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  • Sun Yixian became president of china

    Sun Yixian became president of china
    Sun Yat-sen (12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925)[1][2] was a Chinese revolutionary, 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.
  • Czar Nicholas 2nd became leader of russia

    Czar Nicholas 2nd became leader of russia
    ike other Russian Emperors he is commonly known by the monarchical title Tsar (though Russia formally ended the Tsardom in 1721). He is known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church and has been referred to as Saint Nicholas the Martyr.
  • Joespeh Stalin became the Leader of the USSR

    Joespeh Stalin became the Leader of the USSR
    By the late 1920s, he was the unchallenged leader of the Soviet Union. He remained general secretary until the post was abolished in 1952, concurrently serving as the Premier of the Soviet Union from 1941 onward.
  • Mussollini was Executed

    Mussollini was Executed
    was an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 until his ousting in 1943. He ruled constitutionally until 1925, when he dropped all pretense of democracy and set up a legal dictatorship.
  • czar nicholas 2 abdicated

    czar nicholas 2 abdicated
    During the February Revolution, Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a provincial government is installed in his place.
  • KUmintang was created

    KUmintang was created
    fficially the Kuomintang of China,[5] or sometimes romanized as Guomindang by its Pinyin transliteration, is the ruling political party in Republic of China. The name literally means the Chinese National People's Party, but is more often translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party.[6]
  • Russian marxists split into Mensheviks and bolshiviks

    Russian marxists split into Mensheviks and bolshiviks
    Their sessions were held in an angling club with fishing trophies on the walls and in rooms in pubs and cafes. The meetings were extremely fractious, with much violent argument, barracking and interminable hair-splitting as every tiny point was dissected and analysed. It became clear that the party was split between two groups, the Bolsheviks (‘majority’) and the Mensheviks (‘minority’).
  • Russo japanese war began

    Russo japanese war began
    was "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

    Bloody sunday in russia
    Bloody Sunday (Russian: Крова́вое воскресе́нье, IPA: [krɐˈvavəjə vəskrʲɪˈsʲenʲjə]) was the name that came to be given to the events of 22 January [O.S. 9 January] 1905 in St Petersburg, Russia, where 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.
  • albert einstein developed the theory of relativity

    albert einstein developed the theory of relativity
    the theory of relativity, or simply relativity in physics, usually encompasses two theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity.
  • Trans siberain railway

    Trans siberain railway
    s a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan.[1] With a length of 9,289 km, it is the longest railway line in the world.
  • March revolution in russia

    March revolution in russia
    he 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.
  • March revolution in russia

    March revolution in russia
    The Russian Revolution is the collective term for a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Russian SFSR.
  • The bolsheivik revolution

    The bolsheivik revolution
    and commonly referred to as Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a seizure of state power instrumental in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917
  • Treaty of brest litovsk

    Treaty of brest litovsk
    The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was 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.
  • Russian civil war began

    Russian civil war began
    The Russian Civil War was a civil war fought from 1918 to c.1921 between several groups in Russia. The main fighting was between two groups: the Red Army and the White Army. The Red Army was an army of communists.
  • May fourth movement

    May fourth movement
    While the May Fourth Incident occurred on May 4, 1919, the May Fourth Movement began in 1917 when China declared war against Germany. During World War I, China supported the Allies on the condition that control over Shandong Province, the birthplace of Confucius, would be returned to China if the Allies triumphed.
  • Germany reoccupied the rhineland

    Germany reoccupied the rhineland
    Nazi leader Adolf Hitler 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.
  • Weimar republic established in Germany

    Weimar republic established in Germany
    s the name given by historians to the federal republic and semipresidential representative democracy established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government. It is named after Weimar, the city where the constitutional assembly took place.
  • New economic policy enforced in Russia

    New economic policy enforced in Russia
    The NEP represented a more capitalism-orienated economic policy;The complete nationalization of industry, established during the period of War Communism, it was revoked and a system of mixed economy was introduced.That allowed private individuals to own small enterprises, while the state continued to control banks, foreign trade, and large industries.
  • Adolf hitler became leader of Nazi party

    Adolf hitler became leader of Nazi party
    By early 1921, Adolf Hitler was becoming highly effective at speaking in front of ever larger crowds. In February, Hitler spoke before a crowd of nearly six thousand in Munich. To publicize the meeting, he sent out two truckloads of Party supporters to drive around with swastikas, cause a big commotion, and throw out leaflets, the first time this tactic was used by the Nazis.
  • Vladimir lenin became leader of russia

    Vladimir lenin became leader of russia
    was 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.[3] A union of multiple subnational Soviet republics, its government and economy were highly centralized
  • Russia became the USSR

    Russia became the USSR
    he "History of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union" reflects a period of great change for Russia and the world. Though the terms "Soviet Russia" and "Soviet Union" are synonymous in everyday vocabulary, when we talk about the foundations of the Soviet Union, "Soviet Russia" refers to the few years after the abdication of the crown of the Russian Empire by Tsar Nicholas II (in 1917), but before the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922. Early in its conception, the Soviet Union strived to achieve h
  • Dawes plan started

    Dawes plan started
    The Dawes Plan of 1924 was formulated to take Weimar Germany out of hyperinflation and to return Weimar’s economy to some form of stability. The dawes plan was named after the American man, head of the commitee named Charles Dawes.
  • Jiang Jieshi became the leader of the kuomintang

    Jiang Jieshi became the leader of the kuomintang
    Jiang Jieshi was a 20th century chinese political and military leader; he was an influentail member of the Kuomintang. The kuomintang was a chinese nationalist party, and was a close ally with Sun Yat-sen. He became the comandment of the Kuomintangs whampoa military acadamy and took Suns place as leader of the KMTwhen Sun died in 1925.
  • Adolf Hitler wrote mein Kampf

    Adolf Hitler wrote mein Kampf
    is an autobiographical manifesto by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, in which he outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany.
  • Civil war in china began

    Civil war in china began
    he Chinese Civil War[nb 2] was a civil war in China 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 (CPC).
  • Charles Lindberghs solo flight across the Atlantic

    Charles Lindberghs solo flight across the Atlantic
    Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974), nicknamed Slim,[1] Lucky Lindy, and The Lone Eagle, was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist.
  • Kellogg Briand pact signed

    Kellogg Briand pact signed
    s a 1928 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
  • five year plan began

    five year plan began
    he First Five-Year Plan, or 1st Five-Year Plan, of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a list of economic goals, created by General Secretary Joseph Stalin and based off his policy of Socialism in One Country. It was implemented between 1928 and 1932.
  • hirohito became the emperor of japan

    hirohito became the emperor of japan
    Hirohito (裕仁?), referred to as Emperor Shōwa in Japan (昭和天皇 Shōwa-tennō?, April 29, 1901 – January 7, 1989), was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order, reigning from December 25, 1926, until his death in 1989. Although better known outside of Japan by his personal name Hirohito, in Japan he is now referred to primarily by his posthumous name Emperor Shōwa.
  • Great depression Began

    Great depression Began
    The depression originated in the U.S., after the fall in stock prices that began around September 4, 1929, and became worldwide news with the stock market crash of October 29, 1929 (known as Black Tuesday).
  • Stock market crashed in the US

    Stock market crashed in the US
    he Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday[1] or the Stock Market Crash of 1929, began in late October 1929 and was 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.
  • Japan invaded Manchuria

    Japan invaded Manchuria
    the Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 19, 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident.
  • japan invaded china

    japan invaded china
    he Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 19, 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. The Japanese established a puppet state, called Manchukuo, and their occupation lasted until the end of World War II.
  • Adolf hitler became the Chancellor of germany

    Adolf hitler became the Chancellor of germany
    The year 1932 had seen Hitler's meteoric rise to prominence in Germany, spurred largely by the German people's frustration with dismal economic conditions and the still-festering wounds inflicted by defeat in the Great War and the harsh peace terms of the Versailles treaty. A charismatic speaker, Hitler channeled popular discontent with the post-war Weimar government into support for his fledgling Nazi party. In an election held in July 1932, the Nazis won 230 governmental seats; together with t
  • franklin d roosevelt (FDR)

    franklin d roosevelt (FDR)
    commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 32nd President of the United States. Serving from March 1933 to his death in April 1945, he was elected for four consecutive terms, and remains the only president ever to serve more than eight years.
  • The new deal started

    The new deal started
    The New Deal was a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938. They involved laws passed by Congress as well as presidential executive orders during the first term of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • The long march

    The long march
    The Long March (October 1933-October 1935) was 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

    The Great Purge began
    he Great Purge was a campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin from 1934 to 1939.[1] It involved a large-scale purge of the Communist Party and government officials, repression of peasants and the Red Army leadership, and widespread police surveillance, suspicion of "saboteurs", imprisonment, and arbitrary executions.[
  • The league of nations was created

    The league of nations was created
    was an intergovernmental organisation founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first international organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace
  • Adolf Hitler Defied the treaty of Versailles

    Adolf Hitler Defied the treaty of Versailles
    The way Hitler disobeyed the Treaty of Versailles is by ceasing to pay reparations. Germany also began to build an air force and began secret rearmament. In addition, the Annexation of Austria was a contrary to the treaty.
  • fransico franco revolt

    fransico franco revolt
    A lifelong military figure in Spain, Francisco Franco rose through the ranks until the early 1930s, when he found himself, a right-wing monarchist, in the midst of a left-wing republic.
  • US congress passed the nuetrality acts

    US congress passed the nuetrality acts
    The Neutrality Acts were passed by the United States Congress in the 1930s, in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War II.
  • Italy invaded ethiopia

    Italy invaded ethiopia
    The Second Italo–Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo–Abyssinian War, was a colonial war that started in October 1935 and ended in May 1936.
  • Rape of Nanking

    Rape of Nanking
    The Nanking Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking, was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against Nanking (current official spelling: Nanjing) during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • Hitler enacted the final solution

    Hitler enacted the final solution
    was 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.
  • Adolf hitler took the Sudetenland

    Adolf hitler took the Sudetenland
    is the German name (used in English in the first half of the 20th century) to refer to those northern, southwest, and western areas of Czechoslovakia which were inhabited mostly by German speakers, specifically the border districts of Bohemia, Moravia, and those parts of Silesia located within Czechoslovakia.
  • hitler hosted munich conference

    hitler hosted munich conference
    The Munich Agreement was 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.
  • Anschluss

    Anschluss
    his was in contrast with the Anschluss movement (Austria and Germany united as one country),[a] which had been attempted since as early as 1918 when the Republic of German-Austria attempted union with Germany but was forbidden by the Treaty of Saint Germain and Treaty of Versailles peace treaties.
  • Kristallnacht Began

    Kristallnacht Began
    was a pogrom (a series of coordinated attacks) against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria on 9–10 November 1938, carried out by SA paramilitary forces and non-Jewish civilians. German authorities looked on without intervening.
  • Nazi soviet pact signed

    Nazi soviet pact signed
    On August 23, 1939, 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 invaded poland (blitzkrieg)
    in Germany, was an invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe. The German invasion began on 1 September 1939; The Invasion of Poland, was also known as the September Campaign.
  • Sitzkreig began

    Sitzkreig began
    he Phoney War was 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.
  • Nuremberg Trails

    Nuremberg Trails
    The Nuremberg Trials were 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.
  • Auschwitz death camp war began

    Auschwitz death camp war began
    Auschwitz I was first constructed to hold Polish political prisoners, who began to arrive in May 1940. The first extermination of prisoners took place in September 1941, and Auschwitz II–Birkenau went on to become a major site of the Nazi "Final Solution to the Jewish question".
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain
    s 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.
  • Allies evacuate dunkrik

    Allies evacuate dunkrik
    The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, 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. The operation became necessary when large numbers of British, French, and Belgian troops were cut off and surrounded by the German army during the Battle of France in World War II.
  • Tripartite pact signed

    Tripartite pact signed
    The Tripartite Pact, 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.
  • Winston churchill became the prime minister of GB

    Winston churchill became the prime minister of GB
    Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer, and an artist.
  • Washington conference

    Washington conference
    Washington Naval Conference: meeting between representatives of 9 nations with interests in the Pacific; November, 1921 and February, 1922.
    First Washington Conference (code named ARCADIA): meeting between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill from December, 1941 to January, 1942, to agree war strategy.
    Second Washington Conference: meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill in June 1942, that prioritised North African landings.
    Third Washington Conferenc
  • operation Barbarossa

    operation Barbarossa
    was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II.[17][18] Over the course of the operation, about four million soldiers of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a 2,900 km (1,800 mi) front,[1][4][19] the largest invasion in the history of warfare. In addition to troops, Barbarossa used 600,000 motor vehicles and 750,000 horses
  • Atlantic charter

    Atlantic charter
    The Atlantic Charter was a pivotal policy statement issued in August 14,1941 that, early in World War II, defined the Allied goals for the post-war world.
  • japanese attacked pearl harbor

    japanese attacked pearl harbor
    The attack on Pearl Harbor[nb 4] was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II.
  • The US decalred war on Japan

    The US decalred war on Japan
    as America's Pacific fleet lay in ruins at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt requests, and receives, a declaration of war against Japan.the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion but US turned out to have a vitory.
  • Nisel were interned in reloctaion centers in US

    Nisel were interned in reloctaion centers in US
    Japanese American internment was the World War II internment in "War Relocation Camps" of over 110,000 people of Japanese heritage who lived on the Pacific coast of the United States.
  • Bataan death march

    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.
  • coolittle raids over japan

    coolittle raids over japan
    The Doolittle Raid, also known as the Tokyo Raid, on 18 April 1942, was 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 Coral sea

    Battle of Coral sea
    he Battle of the Coral Sea, fought during 4–8 May 1942, was 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

    Battle of Midway
    he 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

    Battle of  El Alamein
    here 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 at 30°49′20.89″N 28°57′15.51″ECoordinates: 30°49′20.89″N 28°57′15.51″E.
  • Manhattan project began

    Manhattan project began
    The Manhattan Project was a research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs during World War II.
  • battle of stalingrad

    battle of stalingrad
    The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943)[7][8][9][10] was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in the southwestern Soviet Union. Marked by constant close quarters combat and disregard for military and civilian casualties, it is among the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare.
  • Operation torch

    Operation torch
    Operation Torch (initially called Operation Gymnast) 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.
  • Battle of Guadalcanal

    Battle of Guadalcanal
    The naval battles were between The US and japanese forces during WW2. The action consisted of combined air and sea engagements over four days, most near Guadalcanal and all related to a Japanese effort to reinforce land forces on the island. The only two U.S. Navy admirals to be killed in a surface engagement in the war were lost in th
  • Gen Macarthur returned to the philippines

    Gen Macarthur returned to the philippines
    After advancing island by island across the Pacific Ocean, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore onto the Philippine island of Leyte, fulfilling his promise to return to the area he was forced to flee in 1942.
  • Casablanca Conference

    Casablanca Conference
    planned 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. Premier Joseph Stalin had declined to attend, citing the ongoing conflict in Stalingrad required his presence in the Soviet Union
  • Allies landed in Sicily

    Allies landed in Sicily
    The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major World War II campaign, in which the Allies took Sicily from the Axis Powers (Italy and Nazi Germany). It was a large scale amphibious and airborne operation, followed by six weeks of land combat. It launched the Italian Campaign.
  • Tehran conference

    Tehran conference
    he Tehran Conference (codenamed Eureka[1]) was a strategy meeting held between Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill from 28 November to 1 December 1943.
  • Vichy goverment esatblished in france

    Vichy goverment esatblished in france
    Vichy France, officially the French State (l'État français), was 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.
  • battle of the bulge

    battle of the bulge
    The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe.
  • Chelmo concentration camp opened

    Chelmo concentration camp opened
    Chełmno extermination camp, known to the Germans as the Kulmhof concentration camp, was a Nazi German extermination camp situated 50 kilometres (31 mi) from Łódź, near the Polish village of Chełmno nad Nerem.
  • yalta confernce

    yalta confernce
    he Yalta Conference, sometimes called the Crimea Conference and 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

    Battle of Iwo jima
    The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945), or Operation Detachment, was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire.
  • Trans -siberian railway built

    Trans -siberian railway built
    The trans-siberian railway is a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan; It is the longest railway line in the world.
  • island hopping campaign

    island hopping campaign
    Island hopping is the crossing of an ocean by a series of shorter journeys between islands, as opposed to a single journey directly to the destination.
    During World War 2, the island hopping strategy was used by the United States to expedite the war in the Pacific Ocean.
  • Battle of Okinawa

    Battle of Okinawa
    was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II.
  • Benito Mussolini became the leader of italy

    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; Mussolini was one of the key figures in the creation of fascism. He was a member of the PSI and he became the youngest prime miniter of italy.
  • Hitler commited suicide

    Hitler commited suicide
    Adolf Hitler committed suicide by gunshot on 30 April 1945 in his Führerbunker in Berlin.[a][b][c] His wife Eva (née Braun) committed suicide with him by ingesting cyanide.[d] That afternoon, in accordance with Hitler's prior instructions, their remains were carried up the stairs through the bunker's emergency exit, doused in petrol, and set alight in the Reich Chancellery garden outside the bunker.
  • Germany surrendered

    Germany surrendered
    The German Instrument of Surrender ended World War II in Europe. It was signed by representatives of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW) and the Allied Expeditionary Force together with the Soviet High Command, French representative signing as witness on 7 May, and signed again by representatives of the three armed services of the OKW
  • The holocaust began

    The holocaust began
    The Holocaust (also called Ha-Shoah in Hebrew) refers to the period from January 30, 1933 - when Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany - to May 8, 1945, when the war in Europe officially ended. During this time, Jews in Europe were subjected to progressively harsher persecution that ultimately led to the murder of 6,000,000 Jews (1.5 million of these being children) and the destruction of 5,000 Jewish communities.
  • VE DAY

    VE DAY
    ictory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day or VE Day, was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 (7 May in Commonwealth realms) to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.[1] It thus marked the end of World War II in Europe.
  • Kamikaze piolits appear in the pacific

    Kamikaze piolits 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.
  • potsdam conference

    potsdam conference
    The Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern, in Potsdam, occupied Germany, from 17 July to 2 August 1945. (In some older documents it is also referred to as the Berlin Conference of the Three Heads of Government of the USSR, USA and UK[2][3]) Participants were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States.
  • The Lend lease act

    The Lend lease act
    The Lend-Lease policy, formally titled An Act to Further Promote the Defense of the United States,as a program under which the United States supplied Great Britain, the USSR, Free France, the Republic of China, and other Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and August 1945
  • Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

    Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
    he 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. The two bombings were the first and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in wartime.
  • Atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima

    Atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima
    the United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Though the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan marked the end of World War II, many historians argue that it also ignited the Cold War.
  • VJ day

    VJ day
    Victory over Japan Day (also known as Victory in the Pacific Day, V-J Day, or V-P Day) is a name chosen for the day on which Japan surrendered, in effect ending World War II, and subsequent anniversaries of that event.
  • Japan surrednderd

    Japan surrednderd
    The surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945, brought the hostilities of World War II to a close. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy was incapable of conducting operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent.
  • Rome berlin axis

    Rome berlin axis
    The Rome-Berlin Axis is a 1949 book by British historian Elizabeth Wiskemann. It is a study of the Axis alliance of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany with particular emphasis on the relationship between Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler.