World War II

Neville Chamberlain

Mar 18, 1869

Arthur Neville Chamberlain Former Prime Minister was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940.

Vladmir Lenin

Apr 2, 1870

A Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and political theorist.

Winston Churchill

Nov 30, 1874

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was a British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer, and an artist.

Joseph Stalin

Dec 18, 1878

The leader of the Soviet Union from 1929-1953. Under his power, Russia was transformed into a militarist and industrial superpower. Ruling by terror, many died while he was under rule. Initially in an agreement with Hitler, he was soon betrayed, and looked to the allies for help.

Franklin d. Roosevelt

Jan 30, 1882

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, commonly known as FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the President of the United States from 1933 to 1945.

Adolf Hitler

Apr 20, 1889

The leader of the Nazis. His goal was to conquer the world, and to dispose of those who were inferior to him, and disagreed with his views. He controlled the German army, and made orders to invade Poland, starting World War II.

The Russian Revolution

Mar 8, 1917

Two revolutions swept through russia, ending centries of imperial rulde and setting in motion political and social changes that would lead to the formation of the soviet union.

Japanese invasion of Manchuria

Sep 18, 1931

The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 18, 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident.

Germany moving troops into the rhineland

Dec 7, 1936

Hitler violates the treaty of versailes and the lacarno pact by sending Germany military forces in Rhineland

Germany annexation of Austria

Mar 12, 1938

german troops invade austria to annex the german speaking nation for the third reich.

German invasion of czechoslovakia

Mar 15, 1938

Hitler forcers an invasion and occupation on czechoslovakia which was sacrificed on the altar of the munich pact, which was a vain attempt to prevent germany's imperial aims.

The Munich Conference

Sep 30, 1938

settlement permitting nazi germany's annexation portions of czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by german speakers, for which a new territorial designation "sudetenland" was coined.

Germany Claims the Sudetenland

Oct 10, 1938

german troops occupy sudetenland to take control on the ethnic german population living in those regions.

German invasion of poland to start WWII

Sep 1, 1939

On this in 1939, german forces bombard poland on land and from the air, as adolf hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ulitmately rule poland. Wolrd War II had begun

The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii was attacked by Japan in order to eliminate us from becoming a possible war enemy

Benito Mussolini

Apr 28, 1945

Benito Mussolini was the dictator of Italy, who admired Hitler's way of thinking, this following in his footsteps. He was killed after the German Surrender in 1945.

The United states entrace into WWII

Dec 18, 2015

the united states enters WWII after the japanese attack on pearl harbor on december 7th, 1941