World War II

Paris Peace Conference

Jan 18, 1919

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The Allies met at the Paris Peace Conference following WWI. They created the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations to hopefully keep peace in the world.

Nine Power Treaty

Feb 6, 1922

Nine countries met and agreed to respect independence, territorial and administrative integrity, and sovereignty with China.

Mussolini Takes over Italy's government

Oct 28, 1922

Benito Mussolini comes to power in Italy. He comes to be a dictator of Italy almost like Hitler in Germany.

Beer Hall Putsch

Nov 8, 1923

They began at the Bürgerbräu Keller in the Bavarian city of Munich, aiming to seize control of the state government, march on Berlin, and overthrow the German federal government.

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Aug 27, 1928

A treaty renouncing war as an instrument of national policy and urging peaceful means for the settlement of international disputes, originally signed in 1928 by 15 nations, later joined by 49 others.

U.S. Stock market

Oct 29, 1929

16 mollion shares were recorded in Wall Street when "Black Tuesday" hit. Billions of U.S. citizens dollars were lost along with investors.

Japan invades Manchuria

Sep 19, 1931

Japan takes over Manchuria by invading they try to take East Asia by colonizing. League of Nations did nothing about Japan trying to gain land.

Nazis reach a political majority

Jul 1, 1932

Hitler takes power and the Nazi party rises to the majority party in Germany.

Hitler becomes Germany's Chancelor

Jan 30, 1933

Hitler becomes Chancellor and the Nazi party rises.

Japan withdraws from the League of Nations

Feb 24, 1933

41 countries vote for Japan to withdraw for Manchuria and 1 country votes no. Japan votes no and then withdraws from the League of Nations.

First Antisemitic ;aw is passed in Germany

Apr 7, 1933

Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service was the first law passed against the Jews.

Rohm Purge

Jun 30, 1934

Hitler openly defies the Treaty of Versailles

Oct 29, 1934

Italy invades Ethiopia

Oct 3, 1935

Hitler Militarizes the Rhineland

Mar 7, 1936

Rome-Berlin Axis

Oct 25, 1936

Germany Annexes Austria

Mar 12, 1938

Munich Conference

Sep 28, 1938

Hitler demands the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia

Sep 30, 1938

Franco becomes Dictator of Spain

Apr 29, 1939

Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

Aug 23, 1939

Nazi invasion of Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Battle of Britain

Sep 1, 1940

Lend Lease Act

Sep 29, 1940

Operation Barbarossa

Jun 22, 1941

.Pearl Harbor Bombing

Dec 7, 1941

Wannsee Conference

Jan 20, 1942

Doolittle Raid

Apr 18, 1942

Battle of Midway

Jun 29, 1942

Battle of Stalingrad

Aug 23, 1942

D-Day and Operation Overlord

Jun 6, 1944

Operation Valkyrie

Jul 20, 1944

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

Adolf Hitler commits suicide

Apr 30, 1945

V-E Day

May 8, 1945

Little Boy Dropped

Aug 6, 1945

Fat man dropped

Aug 9, 1945

V-J Day

Aug 14, 1945

Nuremberg Trials

Nov 20, 1945

Japanese war crime trials

Apr 29, 1946