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Neville Chamberlain
Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. -
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) served as the prime minister of Great Britain from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. He led Britain's fight against Nazi Germany in World War II. Churchill was a talented orator, giving many stirring speeches to boost national morale during the war. -
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. Holding the post of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he was effectively the dictator of the state. -
Franklin Roosevelt
Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. -
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 until his ousting in 1943. -
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party, Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and Führer of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. -
Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution is the collective term for a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the eventual rise of the Soviet Union. -
Japan begins all out attack on China
Japan begins an all out attack on China, eventually conquering Korea and French Indo-China as well. -
Germany annexation of Austria
German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. In early 1938, Austrian Nazis conspired for the second time in four years to seize the Austrian government by force and unite their nation with Nazi Germany. -
Munich Conference
Hitler invited leaders of Britain and France to Germany and assured them that he wanted no more territory. -
Germany claims the Sudetenland
Germany claimed the Sudetenland, a part of Czechoslovakia. -
Nazi-Soviet pact formed
Hitler and Stalin agreed not to attack one another. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invaded poland and that is when WWII starts. -
Britain and France delcare war on Germany
Two days after Germany invaded Poland, Britain and France declare war on Germany. -
Japan seizes Manchuria
Japan seizes Manchuria, for its valuable coal and iron. -
Battle of France
also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. Beginning on 10 May 1940, the battle defeated primarily French forces. -
France surrenders
Germany started their advance with Navy and only took two weeks to control France. -
Germany starts assault on England
German Lufftwaffe begin their assault on England, with more than twice the aircraft than the R.A.F. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack American Air Force base and naval ships which are located in Oahu, Hawaii. -
U.S. enters war
The U.S. declares war on Japan after the attacks on Pearl Harbor. -
Operation Overlord
The allies launch an all out attack on the beaches of Normandy to stop the Nazis. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle which U.S. Marines landed and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from thhe japanese Imperial Army. -
Battle of Berlin
The Battle of Berlin was the British bombing campaign on Berlin from November 1943 to March 1944. Not limited solely to Berlin, the campaign targeted other German cities as well, to prevent the concentration of defences in Berlin. The campaign was launched by Arthur "Bomber" Harris, AOC of RAF Bomber Command in November 1943. Harris believed this could be the blow that broke German resistance. -
WWII ends
The allies accepted Germany's surrender, about a week after Adolf Hitler committed suicide.
