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Trans-Siberian Railway Built
A network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan. -
Czar Nicholas 2 becam leader of Russia
the last Emperor of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland, and titular King of Poland. -
Kuomintang was created
the ruling political party in Republic of China -
Russian Marxists split into Mensheviks and Bolsheviks
The one party splits into two parties. -
Russo-Japanese War began
"the first great war of the 20th century."[4] It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea. -
Bloody Sunday in Russia
unarmed demonstrators marching to present a petition to Tsar Nicholas II were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard, approaching the city center and the Winter Palace from several gathering points. -
Sun Yixian became President of China
first president and founding father of the Republic of China ("Nationalist China"). As the foremost pioneer of Republic of China, Sun is referred to as the "Father of the Nation" in the Republic of China (ROC), and the "forerunner of democratic revolution" in the People's Republic of China -
March Revolution
Russian workers demanded better wages. -
March Revolution in Russia
The First World War had cost Russia millions of lives. Those not actually fighting had to face serious food shortages. The winter of 1916-17 was very cold and fuel was in very short supply. Cold and lack of food create an environment that lead to trouble for those blamed for these problems -
Czar Nicholas 2 abdicated
ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a provincial government is installed in his place. -
The Bolshevik Revolution
a seizure of state power instrumental in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917 -
Russian civil war began
a multi-party war in the former Russian Empire fought between the Bolshevik Red Army and the White Army, the loosely allied anti-Bolshevik forces -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
a peace treaty on March 3, 1918, between the new Bolshevik government of Russia (the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey), which ended Russia's participation in World War I -
May 4th Movement began
an anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement growing out of student demonstrations in Beijing on May 4, 1919, protesting the Chinese government's weak response to the Treaty of Versailles, especially allowing Japan to receive territories in Shandong which had been surrendered by Germany after the Siege of Tsingtao. -
Weimar Republic established in Germany
established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government. -
Albert Einstein developed the Theory of Relativity
or simply relativity in physics, usually encompasses two theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity -
New Economic Policy Enforced in Russia
An economic policy of Soviet Russia proposed by Vladimir Lenin, who called it "state capitalism". -
Washington Conference
Between 1921 and 1922, the world’s largest naval powers gathered in Washington for a conference to discuss naval disarmament and ways to relieve growing tensions in East Asia. -
Joseph Stalin became leader of USSR
The leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. -
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. Known as Il Duce ("the leader"), Mussolini was one of the key figures in the creation of fascism. -
Vladimir Lenin became leader of Russia
a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He served as the leader of the Russian SFSR from 1917, and then concurrently as Premier of the Soviet Union from 1922, until his death -
Russia becomes the USSR
a socialist state on the Eurasian continent that existed between 1922 and 1991, governed as a single-party state by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital. -
Adolf Hitler wrote Mein Kampf
An autobiographical manifesto by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, in which he outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. -
Dawes Plan started
An attempt following World War I for the Triple Entente to compromise and collect war reparations debt from Germany. -
Adolf Hitler became leader of Nazi-Party
Hitler rose in the ranks quite fast and became the leader of the Nazi-Party and eventully the country. -
Jiang Jieshi became the leader of the kuomintang
He became the leader of the kuomintang -
Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan
the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order, reigning from December 25, 1926, until his death in 1989. -
Civil war in China began
fought between forces loyal to the government of the Republic of China led by the Kuomintang (KMT) and forces of the Communist Party of China -
Charles Lindenbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic
Flew a prize-winning solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Five-Year Plan began
a list of economic goals, created by General Secretary Joseph Stalin and based off his policy of Socialism in One Country. -
Italy invaded Ethiopia
Led by Mussolini, italy sought to invade and conquer Ethiopia. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact Signed
An 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". -
Stock Market crashed in the U.S.
the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, when taking into consideration the full extent and duration of its fallout.[2] The crash signaled the beginning of the 10-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries -
Great Depression Began
A severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. -
Japan invaded Manchuria
the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. -
The New Deal started
a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938 -
Franklin D. Roosevelt became president
commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 32nd President of the United States. -
The Long March
A military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China, the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang (KMT or Chinese Nationalist Party) army. -
The Great Purge began
A campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin from 1934 to 1939. -
Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany
He was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator of Nazi Germany (as Führer und Reichskanzler) from 1934 to 1945. -
Adolf Hitler Defied the Treaty of Versailles
Hitler announced that Germany would not obey the restrictions set in the treaty -
U.S Congress passed the Neutrality Acts
in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War II. They were spurred by the growth in isolationism and non-interventionism in the US following its costly involvement in World War I, and sought to ensure that the US would not become entangled again in foreign conflicts. -
Germany reoccupied the rhineland
violates the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany. -
Fransisco Franco led a fascist revolt in Spain
fought from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939 between the Republicans, who were loyal to the democratically elected Spanish Republic, and the Nationalists, a rebel group led by General Francisco Franco. -
The Holocaust began
the mass murder or genocide of approximately six million Jews during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi Germany, led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, throughout the German Reich and German-occupied territories -
Japan invaded China
The Japanese invaded China proper, launching the Second Sino-Japanese War. (July 1937). The Japanese Kwantung Army turned a small incident into a full-scale war. -
Rape of Nanking
an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against Nanking during the Second Sino-Japanese War -
Anschuluss
The occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938 -
Hitler hosted Munich Conference
a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was coined -
Kristallnacht Began
A pogram against Jews in Nazi-Germany. -
Adolf Hitler took the Sudetenland
The conquest of Czechoslovakia became Hitler's next ambition. -
Rome-Berlin Axis
The nations that fought in the Second World War against the Allied forces. -
Nazi-Soviet pact signed
representatives from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, which guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other. -
Germany invaded Poland (Blitzkrieg)
Germany defeated Poland in a matter of weeks, and this caused Britian and France to declare war on Germany. -
Sitzkrieg began
a phase early in World War II that was marked by a lack of major military operations by the Western Allies (the United Kingdom and France) against the German Reich. -
Auschwitz Death Camp opened
a network of concentration and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany during World War II -
Churchill becomes prime minister of GB
Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, is called to replace Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister following the latter's resignation after losing a confidence vote in the House of Commons. -
Allies evacuate Dunkirk
also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between 27 May and 4 June 1940 -
Battle of Britain
"Air battle for England" is the name given to the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940. -
Tripartite pact signed
also the Three-Power Pact, Axis Pact, Three-way Pact or Tripartite Treaty was a pact signed in Berlin, Germany on September 27, 1940, which established the Axis Powers of World War II. -
Lend-Lease Act
Was a program under which the United States supplied Great Britain, the USSR, Republic of China, Free France, and other Allied nations with materiel. -
Operation Barbarossa
the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II -
Manhattan Project began
A research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs during World War II. -
Hitler enacted the Final Solution
Nazi Germany's plan during World War II to systematically exterminate the Jewish people in Nazi-occupied Europe, which resulted in the most deadly phase of the Holocaust, the destruction of Jewish communities in continental Europe. -
Atlantic Charter
pivotal policy statement issued in August 14,1941 that, early in World War II, defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. It was drafted by the leaders of Britain and the United States, and later agreed to by all the Allies. -
Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
Japan sunk 4 battleships in Pearl Harbor in just 2 hours. -
The U.S. declares war on Japan
The U.S. declared war on Japan after they bombed Pearl Harbour. -
Chelmno Concentration Camp Opened
Known to the Germans as the Kulmhof concentration camp, was a Nazi German extermination camp situated 50 kilometres (31 mi) from Łódź, near a Polish village. -
Nisei were interned in rlocation centers in the U.S.
"War Relocation Camps" of over 110,000 people of Japanese heritage who lived on the Pacific coast of the United States -
Gen. Macarthur returned to the Phillippines
an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army who was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II -
Bataan Death March
began on April 9, 1942, was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II -
Doolittle Raids over Japan
an air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu island during World War II, the first air raid to strike the Japanese Home Islands -
Battle of the Coral Sea
a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway in the Pacific Theater of Operations was one of the most important naval battles of World War II. -
Battle of El Alamein
There were two battles of El Alamein in World War II, both fought in 1942.The Battles occurred in North Africa in Egypt in and around an area named after a railway stop called El Alamein -
Battle of Guadalcanal
Codenamed Operation Watchtower by Allied forces, it 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, it was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan. -
Operation Torch
was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War which started on 8 November 1942. -
Casablanca Conference
Was held to plan the Allied European strategy for the next phase of World War II. In attendance were United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and representing the Free French forces, Generals Charles de Gaulle, and Henri Giraud. -
Allies landed in Sicily
codenamed Operation Husky, was a major World War II campaign, in which the Allies took Sicily from the Axis Powers -
Battle of Stalingrad
Russia defeated Germany, thought to be the turning point of the war in Europe. -
The League of Nations was created
An intergovernmental organisation founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. -
Island Hopping Campaign
Hop from one strategic island to the next until you reach the mainland Japan. -
Tehran Conference
a strategy meeting held between Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill from 28 November to 1 December 1943 -
Operation Overlord (D-Day)
The code name for the Battle of Normandy, the operation that launched the invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II by Allied forces. -
Vichy Government established in France
during the regime of Marshal Philippe Pétain, during World War II, from the German victory in the Battle of France (July 1940) to the Allied liberation in August 1944 -
Kamikaze pilots appear in the Pacific
suicide attacks by military aviators from the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, designed to destroy warships more effectively than was possible with conventional attacks. -
Battle of the Bulge
The last german offensive in WW2. -
Yalta Conference
codenamed the Argonaut Conference, held February 4–11, 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Premier Joseph Stalin, respectively, for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The biggest amphibious battle of WW2, considered the turning point of the war in the Pacific. -
Battle of Okinawa
Fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. -
Musollini was executed
Italian dictator Mussolini was executed along with his family. -
Hitler committed suicide
Committed suicide after he realized Germany would lose the war. -
Germany surrendered
Germany agreed to an unconditional surrender to end WW2 in Europe. -
V-E Day
Victory of Europe Day. When the war officially ended in Europe. -
Potsdam Conference
Participants were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States. The three powers were represented by Communist Party General Secretary Joseph Stalin, Prime Ministers Winston Churchill,[4] and, later, Clement Attlee,[5] and President Harry S. Truman -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan were conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II in August 1945 -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Also called "little boy" , got Japan to surrender. -
V-J Day
the day on which Japan surrendered, in effect ending World War II -
Japan surrendered
Also called J-V Day. Japan finally surrendered. -
Nuremberg Trials
a series of military tribunals, held by the Allied forces after World War II, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany. The trials were held in the city of
