World War II

Bolshevik Revolution

Oct 25, 1917

Armed rebellion and seizure of state power in Petrograd, Russia.

Paris Peace Conference

Jan 21, 1919

Meeting between the allied forces to discuss terms of peace.

Treaty of Versailles Signed

Jun 28, 1919

Treaty signed, greatly damaged Germany's economy and military

Washington Naval Conference

Nov 12, 1921

Meeting between, US, Japan, Britain, China, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Portugal. Resulted in the four- power, five-power, and nine-power treaties.

Rapallo Treaty

Apr 16, 1922

Germany and Russia get rid of all financial and territorial claim disputes

Benito Mussolini comes to power in Italy

Oct 22, 1922

Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy

England refuses to renew its alliance with Japan

Aug 17, 1923

Allied forces sign for the demise of it's alliance with Japan

Beer Hall Putsch

Nov 8, 1923

Adolf Hitler attempts to rise up and seize power in Munich, Bavaria but fails

Stalin comes to power in Russia

Jan 22, 1924

Stalin comes to power after the death of Vladimir Lenin

Mein Kampf Published

Jul 18, 1925

Autobiography of Adolf Hitler published

Stock Market Crash

Oct 29, 1929

Black Tuesday, the day that the stock market crashed, set off the Great Depression

French begin constructing the Maginot line

Jan 22, 1930

France builds fortifications, obstacles, and weapons along it's border with Germany

Japan invades Manchuria

Sep 19, 1931

Japanese invade and take control of Manchuria

Ukranian Famine

Jan 22, 1932

Millions of citizens in the Ukrainian SSR die of a man-made famine

Enigma machine used in Britain

Jan 23, 1932

Germans use enigma machine to send encrypted messages back and forth, used in britain to decypher German messages

Hitler made chancellor of Germany

Jan 22, 1933

Hitler is appointed chancellor of Germany

Hitler declares himself Vice Chancellor and Fuhrer of Germany

Jan 23, 1933

Hitler takes control of Germany

First concentration camps established

Feb 23, 1933

First camp quickly raised

Stalin begins military purges and The Great Terror

Jan 22, 1934

Large-scale purge of the Communist Party and government officials, repression of peasants and the Red Army leadership, and widespread police surveillance.

Dawes Act

Jun 18, 1934

Dawes Act cancelled out by Indian Reorganization Act supported by FDR

Night of Long Knives

Jun 30, 1934

Nazis take out political targets to eliminate enemies

Berlin Olympics

Jan 22, 1936

Olympics held in Germany just before nazis

Rape of Nanking

Jan 22, 1937

Episode of mass murder and rape by Japanese soldiers against nanking

Hitler invades Austria

Jan 22, 1938

Nazis invade, ocupy, and annex Austria

Hitler invades the Sudetenland

Jan 22, 1938

Hitler demands annexation and occupation of the Sudentenland

Munich Conference

Sep 30, 1938

Conference for agreement with Hitler and the Sudentenland to annex parts of Czechoslovakia

Krystallnacht

Nov 9, 1938

Series of coordinated attacks on Jews in Germany and Austria during the holocaust

Hitler conquers the rest of Czechoslovakia

Mar 16, 1939

Hitler moves in and occupies the rest of Czechoslovakia

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

Aug 2, 1939

Warned the US of Germany possibly obtaining nuclear weapons and telling the US to start their own program

Britain and France declare war on Germany

Sep 3, 1939

Britain and France declare war on Germany

Hitler invades Poland

Sep 22, 1939

Hitler's forces move on to Poland

Nazi Soviet Anti-Aggression Pact

Oct 22, 1939

Germany and Soviets agreement to solve disputes without fighting, so Germany would not have to fight a war on two fronts

Winter War between Finland and Russia

Nov 30, 1939

Russia invades Finland

Winston Churchill Comes to power in England

Jan 22, 1940

Winston Churchill becomes prime minister

Scandinavian wars

Apr 9, 1940

Germany attacks Norway and Denmark on the same day

Nazi occupation of Norway

Apr 9, 1940

German invasion of Norway begins

Defeat of French army by the Nazis

May 10, 1940

Battle of France won by the Germans

Desert Campaigns in Africa Begin

Jun 10, 1940

War between allied forces and axis moves into Africa

Battle of Britain

Jul 10, 1940

Air attack from Germany launched and Great Britain

US Neutrality Acts

Jan 23, 1941

Acts repealed after German submarine attacks and Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Hitler launches Operation Barbarossa

Jun 22, 1941

Hitler launches plans to attack the soviet union

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japanese launch an air raid on the United States

Manhattan Project Begins

Jan 23, 1942

US starts work on nuclear weaponry

FDR signs Executive order 9066, beginning Japanese internment

Feb 19, 1942

Designated certain areas as warzones

Nazi Final Solution Developed

Feb 26, 1942

Germany's plan to exterminate the Jewish

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

Major naval battle shortly after Pearl Harbor

Nimitz and McArthur begin island hopping in the Pacific

Nov 23, 1943

Strategy to jump from island to island

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

Aliied forces landing to invade Normandy

Operation Market Garden

Sep 17, 1944

Unsuccessful allied attack on the Netherlands and Germany

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

German assault on Belgium, France and Luxembourg

US victory at Iwo Jima

Mar 26, 1945

Battle for the Japanese island of Iwo Jima

FDR dies

Apr 12, 1945

FDR dies of a stroke

Hitler Commits Suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Hitler shoots himself in an underground bunker

Surrender of Germany

May 8, 1945

Germany surrenders to the allied forces

First successful test of atomic bomb

Jul 16, 1945

First Nuclear test, "Trinity"

US drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Aug 6, 1945

Us drops bombs on Japan during Pacific war after no feedback on treaty

Surrender of Japan

Sep 2, 1945

Japan surrenders to the allied forces