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Hitler's Rise to Power
Adolf Hitler's rise to power began in Germany in September 1919 when Hitler joined the political party known as the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei – DAP. -
Mussolini's Rise to Power
Following the March on Rome in October 1922 he became the youngest Prime Minister in Italian history. -
Stalin's Rise to Power
Thereafter, Stalin politically isolated his major enemies, such as arch-rival Leon Trotsky, and had them dismissed from government altogether. This eventually led him to be the sole uncontested leader of the Party and the Soviet Union. -
Roosevelt Elected
In office from March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 after being elected by the citizens of the U.S. -
Italy's Conquest of Ethiopia
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a colonial war that started in October 1935 and ended in May 1936. The war was fought between the armed forces of the Kingdom of Italy and the armed forces of the Ethiopian Empire. -
Rome - Berlin Axis Formed
A treaty with protocols, between Germany and Italy, which together formed the origin of the now famous Rome-Berlin Axis. -
Spanish Civil War
Widely known in Spain simply as the Civil War or The War, was a civil war fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans, who were loyal to the democratic Spanish Republic, and the Nationalists, a rebel group led by General Francisco Franco. -
Japan Invades China
In July 1937, Japan captured the former Chinese imperial capital of Beijing after instigating the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, which culminated in the Japanese campaign to invade all of China. -
Annexing of Austria
Was the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in March 1938 -
Nazi - Soviet Nonagrression Pact
On August 23, 1939–shortly before World War II (1939-45) broke out in Europe–enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
Start of WWII
World War II started in 1939 when axis powers went against allied counntries. -
Poland Attacked
The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, or the 1939 Defensive War in Poland, and alternatively the Poland Campaign or Fall Weiß in Germany, was a joint invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe. -
Invasion of Denmark/Norway
In April 1940, Germany invaded Denmark and Norway to protect shipments of iron ore from Sweden, which the Allies were attempting to cut off by unilaterally mining neutral Norwegian waters. -
Battle of Britain
The name given to the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940. -
Tojo's Rise to Power
He was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), the leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association, and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan during much of World War II, from October 17, 1941 to July 22, 1944. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on Sunday, December 7, 1941 brought the United States into World War II.[ -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific for American advances on Japan. -
Battle of Stalingrad
A major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe. -
Allies Gain Momentum
Following the Guadalcanal Campaign, the Allies initiated several operations against Japan in the Pacific. In May 1943, Allied forces were sent to eliminate Japanese forces from the Aleutians, and soon after began major operations to isolate Rabaul by capturing surrounding islands, and to breach the Japanese Central Pacific perimeter at the Gilbert and Marshall Islands. -
D - Day
The Normandy landings were the landing operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. The largest seaborne invasion in history, the operation began the invasion of German-occupied western Europe, led to the liberation of France from Nazi control, and contributed to an Allied victory in the war. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. -
Death of Roosevelt
April 12, 1945, Warm Springs, GA -
Mussolini's Death
Died: April 28, 1945, Giulino, Mezzegra, Italy. -
Hitler's Death
Died: April 30, 1945, Berlin, Germany. -
V - E Day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day, or simply V Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945. -
V - J Day
Victory over Japan Day is a name chosen for the day on which Japan surrendered, in effect ending World War II, and subsequent anniversaries of that event. -
End of the War
The war ended after Japan and Germany both surendured to the allied powers. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
In August 1945, during the final stage of the Second World War, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history. -
Tojo's Death
December 23, 1948 executed by hanging. -
Stalin's Death
Died: March 5, 1953, Kuntsevo Dacha, Moscow, Russia.
