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Weimar Republic Established in Germany
The Weimar Republic was created to replace the previously imperial German goverment. -
Washington Naval Confrence
The Confrence's goal was to help prevent future warfare, by limiting increase of navies, all except for Japan. It also had the intentions of keeping China safe in order to continue their Open Door policy. -
5 Power Treaty
This agreement would bring shipbuilding to a halt in the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, France, and Italy. -
4 Power Treaty
The United States, Britain, France, and Japan all agreed at the Washington Naval confrence that they are in charge of keeping order in the Pacific. -
9 Power Treaty
This agreement signed by many of the great world powers would keep the doors of China open to trade. -
Joseph Stalin becomes leader of the USSR
Following the death of Vladamir Lenin, Joseph Stalin became the unquestionable leader of Soviet Russia -
The Dawes Plan
This attempt to help the German people pay their war debts would leave the Germans with short term financial stability. -
Adolf Hitler writes Mein Kampf
Hitler wrote Mein Kampf to spread his personal ideaology and propaganda throughout Germany. -
Hirohito became the Emperor of Japan
Hirohito becomes the Emperor of Japan after his father passes away and he would come to play a hug part in World War 2. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact Signed
This pact stated that coutries should not intentionally use war to settle disputes, but intstead find diplomatic ways to settle disputes. -
The Stock Market Crashes in the U.S.
The Stock Market Crash was partly due to the increased standard of living in urban areas and the struggling rural class. The crash would set America up for a crazy couple of years, and make them hateful of international trade and foregin affairs. -
Japan Invades Manchuria
Japan's invasion of Northern China would last until the end of the second great war. -
Stilson Doctrine
The United States refused to recognize the land changes made by China since these changes were done forcfully by the Japanese. -
The New Deal Starts
With the start of the Great Depression and the start of Roosevelt's presidency, the New Deal would bring relief to many Americans and American buisness. -
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Hitler would become the Chancellor of Germany in 1933, which would soon lead to him taking full control of the German nation. -
Good Neighbor Policy
President Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy simply stated that America would not interfer in Latin American affairs and that they wish to have reciprocal trade agreements. -
FDR becomes President of the U.S.
FDR defeats Herbert Hoover in the election of 1933. He would go on to make great strides in the U.S. economic crisis. -
The Holocaust Begins
The Holocaust can first be marked by the boycott of all things Jewish, and then it would slowly progress into a pure hatred and blood-lust. -
London Economic Confrence
This confrence was attended by many world leaders, and their common goal was to defeat the global depression and increase international trade. -
U.S. formally recognizes the Soviet Union
After almost sixteen years of withholding our recognition of Soviet Russia, the U.S. finally choose to recognize them so they could create new ties. -
Tydings-McDuffle Act
The Tydings-McDuffle Act would grant the Filipinos indepence from America after ten years of stability. -
Reciprocal Trade Agreement
The Reciprocal Trade Agreement would guarantee that countries would have equal tariffs and make it easier for countries to do buisness with each other, -
Adolf Hitler becomes head of the Nazi Party
Adolf Hitler would beome the leader of Germany after President Hindenburg passed awy and the positions of Chancellor and President were merged together. -
Neutrality Acts
The Neutrality Acts were the effect of the events occuring in Europe and Asia. These Acts included embargos, and the philosphy of cash-and-carry. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Italy's invasion of Ethiopia would not only show the weakness of the League of Nations, but it also lead to the Italian occupation of Ethiopia throughout the second world war. -
Aldolf Hitler defies the Treaty of Versailles
Hitler managed to break the treaty of versailles in many ways prior to the outbreak of war. He began to build up his army early, he attempted to reuinite Germany with Austria, and he invaded Rhineland. -
Gemany reoccupied Rhineland
In direct violation of the treaty of Verasilles, Germany decides to take back Rhineland. This was one of the frist acts of agressition that would begin the war. -
Francisco Franco led a Facist revolt in Spain
When Spain became mainly facist, they wanted to join the Axis powers, but with no luck. For the most part, Spain remainded outside of the war. -
Japan invaded China
Japan's imperialistic ideals lead them to invade China before the begining of the war. -
The Quarantine Speech
President Roosvelt's call to avoid agressive countries through economical embargos would gain much support from isolationist, but angered the internationalists. -
Rape of Nanking
Once the Japanese captured Nanking, the start of a six week masacre began in China. -
Anschluss
The unification of Austria and Germany would be yet another violation of the Treaty of Versailles. -
Hitler takes Sudentenland
Both Germany and Sudetenland wanted Sudetenland to be apart of Germany, so after negotiations with other countries, it was agreed that Hitler could take Sudetenland to prevent future warfare. -
Hitler takes Sudetenland
Germany invaded Sudetenkand since it contained a large minority of German speaking people and by doing this he broke the Treaty of Versailles -
Hitler hosts the Munich Confrence
The Munich Confrence was held in order for Germany to gain Sudetenland and for the major powers of Europe to try and prevent war with Germany. -
Kristallnacht
Within one night, the total destuction of Jewish homes, buisnesses, and places of worship were completely destroyed by German and Austrian citizens. Over 30,000 Jews were arrested and forced into concentration camps. -
Hitler takes Czechoslovkia
Hitler was begining to run out of materials, and he and his army were extremly ready for war, so they decided to take the rest of Czechoslovkia. -
Rome-Berlin Axis
What was known as the Pact of Steel would become the world's most feared alliance for a good portion of time. A mutual agreement of trust and economic endeavors was the basis the pact was signed on. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact Signed
This pact basically said that neither party would aid the other's enemy. -
Germany invades Poland
The joint invasion of Poland by both the Germans and the Russians lead to the downfall of Poland and the beginging of the next great war. -
Sitzkrieg Began
The early period marked by the lack of war materials by the Allies meant that there was a period of nothingness between the declration of war and the begining of fighting. -
Auschwitz Death Camp Opened
Auschwitz was initially used for political prisoners, but as the Jewish population began to be persecuted, the camp began to be filled with Jewish prisoners. -
Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister
Winston Churchill became Prime Minister after Chamberlin resigned. -
Allies invade Dunkirk
The Battle of Dunkirk was at the begining of the Battle of France, the German forces halted, which allowed the British forces to evacuate and get themselves together. -
Vichy Government Established in France
Once Germany gained control of France, the French government created established the Vichy government to replace it. -
Battle of Britain
Germany desperately wanted to bui;d a better Air Force thsn Great Britain, so Germany decided tp bomb areas of Britain that built planes, or contained areas with flight related objects. This project turned into a terrror bombing. -
Destroyers for Bases Deal
The U.S. and England swapped land rights in England for fifty used battleships. -
Tripartite Pact signed
This pact held Italy, Germany, and Japan together. -
Election of 1940
Roosevelt would go on to win his third presidental election against Wendell Willkie, and continue to work actively for the war effort and to help with American economics. -
Cost-Plus System
This is when the government wouldd have the military work on new projects, without knowing how much to fund the project, they would pay after the project is completed for all the expensises and a little extra for workers salaries. -
Four Freedoms
FDR proclaim the four freedoms to be the freedom of speech, worship, from want, and from fear. All of these freedoms should be for all people across the globe. -
Lend-Lease Act
The Lend-Lease Act was created so that the United States could help the Allied powers with the war effort withoug being apart of the war. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was when Nazi Germany decided to invade the Soviet Union. -
Hitler enacts the Final Solution
The Final Solution was Nazi Germany's plan to completely exterminate the Jewish population in Europe. -
Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was drafted and agreed upon by the Allies at the begining of the war. This document held all the things they wanted to do at the end of the war. -
Office of Price Administration
The introduction of the Office of Price Administration was to help control money and prices during the war. -
Shoot-on-Sight Orders
The Shoot-on-Sight orders refered to the German and Italian ships that continued to shoot peaceful American vessels in the Atlantic. Roosevelt wanted the U.S. Navy to shoot any Italian or German ships as soon as they are seen. -
Japanese Attach Pearl Harbor
The Jpanese tried to take preventative measures to keep the U.S. Navy from interfereing in the Japanese war effort in the Pacific, and they did so by attaching Pearl Harbor were a majority of the U.S. Navies ships were being held. -
The U.S. Declares War on Japan
After being attaching Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt called for a declaration of war that was quickly signed by Congress. -
Manhattan Project Begins
The Manhattan Project was started so that the United States could have the upperhand when it came to extremely destructive bombs, and could use them if the war got bad enough. -
Rosie the Riveter
Rosie would become the symbol of the independence and power women could have in the workplace. -
War Production Board
The War Productions Board oversaw the necissary materials for the war and made sure they weren't being wasted. -
Nisei were interned in Relocation Centers in the U.S.
The entire country became so worried and so prejudice against the Japanese that they made American born Japanese-Americans serve time in the relocation camps. -
MacArthur's "I Shall Return" Speech
MacArthur and his forces were forced out of the Philippines in 1942, He then said that he would come back and dominate the region. -
Bataan Death March
A combination of Filipino and American war prisoners were forced to march for days on end. Many died due to lack of clean water, food, and heat exhaustion. -
Doolittle raids over Japan
The Doolittle Raid was an air strike made by the U.S. air force on Japan. It showed that Japan was vulnerable to America, just like America was made vulnerable by the attach on Pearl Harbor. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
This battle was between the Japanese and two of the Allied powers, the United States and Australia. It was the first time that battleships ever engaged with each other in battle. -
Battle of Midway
Japans attempt at occupying a majority of the Pacific was crushed when the United States Navy damaged many of their large abttleships. After this defeat, the Janpanese Navy was unable to keep up with its competitiors. -
Battle of El Alamein
The Battle of El Alamein would end up keeping the Axis forces out of egypt and then push them out of the region. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
The Japanese took control of the Guadalcanal islands, but the Allied powers attached these islands to eventually gain control of the island and prevent further damage in the Pacific theater. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Marked as the bloodiest battle of the war, the Germans invaded Russia in attempt to take over more land. -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch was the Allieds invasion of Northern Africa that would draw Axis forces out of Africa and open up the Mediterrean to allow the Allied powers to attach from Southern Europe. -
Washington Confrence
The first Washington Confrenece would lead to many important decisions in the war, and it would also create the declaration of the United Nations. -
Double V
The Double V campaign was propaganda directed toward the African American population. -
The Casablanca Conference
The Casablanca Confrence met for the purpose of figuring out the next phase of the war, this included the term of unconditional surrender. -
Island Hopping Campaign
The idea of island hopping was used by the Allies to reduce the waste of war materials while still making strategic advances. -
Allies Land in Sicily
The Allied forces attached Sicily and gained access to the Mediterrean Sea and began to drive the Axis forces from Italy. -
Mussolini becomes the leader of Italy
Mussolini was able to climb his way to the top of the federal triangle, and managed to gain complete control of his nation. -
Tehran Confrence
When the Big Three met in Iran, they each were commited to opening up a second front against Germany. -
Operation Overlaod (D-Day)
The Allied forces were able to take back France by using a mass assult on multiple fronts in Europe to overwhelm the German forces. -
Kamilkaze Pilots appear in the Pacific
The Kamilkaze Pilots would fly their planes along with their explosives into enemy ships in attempt to blow them up. The pilots would die in this process. -
Gen. MacArthur returns to the Philippines (Leyte Gulf)
The reconquest of the Philippines would eventually liberate the Filippinos and secure more land that the Japanese would not have access too. -
FDR's 4th Term
FDR's 4th presidental term did not last very long until he passed away and Harry Truman took his position. -
Battle of the Bulge
This battle was mainly an offensive battle for the Germans, as they attached the American and British forces in attemp to split them up. -
Yalta Confrence
The main discussion of the Yalta Confrence was post-war rconstruction in Europe. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The battle of Iwo Jima was a strategic battle for the Allies. The Allies hoped to use the island as an air field for when they were ready to attach the main Japanese islands. -
Battle of Okinawa
The Allied powers forced their way onto the shores of Okinawa, intending to use the island as a Air Force base, ended up being the most deadly battle in the Pacific theater. -
Mussolini's Execution
Mussolini was shot, and he was proceeded to be hung upside down with meat hooks outside for everyone to see. -
Hitler Commits Suicide
The war was starting to go sour for the German forces, with troops quickly heading toward Berlin, Hitler could tell that he was better of dead and that there was no hope for the war anymore. -
Germany Surrenders
Germany surrender after the death of their leader was celebrated throughout the western world, even though the war was not completely over. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day was the Europeans celebration of the German's unconditional surrender after the Battle of Berlin. -
Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act
This act would enable the federal government to take over corporations who mess with war time production and it would also limit what unions were allowed to do. -
Potsdam Confrence
The Potsdam Confrence mostly dealed with things like surrenders, post-war order, and peace treaties. -
Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Since Japan was resisting to surrender, the United States along with the Allies decided to drop a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. This bomb would wipe out the entire population of a city and have devastating effects on the country. -
Atomic Bomb is dropped on Nagasaki
After the surrender of Germany and the end of the war in Europe, the only country left to surrender was Japan. When Japan refused to surrender, the Allies dropped their atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
V-J Day
Victory over Japan Day was the day when Japan finally surrendered. -
Japan Surrenders
After the Japan recieved two large blows to the face, the nation was completely incapable of fighting any longer and was forced to suurender. -
United Nations Charter
The United Nations would take a similar position to the League of Nations. It would help keep the peace and provide for regulations to ensure of it. -
Nuremberg Trials
At the end of the war, there was a series of military trials held in Nuremberg to determine punishment of prominent Nazi Leaders.
