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US Stock market crash
also called the wallstreet crash, or black tuesday. It was the most devastating stock market crash. The crash was the beginning od a great depression or also known as a worldwide depressionwhich last 10 years. it affected all of the western industrialized colonies. -
Japan Invades Manchuria
Essentially, this was an attempt by the Japanese Empire to gain control over the whole province, in order to eventually encompass all of East Asia. This proved to be one of the causes of World War II. -
Japan Withdraws from the league of nations
the reason they dropped out of the league is because they didn't follow there rules and so japan basically said your dumb so were out. With that they end up invading manchuria. -
Italy Invades Ethiopia
Ethiopia had valuable exports and at the time they were also forming a modern army with the help of several European powers, but was purchased with their own money. -
Spanish Civil War Start
The war ended with the victory of the conservative Nationalists, the overthrow of the democratic government, and the exile of thousands of left-leaning Spaniards, many of whom fled to refugee camps in Southern France. With the establishment of a dictatorship led by General Francisco Franco in the aftermath of the Civil War, all right-wing parties were fused into the structure of the Franco regime. -
Franco Becomes Dictator of Spain
Franco was a Spanish general, dictator and the leader of the Nationalist military rebellion in the Spanish Civil War, and totalitarian head of state of Spain, from October 1936 until his death in November 1975. -
Anshluss in Austria
A union of Germany and Austria to create a 'Greater Germany', any attempt at an Anschluss was banned by the Treaty of Versailles, but Hitler drove it through anyway on March 13 1938. -
Munich Agreements
The Munich Pact was an agreement permitting the Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. The Sudetenland were areas along Czech borders, mainly inhabited by ethnic Germans. The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe without the presence of Czechoslovakia. Today, it is widely regarded as a failed act of appeasement toward Nazi Germany. -
Invasion of Poland
German Invasion of Poland that marked the beginning of WW 2 in Europe. -
Battle in the Atlantic
A six year continuous military campaign in the Atlantic Ocean. -
Invasion of France
The German Invasion of France. Crushng Victory. -
Battle of Britain
The massive air battle fought between German and British air forces for control of British Airspace. -
Operation of Sealion
Germany's planned invasion of Britain. -
Operation Barbarrosa
Germanies opening invasion agaisnt the USSR. Initially successful, Russian armies unprepared. -
Battle of Leningrad
German seige of Leningrad, a Soviet city. Long and bloody, eventually resulted in a Soviet Victory. -
Pearl Harbour
A surprise Japanese Aerial assault on US naval bases. Main cause of US entering WW2. -
Battle of Coral Sea
A major naval battle of WW2 between the US and Japanese navies. Resulted in US strategic victory and Japanese Tactical victory. US repelled Japanese invasion. -
Battle of Midway
US Navy thwarts Japanese fleests assault on Midway Atoll. Inflicted severe damage to Japanese navy. -
Battle of Guadacanal
An allied assault in the Pacific Theater on and around the island of Guadacanal. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Germans battled the Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad, resulted in German loss. -
Operation Torch
The British and American Invasion of German held French North Africa. -
Allied Conference in Tehran Start
The Tehran Conference was a strategy meeting held between Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill from 28 November to 1 December 1943. It was held in the Soviet Embassy in Tehran, Iran and was the first of the World War II conferences held between all of the "Big Three" Allied leaders. It closely followed the Cairo Conference and preceded both the Yalta and Potsdam Conference. -
Allied Conference in Tehran End
The Tehran Conference was a strategy meeting held between Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill from 28 November to 1 December 1943. It was held in the Soviet Embassy in Tehran, Iran and was the first of the World War II conferences held between all of the "Big Three" Allied leaders. It closely followed the Cairo Conference and preceded both the Yalta and Potsdam Conference. -
Azio Landings
Also known as Operation Shingle. An allied amphibious assasault against Axis help Italian ports of Anzio and Nettuno. -
D-Day
Operation Neptune, the Allied invasion of the Normandy Region of France. Part of larger Operation Overlord. Ended in Allied Vivtory. -
Operation Market Garden
A failed Allied assault into German held ands. Initially successful, it ended in a crushing allied defeat. -
Battle of the Bulge
Major German offensive in Belgium. Resulted in an overwelming Ally victory, and crippled the German Military. -
Allied Conference in Yalta End
The Yalta Conference, sometimes called the Crimea Conference and codenamed the Argonaut Conference, held February 4–11, 1945, was the wartime 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 General Secretary Joseph Stalin, respectively, for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
US invasion of Japan held Iwo Jima. Fought for its two airfields, some of the bloodiest fighting of WW2. -
Battle of Okinawa
Largest amphibious assault of WW2. Allies attemping to take control of Okinawa. -
Battle of Berlin
Final major offensive in Europe of WW2. Soviets and Allies invaded Berlin. Hitler commited suicide in his bunker. Ally victory. -
Hitler's death
Hitler killed himself by shooting himself on April 30, 1945. Along with his suicide, his wife killed herself also. After their bodies were found, they were burned and cremated. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin blockade (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under allied control. -
Hiroshima
The first Atomic Bombing of Japan. -
Nagasaki
Second atomic bombing of Japan. Forced Japan into a surrender. -
Paris peace conference
