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Benito Mussolini founds Facist Party
Mussolini founded the Facist party which is much like a dictatorship. Mussolini founded the Facist party because he glorified the importance of the state rather than individuals. -
Hitler goes to jail
Hitler and the Nazis unsuccessfully corporated a "Beer Hall Putsch" which was their attempt at overthrowing or seizing the German government by force. Hitler was arrested in 1924 and sentenced to a 5 year serving time in jail for his failed attempt to overthrow the government. He also wrote "Mein Kampf" during his jail time. -
Chancellor in 1933
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Italy invaded Ethiopia because they desperately needed to restore their glory and revive their economy. -
US officially begins researching atomic bomb
The first nuclear fission experiment was conducted in the US on this day. This particular project was conducted at Columbia University in the basement of Pupin Hall. A main scientist of these studies is J. Robert Oppenheimer. -
WWII officially begins
Germany invades Poland. This is the offical start of WWII. -
French and British declare war against Germany
France and Britain are trying to defend Poland from Germany. They are finally standing up to Germany for violating the Treaty of Versailles. -
Italy declares war on France and Great Britain
Benito Mussolini declares war on France and Great Britain after withholding agreement with the Axis Powers. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor finally personally bringing the US into the war. -
US joins WWII
The US joins WWII after the bombing of Pearl Harbor due to all the American casualties. -
Battle of Midway
American armed forces destry four Japanese aircraft carries. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Soviet Union defeats the Germans. Germans surrended to the "Red Army" which ended one of the pivotal battles of WWII. -
Smith-Connally Act
US Congress passed the Smith-Connally Act which granted the president power to take over vital industries of the event of strikes. -
D-Day
More than 16,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of the French coastline in Normandy, France to fight German Nazis. -
First Liberation
The Soviet troops entered Maidanek to revive any surving people left in the camp. -
Mussolini is executed
Mussolini is killed by firing squad on behalf of the Italian partisans. -
Hitler commits suicide in Berlin
Hitler commits suicide by swalling a cynanide capsule then following that by a shot to the head. He commited suicide in an underground bunker with his wife of two days, Eva Braun. Eva also poisoned herself, and they poisoned their -
Hiroshima was bombed
Harry Truman was not going to let Japan escape from what they had started, so on August 6th he had an atomic bomb dropped over Hiroshima, killing an estimated 80,000 people and severely wounding thousands more. -
USSR declares war on Japan
To Japan's dismay, the Soviet Union declares war on Japan and attacks Manchuria the very next day. -
Japan Surrenders
After the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on behalf of the US and after the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, attacking Manchuria, the Emperor Hirohito accepted surrender to the US.
