The Great Depression and World War II

By 16kramerm0716

  • The Leage of Nations has its first Meeting

    League of Nations holds first meeting at Geneva, Switzerland. U.S. Dept. of Justice “red hunt” nets thousands of radicals; aliens deported.

  • Geman Inflation Begins

    Reparations Commission fixes German liability at 132 billion gold marks. German inflation begins.

  • Mussolini forms a Facsist Government

    Mussolini marches on Rome; forms Fascist government. Irish Free State, a self-governing dominion of British Empire, officially proclaimed. Kemal Atatürk, founder of modern Turkey, overthrows last sultan. James Joyce's Ulysses.

  • Adolf Hitler's “Beer Hall Putsch”

    Adolf Hitler's “Beer Hall Putsch” in Munich fails; in 1924 he is sentenced to five years in prison where he writes Mein Kampf; released after eight months. Occupation of Ruhr by French and Belgian troops to enforce reparations payments.

  • Germany's Economy Collapses

    Germany then suffers from inflation. They print too many bills and their economy gets out of hand.

  • Naval Disarmament Treaty Signed

    Britain, U.S., Japan, France, and Italy sign naval disarmament treaty. The U.S. joined the war partially because of a sea attack.

  • Nazis Gain In German Elections

    The German elections are in the Nazis favor. Hitler had persuded Germany.

  • Germany Finances Nazis

    German industrialists finance 800,000-strong Nazi party. This helps the Nazis have more of Germany on their side.

  • Hitler Appointed Chancellor

    Hitler became chancellor of Germany. This gave him more power to do what he did.

  • Japan invades China

    Japanese troops entering Shenyang during Mukden Incident. This is a part of World War II.

  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland; occupies Bohemia and Moravia; renounces pact with England and concludes 10-year non-aggression pact with USSR.

  • Hitler Invades Norway and Denmark

    Hitler Invades Norway and Denmark. 1940 was the year where Hitler invaded many countires.

  • Hitler Invades The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg

    Hitler Invades The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg on May 10th 1940. This is apart of one of the many invasions in 1940.

  • Hitler Invades France

    Hitler invades France on May 12, 1940. France is the place where D-Day happened.

  • Declaration of the United Nations Signed

    The Declaration of the United Nations was signed in 1942. They act as peacekeepers in many other wars.

  • D-Day

    Allies invade Normandy on D-Day. This is one of the largest battles in history.

  • Battle of the Bulge

    The Battle of the Bulge happend on December 16, 1944. The surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard and became the costliest battle in terms of casualties for the United States, whose forces bore the brunt of the attack. It also severely depleted Germany's war-making resources.

  • The First United Nations Meeting

    First meeting of UN General Assembly opens in London on January 10, 1946. The UN is the United Nations which had an agrement signed between major countries.

  • Soviet Union Rejects U.S. Plan

    The Soviet Union rejected U.S. plan for UN atomic-energy control. This time period was the start of atomic and nuclear bombs.

  • Cease-fire in Palestine

    The Cease-fire happens in Palestine on January 7, 1949. It is locacted in western Asia.