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Trans Siberian Railway was Built
The Trans-Siberian Railway is a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan. -
Russo-Japanese War began
first great war of the 20th century -
Bloody Sunday in Russia
unarmed demonstrators marching to present a petition to Tsar Nicholas II were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard -
Sun Yixian Became President of China
resented the domination of Chinese affairs by western powers -
March Revolution in Russia
collective term for a series of revolutions in Russia -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
a peace treaty between the new Bolshevik government of Russia -
May Fourth Movement Began
China declared war against Germany -
Weimar Republic Established in Germany
named after Weimar, the city where the constitutional assembly took place -
The League of Nations was created
founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War -
New Economic Policy
Deemed necessary after the Russian Civil War of 1917 to 1922, to foster the economy of the country, which was almost ruined. -
Washington Conference
military conference called by President Warren G. Harding and held in Washington -
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. -
Vladimir Lenin became the leader of Russia
a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist -
Dawes Plan Started
The Dawes Plan was an attempt following World War I for the Triple Entente to compromise and collect war reparations debt from Germany. -
Jiang Jieshi Became the leader of the Kuomintang
Jiang Jieshi Became the leader of the KMT after Sun died in 1925. -
Adolf Hitler Wrote Mein Kampf
Hitler began dictating the book to his deputy Rudolf Hess while imprisoned -
Civil War in China Began
China fought between forces loyal to the government of the Republic of China led by the Kuomintang -
Charles Lindbergh's Solo Flight across the Atlantic
first person in history to be in New York one day and Paris the next -
Kellogg-Briand Pact signed
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" -
Joseph Stalin became the Leader of the USSR
Stalin entered into a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany that divided their influence and territory within Eastern Europe -
Stock Market Crashed in The U.S.
most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States -
Great Depression Began
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. -
Japan invaded Manchuria
Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria -
The New Deal started
series of domestic programs enacted in the United States -
The Long March
There was not one Long March, but a series of marches -
Great Purge Began
campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin -
Adolf Hitler Defied the Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles limited the Germany army to 100,000 and Hitler increased the size to 500,000 by 1935. He increased the navy well above the maximum allowed by the treaty. He established the Luftwaffe or German Air Force in defiance of the treaty, and he re-militarized the Rhineland in 1936. He again broke the treaty with his action in 1938 of forcing Austria to join Germany. -
Rape of Nanking
episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against Nanking -
Anschluss
the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany -
Adolf Hitler took the Sudetenland
itler Granted the Sudentenland by Britain, France and Italy -
Kristallnacht Began
At least 91 Jews were killed in the attacks, and 30,000 were arrested and incarcerated in concentration camps -
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed
epresentatives from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pac -
Germany invaded Poland (Blitzkrieg)
invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe. -
Vichy Government Established in France
officially the French State -
Battle of Britain
air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom -
Lend Lease Act
program under which the United States supplied Great Britain and allies with materiel -
Operation Barbarossa
code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union -
U.S. Congress passed the Neutrality Acts
spurred by the growth in isolationism and non-interventionism in the US following its costly involvement in World War I -
The U.S Declared War on Japan
U.S declared war on Japan after the suprise bombing of Pearl Harbor the day before. -
Chelmno Concentration Camp opened
At a very minimum 152,000 people were killed in the camp -
Hitler enacted the Final Solution
destruction of Jewish communities in continental Europe -
Bataan Death March
orcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war -
Battle of the Coral Sea
irst day of the first modern naval engagement in history -
Battle of Midway
Japan's first naval defeat since the Battle of Shimonoseki Straits -
Battle of El Alamein
Battles occurred in North Africa in Egypt -
Manhattan Project Began
research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs -
Battle of Guadalcanal
The Guadalcanal Campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower by Allied forces, was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theatre of World War II. -
Operation torch
the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign -
Casablanca Conference
plan the Allied European strategy for the next phase of World War II -
Allies Landed in Sicily
major World War II campaign, in which the Allies took Sicily from the Axis Powers -
Tehran Conference
held in the Soviet Embassy in Tehran, Iran -
Operation Overlord (D-Day)
operation that launched the invasion of German-occupied western Europe -
Yalta Conference
urpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization -
Battle of Okinawa
82-day-long battle -
Mussolini was Executed
Benito Mussolini, and his mistress, Clara Petacci, are shot by Italian partisans who had captured the couple as they attempted to flee to Switzerland. -
Hitler committed suicide
hitlers corpse was burned -
Germany Surrendered
signed by representatives of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht -
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki
second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan's unconditional surrender. -
V-J Day
Victory over Japan Day -
Nuremberg Trials
series of military tribunals, held by the Allied forces after World War II -
Rome-Berlin Axis
book by British historian Elizabeth Wiskemann -
Battle of the Bulge
