World War II

Stalin comes to power

Jan 1, 1923

Stalin appointed general secretary

mussolini comes to power

Jan 1, 1925

gradually made himself dictator

Japan invades Manchuria

Sep 18, 1931

chinese-japenese led to japan invading manchuria

The Holocaust

Jan 30, 1933

Hitler blaimed theJews for everything and tried to exterminate their race.

Hitler comes to power

Jan 30, 1933

Hitler appointed as chancellor

Italo-Ethiopian War

Jan 1, 1935

Benito Mussolini, Fascist leader, followed Hitlers footsteps by collecting territories that were considered german, Mussolini invaded Abyssinia that is now Ethiopia. Mussolini claimed that his policies were not different from that of other colonial powers in Africa.

Spanish Civil War

Jul 18, 1936

The military right-wing revolted against the Republican government of Spain, it started in morocco and spread to the mainland of spain. In three days the rebels had captured morocco and most of northern spain.

Rome-Berlin Axis

Oct 25, 1936

Coalition formed between Italy and Germany in 1936. this connected two fascist countries on October 25, 1936. It was officialized by the Pact of Steel in 1939.

Annexing of austria

Mar 12, 1938

German troops march into Austria, ausrtrian nazis wanted to seize the austrian goverment with force to unite its country with nazi germany.

Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact

Aug 23, 1939

Germany and the Soviet Union signed a treaty saying that niether would attack eachother for ten years.

German Invasion of Poland

Sep 1, 1939

1.5 million german troops invade poland at 4:45 am on september 1st. German planes bombed polands airfields and german naval units attack polands naval stations. Hitler claimedit was a defensive action.

Battle of Britain

Jul 10, 1940

Germany attacked britain from the air but suffered failure and could not defeat the royal airforce.

Greece and North Africa

Oct 28, 1940

italy invadees greece and north africa but cant conqour it by itself,needs germanys help

Tojo comes to power

Jan 1, 1941

Appointed to prime minister

Afrika Korps

Feb 14, 1941

First unit of german arrives in tripoli

Gas

Sep 3, 1941

First experimental use of Gas at auschwitz

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Warplanes from Japan surprise attacked the U.S. Navy base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

Battle of Midway

Jun 3, 1942

The U.S. had been fighting naval inthespring of 1942 which all led to the battle of midway which japn suffered a defeat.

Battle of Stalingrad

Jul 17, 1942

Soviet Union defends the city Stalingrad from the Germans

The Solomon Island

Aug 1, 1942

japan and united states fight for solomon island

Surrender

May 13, 1943

German and Italiantroops surrender to North africa

The Normandy Invasion

Jun 1, 1944

The british and american forces launcha attack on D-Day on the coastofthe normandy

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

Allied forces liberate western europe from nazi-germany

Assasination

Jul 20, 1944

German assination on hitler fails.

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 1, 1944

U.S. trys to stop german advancedment and took the apperance of a huge bulge.

Death of Roosevelt

Apr 12, 1945

FDR dies of Cerebral hemorrhage

Liberate

Apr 12, 1945

allies liberate buchenwald and belson concentration camps

V-J Day

Apr 15, 1945

Victory of Japan day

V-E Day

May 8, 1945

Great Britain and the U.S. celebrate the victory of europe.

Dropping of the atomic bombs

Aug 6, 1945

An american B-29 Bomber dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima and wiped out 80,000 people instantly, killed many others from radiation.