Rise of Dictators & WWII Events

Vladimir Lenin

Mar 5, 1917

Lenin was founder of the Russian Communist party, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and architect and first head of the Soviet State.

The Russian Revolution

Mar 8, 1917

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

Benito Mussolini

Jan 5, 1919

He was an Italian dictator but was originally a Revolutionary Socialist, he forged the paramilitary Fascist movement in 1919 and became prime minister in 1922.

JosephStalin

Dec 18, 1920

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

Japanese Invasion of Manchuria

Sep 18, 1931

The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 18, 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident.

Germany Moving Troops into the Rhineland

Mar 7, 1936

This was significant because it violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties, marking the first time since the end of World War I that German troops had been in this region. The remilitarization changed the balance of power in Europe from France towards Germany, and made it possible for Germany to pursue a policy of aggression in Eastern Europe that the demilitarized status of the Rhineland had blocked until then.

Neville Chamberlain

May 5, 1937

Arthur Nevile Chambelain FRS was a British Conservative politican who serve as prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to may 1940.

Germany annexation of Austri

Mar 12, 1938

German trrops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich.

Germany invasion of Czechoslovakia

Sep 30, 1938

Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini,French premier Edouard Daladier, and British prime Minister Nevile Chambelain.

The Munich Conference (Appeasement)

Sep 30, 1938

The Agreement was signed by Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Italy.

Germany Claims the Sudeteland

Oct 21, 1938

The annwxed territories were divided, with the souethern parts being incorporate in to the neighbouring Reichsgaue.

German Invasion of Poland to start WWII

Sep 1, 1939

German forces bombard Poland on Poland and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland.

The bombing of Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japanese planes attack the United States at Pearl Harbor.

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

The Japanese Attack the U.S. They attack the navy first and the they attck every air force military base.

Franklin Roosevelt

Jan 5, 1945

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, commonly known as FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the President of the United States from 1933 to 1945

Winston Churchhill.

Jan 5, 1951

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, DL, FRS, RA was a British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.

Adolf Hitler

Jan 5, 2016

Adolf hitler was an austrian born german polititian who was the leader of the nazi party , chancellor of germany from 1933 to 1945 and fuhrer of the nazi germany from 1934 to 1945.