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Weimar Republic Established in Germany
The Weimar republic which served as a democratic state within Germany was established. -
Adolf Hitler Became the Leader of the Nazi Party
Adolf Hitler becomes the head of the infamous Nazi party that would eventually take control in Germany thanks to Hitler. -
Washington Naval Conference
A meeting held in Washington between the U.S., Japan, China, France, Britain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Portugal that resulted in three major treaties. -
5 Power Treaty
A treaty between the victors of World War 1 meant to limit naval construction to prevent arms races. -
4 power treaty
a treaty signed by the United States, Great Britain, France and Japan to respect the Pacific holdings of other countries that signed the treaty. -
9 Power Treaty
The U.S., Belgium, Great Britain, China, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and Portugal all met and formed a treaty over the territorial rights of China -
Benito Mussolini becomes leader of Italy
Benito Mussolini was named Prime Minister of Italy and would later use this power to become a dictator over Italy -
Dawes Plan
A plan meant to soften the blow of war reparations to the German economy after World War 1 drawn up by Russia, France, and Great Britain. -
Adolf Hitler wrote Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf is an autobiographical manifesto written by Hitler in which he lays out his political ideology and future plans. -
Hirohito Became the Emperor of Japan
Hirohito takes his place as Emperor of Japan and begins an era of nationalism and militarism. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact signed
A promise by many nations to not settle disputes with war. -
Stock Market Crashed in the U.S.
The stock market which had been steadily rising rapidly declined over the course of several days. -
Japan Invaded Manchuria
Japan invades Manchuria and establishes a puppet state that stays in control until the end of World War 2. -
Stimson Doctrine
A policy of non-recognition in regards to international territorial changes between Japan and China -
The Holocaust Began
The persecctution of the Jewish people in Nazi controlled lands that started with forced immigration and led to the murder of more than 6 million Jews began with the appointment of Hitler to Chancellor of Germany. -
Adolf Hitler Became the Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler leader of the Nazi party is named the Chancellor of Germany -
Good Neighbor Policy
FDR took up a foreign policy of being a "good neighbor" to other countries in the Americas by not intervening in their affairs and also by reciprocal trade with South American countries. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) became President of the U.S.
FDR takes office as the President of the United States for his first term. -
The New Deal Started
The New Deal was a set of programs put into place by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that were meant to provide relief to the economy during the Great Depression. -
London Economic Conference
An effort to secure the international economy in several different ways that it would be affected by the war -
U.S. formally Recognized the Soviet Union
FDR formally recognizes Russia after a series of negotiations with the Russian foreign minister. -
Reciprocal Trade Agreement
The reciprocal trade agreement gave the president the ability to negotiate bilateral reciprocal trade with other countries. -
Tydings-McDuffie Act
the Tyding-Mcduffie act was enacted by the U.S. with the purpose of giving self-government to the Phillipines. -
Adolf Hitler defies the Treaty of Versailles
Hitler ignores the sanctions set in the treaty of Versailles by raising an army and a navy and attempting to take back the Rhineland. -
Neutrality Acts
The neutrality acts are enacted over the 1930s to prevent U.S. intervention in World War 2 and added on to the United States isolationist view of the war. -
Italy Invaded Ethiopia
Italy invades the African country of Ethiopia and demostrates how ineffective the League of Nations was. -
Germany Reoccupied the Rhineland
Germany disregards sanctions set in the Treaty of Versaille and remilitarizes the Rhineland -
Rome-Berlin Axis
A coalition formed between Nazi germany and Mussolini's Italy linking the two powers. -
Japan Invaded China
Japan invades China in an attempt to gain military control of it. -
Quarantine Speech
A speech givin by Franklin D. Roosevelt in an attempt to boost isolationism in America by calling for a "quarantine of the aggressor nations." -
Rape of Nanking
An act of mass murder and rape against the Chinese city of Nanking committed by the Japanese. -
Adolf Hitler took the Sudetenland
Germany took Sundetenland from Czechoslovakia after recieving permission from Britain and France. -
Anschluss
The Nazi party comes to power in Austria and it is added on to Nazi Germany. -
Hitler Hosted Munich Conference
Hitler holds the Munich Conference in which the UK and France give in to his demands over Sudetenland. -
Kristallnacht
A series of coordinated attacks on Jews in Nazi Germany and parts of Austria resulting in thousands pf arrest and at least 91 deaths. -
Pan-American conference
A meeting of American nation where the U.S. asserted its right to defend itself should any other American country attack them. -
Hitler took Czechoslovakia
Hitler took the rest of Czechoslovakia after having already taken Sudetenland. -
Francisco Franco Led a Fascist Revolt in Spain
Francisco Franco leads a revolt and takes power to form a Facist dictatorship in Spain. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact Signed
The Nazi-Soviet Pact was a pact of non-aggression between Germany and the Soviet Union. -
Germany invades Poland
Hitler's armies invade Poland in an effort to regain lost territory but with the end goal of conquering Poland -
Sitzkrieg Began
The 8 month time after France and the UK declared war on Germany during which little actually occurred. -
Winston Churchill Became the Prime Minister of GB
Winston Churchill takes Neville Chamberlain's place as Prime Minister of Great Britain. -
Allies Evacuate Dunkirk
Allied soldiers are successfully evacuated after being stranded on the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk with a lack of reinforcements -
Auschwitz Death Camp Opened
The first shipment of prisoners arrive at the Auschwitz death camp. -
Vichy Government Established in France
The Vichy government which was a brief authoritarian government that took root in France for several years during World War 2 -
Battle of Britain
The Germans attempt to take control over the English channel and end up in an aerial battle over the channel and the British coast that Britain wins. -
Destroyers for bases deal
Fifty destroyers are transferred from the U.S. navy to the British navy in exchange for key bases from the British. -
Tripartite Pact Signed
The pact united Germany, Italy, and Japan to form the Axis powers. -
Election of 1940
The election was between FDR and Wendel Wilkie and secured Roosevelt his third term, the first American president to do so. -
Four Freedoms
FDR gave a speech dictating four freedoms he felt everyone in the world should enjoy including freedom of speech, of worship, from want, and from fear. -
Lend-Lease Act
A policy that allowed the U.S. to supplied allied nations with materials. -
Joseph Stalin became the Leader of the USSR
Joseph Stakin general secretary of the Communist party comes to power as the premier of the Soviet Union. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for the Nazi invasion of Soviet Russia which ended up being the largest invasion in all of warfare. -
Atlantic Charter
A document that defined Allied hopes for the world after the war. -
Office of Price Administration
The office of price administration is founded to control prices and rents after World War 2 began. -
Shoot-on-Sight Orders
FDR gives orders to the U.S. navy to shoot German or Italian ships on sight -
Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked an unsuspecting Pearl Harbor, Hawaii with hundreds of planes prompting the U.S. to enter World War 2. -
The U.S. declares war on Japan
After the tragedy of Pearl Harbor FDR asked for and recieved a declaration of war against Japan. -
Washington Conference
FDR and Churchhill met in Washingto and agreed to focus on the European front first as well as bringing the Allies in World War 2 together as the United Nations. -
Rosie the Riveter
This is a campaign by the U.S. behind the mascot of Rosie the Riveter that made an effort to encourgae women to go to work in America to fill in for the men who enlisted in the army. -
War Production Board
An agency is enacted by the government to shift the U.S. to wartime production as well as convserve certain resources necessary for the war effort. -
Cost-Plus System
The cost-plus system is used to make production for the war faster in the U.S. -
Hitler enacted the Final Solution
The Nazis initiated the final step of the process of the Holocaust to exterminate all the Jews under the orders of Adolf Hitler. -
Double V
A campaign during the war for blacks to put their all into the war effort and also into fighting for equality at home. -
Nisei were Interned in Relocation Centers in the U.S.
Those living on the Pacific coast were forced into internment camps in the U.S. shortly after the Pearl Harbor attacks -
MacArthur’s “I shall return” speech
General Macarthur vows to return to provide aid to the Phillipines after organinzing in Australia. -
Bataan Death March
The forced march of Filipino and American POWs after the battle of Bataan resulting in thousands of caualties. -
Doolittle Raids Over Japan
The first American air raid on Japan that proved the U.S. could sucessfully complete air raids just like the Japanese had done at Pearl Harbor -
Island Hopping Campaign
The plan is devised by the U.S. to battle Japan by "hopping" along the Pacific Islands. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
The air carriers of the U.S. and Japan met in the Pacific ocean and although technically a victory for Japan was the first battle the U.S. stopped a Japanese advance. -
Battle of Midway
A decisive win for the U.S. in the Pacific over the imeprial Japnaese navy that tilted the scale on the Pacific front in favor of the U.S. -
Battle of El Alamein
Allied forces halted the Axis forces moving into North Africa. -
Manhattan Project Began
The U.S. began work on building the atomic bomb beliveing it would be the only way to end the war. -
The Battle of Guadalcanal
U.S. marines land and begin siezing the island of Guadalcanal in an attempt to gain back lost territories in the Pacific. -
Operation Torch
When British and American forces invaded French North Africa. -
Casablanca Conference
A meeting of the allied nations to plan their strategy for the second phase of World War 2. -
Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act
The Smith-Conally Anti-strike act allowed the government to seize control of any business that were under strike and would interfere with war production. -
Allies Landed in Sicily
The Allied troops landed in Sicily, Italy which began the invasion of the part of Europe under Axis control. -
Tehran Conference
The U.S., Great Britain, and Russia all met with the pupose of setting up a westrern front against the Germans. -
D-day
The begining of U.S. invasion in Europe started by a landing on the beaches of Normandy, France. -
Kamikaze Pilots Appear in the Pacific
Japan begins training pilots for suicide missions in the Pacific. -
Gen. Macarthur Returned to the Philippines (Leyte Gulf)
General Macarthur returned to the Phillipenes with the intent of recapturing and freeing the Phillipenes from Japanese control. -
FDR’s 4th Term
President Franklin D. Roosevelt wins his fourth term in office against political odds and worsening health issues. -
Battle of the Bulge
The German armies initiated a surprise attack on the Western front and caught the Allied forces off guard and became the bloodiest battle for the U.S. in World War 2. -
Yalta Conference
The leaders of the U.S., the United Kingdom, and Soviet Union all met with the purpose of planning postwar reconstruction in Europe. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The United States invade and take control of the island of Iwo Jima from the imperial navy. -
Battle of Okinawa
The U.S. and Japan meet in the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and fight the longest amphibious assault of the Pacific campaign -
Mussolini was Executed
Mussolini is executed after attempting to flee Itaky after his power there began to crumble. -
Hitler Committed Suicide
Adolf Hitler leader of the Nazi regime commits suicide leading to the surrender of the Nazis that would come later. -
Germany Surrenders
General Jodl, surrenders to the Allied forces ending the Eastern front of World War 2. -
V-E Day
The Nazis offer their complete and total surrender to the allies ending World War 2 in Europe. -
United Nations Charter
The United Nations Charter which is the treaty the United Nations is founded upon is signed. -
Potsdam Conference
The three major powers the Soviet Union, United States, and UK all met to decide how to punish the defeated Nazi Germany. -
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima
The smaller and first of the U.S.'s atomic bombs is dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. -
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki
The atomic bomb developed by the United States is dropped on Nagasaki in Japan as well as Hiroshima leading to V-J day that occured several days later. -
V-J Day
The day Japan officially surrendered ending World War 2. -
Japan Surrendered
Japan left with no other option surrenders ending World War 2. -
Nuremberg Trials
The prosecution of major war criminals in front of the International Military Tribunal.
