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Trans-Siberian Railway Built
Starts in Moscow it is used all thrrouout Russia and other countries. -
Czar Nicholas II Became the Laeder of Russia
Was the last czar of Russia.he came after his father Czar Alexander III. -
Russian Marxists Split into Mensheviks & Bolsheviks
Bolsheviks thought you should force revolution and the Mensheviks thought that it should naturally happen. -
Russo - Japanese War began
After rejecting the plan to spilt Manchuria and Korea with Japan, Russia is then attacked by the Japanese on Port Arthur. -
Albert Einstein Developed the Theory of Relativity
Explained that the Law of Physics are the same for all non-accelerating observers -
Bloody Sunday in Russia
People marched to present a petition to Czar Nicholas II and were guned down by the army. -
Kuomintang was Created
The nationalist party in China founded by Sun Yat-sen . -
Sun Yixian Became President of China
Named the " Father of the Nation", he is known for making China more modern at the time. -
March Revolution in Russia
Members of the Duma take control of the government forming the Russian Provisional Government. -
Czar Nicholas II Abdicated
Czar Nicholas II was forced to give up his throne to be replaced by provincial government. -
Russian Civil War Began
War between the Russian army and the ea and white armies. -
The Bolshevik Revolution
Started by the Bolsheviks, resulted in the formation of the USSR. -
New Economic Policy Enforced in Russia
The reconstuction of the Russian economy ,forced grain requisition and naturalization of all trade. -
Treaty of Brest- Litovsk
The peace agreement between Russia and the Central Powers, stating that they are not appart of WWI anymore. -
The League of Nations
Formed after WWI to solve world problems. -
May Fourth Movement Began
a political movement led by student demostrations. -
Weimar Republic Established in Germany
The government brought to replace the imperial government folling WWI. -
Adolf Hitler Became the Leader of the Nazi Party
Became the leader of the Aryan Master Race party. -
Washington Conference
A military conference organized by President Warren G. Harding. -
Benito Mussolini became leader of Italy
Benito Mussolini becomes Duce of the Italian Social Republic. -
Russia becomes the USSR
After the Bolsheviks overthrew the Russian czar they form a new state. -
Vladimir Lenin became leader of Russia
Was the leader od the Bolsheviks when they took over. -
Joseph Stalin became the Leader of the USSR
Changed the USSR into a miltary and industrial country, was preceded by Lenin. -
Dawes Plan Started
A plan made after WWI to get war payments from Germany. -
Jiang Jieshi Became the leader of the Kuomintang
Leader of the Nationalist Party in China,was prececeded bySun Yat-sen. -
Adolf Hitler Wrote Mein Kampf
A book Hitler wrote in prison about his life. -
Hirohito Became the Emperor of Japan
Was the first emperor of Japan. -
Charles Lindbergh's Solo Flight Across the Atlantic
Charles Lindbergh was the fist to fly across the Atlantic. -
Five-Year Plan Began
The 5 year plan that Stalin ceated to get as many goals done within that time. -
Kellogg- Briand Pact Signed
A treaty signed by the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Japan, and a number of other states. -
The Great Depression Began
The economic decline of countries after WWI. -
Stock Market Crashed in the U.S.
The downfall of the econom which will lead to the Great Depression. -
Japan invaded Manchuria
The Japanese army invaded Manchuria following the Mukden Incident. -
Hitler Became the Chancellor of Germany
The leader of the Nazi Party becomes the chancellor of Germany. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) became president of the U.S.
Became president during the Great Depression created Acts to held the economy. -
The New Deal Started
The federal programs started by FDR. -
Adolf Hitler Defied the Treaty of Versailles
Hitler breaks treaty by sending troops into Munich which result him being put in prison. -
The Long March
The military retreat by the Chinese Communist Party. -
U.S. Congress Passed the Neutrality Acts
A series of laws the US had so they could stay out of foreign affairs of the war. -
Italy Invaded Ethiopia
Mussolini invades to take land. -
Francisco Franco Led a Fascist Revolt in Spain
Led the Nationalist rebels against the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. -
Rome- Berlin Axis
The partership of the countries Germany and Italy. -
Civil War in China Began
The war between those loyal to the government of the (KMT) and the (CPC) -
Japan invades China
Completely invades after taking over Manchuria. -
Rape of Nanking
A mass rape and genocine in Nanking, China. -
Hitler Host the Munich Conference
A settlement for when Germany was annexing a portion Czechoslovakia -
Adolf Hitler took the Sudetenland
Hitler Granted the Sudentenland by Britain, France and Italy. -
Kristallnacht Begins
Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact Signed
Nazi Germany and the Soviet sign a non- aggression pact. -
Germany Invaded Poland( Blitzkrieg)
Germany invaded Poland and defeats Polish army wich causes Great Britian and France to declare war on Germany. -
Sitzkrieg Begins
The Nazi''s invasion of Poland. -
Winston Churchill Became the Prime Minister of GB
Called to replaced Neville Chamberlain folling his resignation. -
Vichy Government Established in France
Folling the German victory at the Battle of France , the country becomes a German state. -
Auschwitz Death Camp Opened
The biggest concentration camp ran by the Nazi Party. -
Allies Evacuate Dunkirk
The evacuation of British and Americans from the sea port of Dunkirk, France . -
Battle of Britian
The British Royal Air Force fighting Germany's Air Force to prevent the Nazi invasion. -
Tripartite Pact Signed
A pact signed between Germany, Italy and Japan. -
Great Purge Began
Stalin's acts of terror in Russia, people were accused of crimes they didn't commit. -
Lend- Lease Act
When the US could provide military aid to nations during WWI. -
Operation Barbarossa
Cpenam fo the invasion of the Soviet Union. -
Atlantic Charter
A policy statement that defined the Allies goals for the post- war world. -
Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attack the American naval base Pearl Harbor. -
Island Hopping Campaign
A Allied military tactic involving taking over islands owned by Japan. -
The U.S. declared War on Japan
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the next day the U.S. declared war on Japan after a speech given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
Chelmno Concentration Camp Opened
A camp in Poland that held Jews was the first camp to use poison gas on Jews. -
Hitler enacted the Final Solution
The phase during the war where Hilter wanted to get rid of Jews forever. -
Nisei were Interned in Relocation Centers in the U.S.
When Japanese- Americans wee put into relocation camps in the midwest. -
Bataan Death March
The transfer of the war prisoners during the Battle of Bataan. -
Doolittle Raids Over Japan
Air attack on Japan by the United States. -
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle between the Japanese Navy and the naval air forces from the United States and Australia. -
Battle of Midway
Japanese raid Midway Island with Navy. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
A battle fought around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theatre of World War II. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Stopped German advance in the Soviet Union and marks the turning point of the war for the Allies. -
Battle of El Alamein
Fought in Egypt between the Axis forces of the Panzer and the Allied forces of the British. -
Operation Torch
The British American invasion of North Africa. -
Casablanca Conference
Allies meet to come up with a plan for WWI. -
The Holocaust Began
The beginning of the genocide of Jews caused by Nazi Germany. -
Allies land in Sicilly
The Allies have an invasion of the Italian island. -
Tehan Conference
A strategy meeting held between Stalin, FDR, and Winston Churchill. -
Operation Overlord (D- Day)
The Allied invasion of Normandy, France. -
Gen. Macarthur Returned to the Philippines (Leyte Gulf
U.S. forces land to the Phillippines to prepare foe an invasion. -
Battle of the Bulge
A German campain fought in the country of Beligum. -
Yalta Conference
The United Nations is created and Stalin agrees to declare war on Japan after Germany surrenders and -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The American invasion where the capture the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese. -
Battle of Okinawa
Fought on the islands of Okinawa duing the Pacific War. -
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima
The first atomic bomb dropped in Japan which helped ended the war. -
Mussolini was exucuted
The Duce of Italy was killed. -
Hitler Committed Suicide
Committed suicide by using a pistol and so did his wife. -
Germany Surrendered
Germany signed an unconditional surrender to the Allied Forces. -
V-E Day
Great Britain and the U.S. celebrate the victory against the Germans in WWII. -
Manhattan Project Began
When the atomic bomb age began in New Mexico. -
Potsdam Conference
The last WWII meetings with the "Big Three" where they talk about post- war Germany and write the letter to Japan about “unconditional surrender”. -
V- J Day
The Victory over Japan when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki
The second bomb being dropped in Japan resulted in the Japanese surrendering to the war. -
Japan surrendered
The country surrenders after being bombed twice . -
Nuremburg Trials
German leaders were put on trial for the crimes they have commited. -
Anschluss
When Austria and Germany united.
