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• Mussolini take power in Italy
After ww1, Mussolini was able to gain power and created a dictatorship in Italy. He now had total control over daily life. -
• U.S. Stock Market Crashes
After a very prosperous decade the times caught up to the American economy. Many different things contributed to the stock market falling dramatically on October 24th, 1929 leading America into the great depression. -
• Japan seizes Manchuria
The Japanese had a weak government and the people wanted expansion because of limited resources and crowding. The military invaded and defied the Japanese government’s orders. -
• FDR is elected president
was the only president ever to serve more than eight years. He was a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war. -
• Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
After being named chancellor, Hitler was determined to gain full control with dictatorship. -
• Hitler defies the Treaty of Versailles
He built up an army, remilitarized the Rhineland and eventually invaded many different countries. -
• Italy invade Ethiopia
– After a long history between the two countries , Mussolini used a minor dispute as an excuse to invade. The Ethiopians couldn’t resist the Italian forces. -
• France militarizes the Rhineland
Hitler grew bolder and sent troops into the Rhineland and defied the treaty of Versailles once again. Surrounding countries were not willing to go to war because of it. -
• Civil War erupts in Spain
The Nationalists were in control of the government at the beginning of the conflict, but were over thrown by the fascist party. Different countries reinforced both sides of the war. -
• Miracle at Dunkirk
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. -
• Japan invades China
- was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from 1937 to 1941. China fought Japan with some economic help from Germany, the Soviet Union and the United States. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the war merged into the greater conflict of World War II as a major front of what is broadly known as the Pacific War. The Second Sino-Japanese War was the largest Asian war in the 20th century.
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• Anschluss
Hitler dreamed of uniting Germany with Austria. After the Austrian government refused Hitler sent troops into the country. However it was popular with the Austrian people. -
• Munich Conference
The Munich Conference was a conference that was held in the City of Munich when Hitler demanded part of the Czechoslovakia. In attendance during that meeting were the leaders of France Italy and the Great Britain. -
• Kristallnacht
The name Kristallnacht comes from the shards of broken glass that littered the streets after Jewish-owned stores, buildings, and synagogues had their windows smashed. -
• Germany invades Poland
1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. Simultaneously, the German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France were not convinced. On September 3, they declared war on Germany, initiating World War II. -
• Phony War
Phoney War’ is the name given to the period of time in World War Two from September 1939 to April 1940 when, after the blitzkrieg attack on Poland in September 1939, seemingly nothing happened. Many in Great Britain expected a major calamity – but the title ‘Phoney War’ summarises what happened in Western Europe – near enough nothing. -
• Nazi-Soviet Pact
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. By signing this pact, Germany had protected itself from having to fight a two-front war in the soon-to-begin World War II; the Soviet Union was awarded land, including parts of Poland and the Baltic States. -
• U.S. Neutrality Act
In the 1930s, the United States Government enacted a series of laws designed to prevent the United States from being embroiled in a foreign war by clearly stating the terms of U.S. neutrality. -
• Churchill is Elected Prime Minister in England
Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, is called to replace Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister following the latter's resignation after losing a confidence vote in the House of Commons. -
• France Surrenders
The Armistice is signed on June 22. Under its terms, two thirds of France is to be occupied by the Germans. The French army is to be disbanded. In addition, France must bear the cost of the German invasion. -
• Battle of Britain
The Germans planned to take over Great Britain by destroying to RAF at first. After this failed they began bombing London. -
• Japan seizes French Indo-China
In September 1940, the Japanese occupied Vichy French Indochina in order to prevent the Republic of China from importing arms and fuel through French Indochina along the Sino-Vietnamese Railway, from the port of Haiphong through Hanoi to Kunming in Yunnan. -
• Lend-Lease Act
-was a program under which the United States supplied Great Britain, the USSR, Republic of China, Free France, and others Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and August 1945 -
• Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was a pivotal policy statement issued in August 1941 that, early in World War II, defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. It was drafted by the leaders of Britain and the United States, and later agreed to by all the Allies -
• Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor 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. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II.
