Battle of britain

world war 2

By jgordon99
  • Bolshevik Revolution

    Bolshevik Revolution

    1917;Bolshevik Revolution started communist rule in Russia
  • Paris Peace Conference

    Paris Peace Conference

    determined terms of peace after ww1
  • Treaty of Versailles Signed

    Treaty of Versailles Signed

    June 28, 1919; officially ended state of war
  • Washington Naval Conference

    Washington Naval Conference

    Slowed the naval arms race.
  • Rapallo Treaty

    Rapallo Treaty

    Germany and Russia renounce financial and territorial gains from ww1
  • Benito Mussolini comes to power in Italy

    Benito Mussolini comes to power in Italy

    Made Italy a facist nation.
  • England refuses to renew its alliance with Japan

    England refuses to renew its alliance with Japan

    officaly terminated alliance with Japan.
  • Beer Hall Putsch

    Beer Hall Putsch

    Failed attempt at a Nazi overthrow in Munich

  • Dawes Act

    Dawes Act, meant to solve reparations
  • Night of Long Knives

    Night of Long Knives

  • Mein Kamph Published

    Mein Kamph Published

    Hitler’s book expressing his political ideology and plans for Germany.
  • Stalin comes to power in Russia

    Stalin comes to power in Russia

    socialist ruler
  • Stock Market Crash

    Stock Market Crash

    Plunged U.S. into the great depression.
  • 1930 French begin constructing the Maginot line

    1930 French begin constructing the Maginot line

    Line of defenses along France’s border with Germany.
  • Ukrainian Famine

    Ukrainian Famine

    Man made genocide 2.4-7.5 million deaths.
  • First concentration camps established

    First concentration camps established

  • Hitler made chancellor of Germany

    Hitler made chancellor of Germany

  • Hitler declares himself Vice Chancellor and Fuhrer of Germany

    Hitler declares himself Vice Chancellor and Fuhrer of Germany

  • Stalin begins military purges and The Great Terror

    Stalin begins military purges and The Great Terror

  • US Neutrality Acts

  • Berlin Olympics

    Berlin Olympics

    Summer 1936
  • Rape of Nanking

    Rape of Nanking

  • 1938, Hitler invades the Sudetenland

    1938, Hitler invades the Sudetenland

    Nazi’s take control of Czechoslovakia 
  • Hitler invades Austria

    Hitler invades Austria

  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference

    Gave Germany German speaking parts of Czechoslovakia.
  • Krystallnacht

    Krystallnacht

    Coordinated attack against Jews
  • Enigma machine used in Britain

    Enigma machine used in Britain

    German encryption machine
  • Einstein writes a letter to FDR on the possibility of Atomic Weapons

    Einstein writes a letter to FDR on the possibility of Atomic Weapons

  • Japan invades Manchuria

    Japan invades Manchuria

    Japanese army acted in insubordination and invaded china
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    First battle fought mostly in the air.
  • Nazi Final Solution Developed

    Nazi Final Solution Developed

    Nazi plan to exterminate the Jews
  • FDR signs Executive order 9066, beginning Japanese internment

    FDR signs Executive order 9066, beginning Japanese internment

  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    important naval battle
  • Manhattan Project Begins

    Manhattan Project Begins

  • Nimitz and McArthur begin island hopping in the Pacific

    Nimitz and McArthur begin island hopping in the Pacific

  • D-Day

    D-Day

    US troops start fighting in Europe.
  • Operation Market Garden

    Operation Market Garden

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

  • US victory at Iwo Jima

    US victory at Iwo Jima

  • Death of FDR

    Death of FDR

  • Hitler Commits Suicide

    Hitler Commits Suicide

  • Surrender of Germany

    Surrender of Germany

  • First successful test of atomic bomb

    First successful test of atomic bomb

  • US drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    US drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  • Surrender of Japan

    Surrender of Japan