
The Dawes Plan was an attempt for the Triple Entente to compromise aand collect war reparations debt from Germany. -
Jiang Jieshi Became the Leader of the Kuomintang
Jiang Jieshi became the leader of the Kuomintang when Sun Yat-sen died on March 12, 1925. -
Adolf Hitler Wrote Mein Kampf
In Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler outlines his plans for Germany. -
Hirohito Became the Emperor of Japan
Hirohito was the 124th Emperor of Japan. -
Civil War in China Began
The Chinese Civil War was fought between forces loyal to the government and forces of the Communist Party of China. -
Charles Lindbergh's Solo Flight Across the Atlantic
Charles Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic alone. -
Five-Year Plan Began
The Five-Year Plan was a series of centralized economic plans in the Soviet Union. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact Signed
This was when certain states promised not to use war to resolve disputes or conflicts which may arise among them. -
Great Depression Began
The Great Depression began after the stock market crashed on Black Tuesday. -
Stock Market Crashed in the U.S.
The stock market crash of 1929 was the beginning of the great depression. -
Japan Invaded China
Japan Invaded China because of a military conflict between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. -
Japan Invaded Manchuria
This was an attempt by the Japanese empire to take control of Manchuria and eventually take control of all of east Asia. -
The New Deal Started
The New Deal was a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States. -
Adolf Hitler Became the Chancellor of Germany
Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Hindenburg. -
FDR Became President of the U.S.
FDR served as the 32nd president of the U.S. -
Great Purge Began
The Great Purge was a campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union. -
The Long March
The Long March was a military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of China to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang army. -
U.S. Congress Passed the Neutrality Acts
These acts ensured that the U.S. would not become entangled again in foreign conflicts. -
Italy Invaded Ethiopia
Italy invaded Ethiopia for military occupation. -
Germany Reoccupied the Rhineland
This event was significant because it violated the Treaty of Versailles. -
Francisco Franco Led a Fascist Revolt In Spain
This revolt was between the Republicans and the Nationalists. -
Rome-Berlin Axis
The Rome-Berlin Axis was an alliance formed between Italy and Germany. -
Rape of Nanking
The Rape of Nanking was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against Nanking. -
Anschluss
Anschluss was the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany. -
Hitler Hosted Munich Conference
At the Munich Conference there was a settlement reached which permitted Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia. -
Kristallnacht Began
It was a series of coordinated attacks against Jews throughout Nazi Germany. -
Adolf Hitler took the Sudetenland
Czechoslovakia's northern and western border regions are known as the Sudetenland. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact Signed
The Nazi-Soviet Pact stated that neither Germany nor the USSR would ally with or aid an enemy of the other party. -
Germany Invaded Poland (Blitzkrieg)
The German's invasion of Poland resulted in France and Britain declaring war on Germany. This started World War II. -
Sitzkrieg Began
The Sitzkrieg was a phase early in World War II that was marked by a lack of military operations by the Western Allies. -
Auschwitz Death Camp Opened
It was a network of concentration camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas. -
Winston Churchill Became the Prime Minister of GB
Churchill became prime minister following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. -
Allies Evacuate Dunkirk
The Dunkirk evacuation was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk. -
Vichy Government Established in France
The Vichy Government was established in France during the regime of Marshal Philippe Pétain. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was when the Germans tried to invade Britain but were unsuccessful. -
Tripartite Pact Signed
The Tripartite Pact was a pact signed in Berlin, Germany which established the Axis Powers of World War II. -
Lend-Lease Act
This was a program in which the United States supplied allied nations with material. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. -
Hitler Enacted the Final Solution
The final solution was Nazi Germany's plan to exterminate the Jewish people in Nazi Europe. -
Atlantic Charter
This was a statement that defined the Allied goals for the post-war world, -
Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led to the United States' entry into World War Two. -
Kamikaze Pilots Appear In the Pacific
The Kamikaze were suicide attacks by military aviators from the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels. -
The U.S Declared War on Japan
The U.S declared war on Japan after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. -
Chelmno Concentration Camp Opened
This was a Nazi German extermination camp set up for the process of Germanization. -
Nisel Were Interned in Relocation Centers in the U.S.
The Japanese American internment was the internment of over 110,000 people of Japanese heritage who lived in the U.S. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was the transfer of Filipino and American prisoners. -
Doolittle Raids Over Japan
The Doolittle Raid was an air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
This was the first battle between aircraft carriers. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was when the United States successfully destroyed four Japanese aircraft carriers. -
Battle of El Alamein
The Battle of El Alamein halted a second advance by the Axis forces into Egypt. -
The Holocaust Began
The Holocaust was the persecution and slaughter of approximately 6 million Jews. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
U.S. marines seized a Japanese airfield. -
Manhattan Project Began
This was the project in which the first atomic bombs were developed. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This battle was when Nazi Germany fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad. -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch was the British-American invasion of North Africa. -
Casablanca Conference
This was a conference held to plan the Allied strategy for the next phase of World War II. -
Allies Landed in Sicily
The Allies landed in Sicily to take it from the Axis Powers. -
Island Hopping Campaign
The idea of Island Hopping was to concentrate the limited Allied resources on important islands that were not well defended. -
Tehran Conference
The Tehran Confernce was a strategy meeting held between Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill. -
Operation Overlord (D Day)
Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy to fight Nazi Germany. -
Gen. Macarthur Returned to the Philippines (Leyte Gulf)
The Battle of Leyte was the amphibious invasion of the Gulf of Leyte by American guerrilla forces. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German surprise attack on the Allied forces. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was the meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
This was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima. -
Battle of Okinawa
This battle resulted in the highest number of deaths in the Pacific during the war. -
Mussolini was Executed
After Benito Mussolini was shot by Italian partisans, his body was hung upside down and was publicly displayed. -
Hitler Committed Suicide
When Soviet troops were within a block of the Reich Chancellery, Hitler committed suicide by shooting himself. -
Germany Surrendered
Germany surrendered shortly after Hitler committed suicide. -
V-E Day
V-E day was the public holiday to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies, of Nazi Germany's surrender of its armed forces. -
Potsdam Conference
Gathering to decide how to punish the defeated Nazi Germany. -
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima
A uranium gun-type atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. -
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki
An estimated 40,000 people were killed due to the atomic bomb. -
Japan Surrendered
The Imperial Japanese Navy was incapable of conducting operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent. -
V-J Day
V-J day is the name chosen for the day on which Japan surrendered. -
Nuremberg Trials
These trials were held in Nuremberg and were for the prosecution of Nazi Germany.
