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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was the leader of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. He initiated World War II and oversaw fascist policies that resulted in millions of deaths. -
The Russian Revolution
Government corruption was rampant, the Russian economy remained backward, and Nicholas repeatedly dissolved the Duma, the Russian parliament established after the 1905 revolution, when it opposed his will. -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
on September 18, 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. The Japanese established a puppet state called Manchukuo, and their occupation lasted until the end of World War II. -
germany moving troops into the rhineland
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. -
Germany annexation of Austria
March 12, Hitler accompanied German troops into Austria, where enthusiastic crowds met them. Hitler appointed a new Nazi government, and on March 13 the Anschluss was proclaimed. Austria existed as a federal state of Germany until the end of World War II. -
The Munich Conference(Apeasement)
Munich Agreement, Mussolini, Benito; Hitler, Adolf; Chamberlain, Neville [Credit: Tramonto—age fotostock/Imagestate](September 30, 1938), settlement reached by Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy that permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland in western Czechoslovakia. -
Germany claims the sudetenland
1938, Adolph Hitler and the armies of Nazi Germany crossed into the Sudetenland, which at the time was a western region of the state of Czechoslovakia. Though not yet at war with Europe, the annexation of the Sudetenland is considered to be a pivotal move towards the invasion of Czechoslovakia -
Germany invasion of Czechoslovakia
Hitler’s hands only the Sudentenland, that part of Czechoslovakia where 3 million ethnic Germans lived, it also handed over to the Nazi war machine 66 percent of Czechoslovakia’s coal. -
German invasion of Poland to start WWII
Once Hitler had a base of operations within the target country, he immediately began setting up “security” forces to annihilate all enemies of his Nazi ideology, whether racial, religious, or political. -
France surrender
Germany started their aduance in May, only took weeks to control France after conquering France, Britain was the next country Hittler wanted to invade -
Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor Hawaii Territory -
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy." On that day, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. -
United States Declares War on Japan
United States Congress declared war on the Empire of Japan in response to its surprise attack on Pearl Harbor -
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini created the Fascist Party in Italy in 1919, eventually making himself dictator prior to World War II. ... In 1919, he created the Fascist Party, eventually making himself dictator and holding all the power in Italy. -
The United States Entrance into WWII
