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Mussolini Comes to Power
Mussolini comes to power. -
Stalin Comes to Power
Stalin comes to power. -
Hitler Comes to Power
HItler became a dictator in Germany. Was elected by the people of Germany. -
Italy's Conquest of Ethiopia
Under Generals Rodolfo Graziani and Pietro Badoglio Italy pushed through unprepared Eithiopia. Taking over Ethiopia, and Badogolio got appointed as ruler. -
Spanish Civil War
Civil war that was fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans in Spain. -
Germany-Japan Anti-Comintern Pact
Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, directed against the Soviet Union and the international Communist movement. -
Japan Invades China
This day Japan invaded China, causing World War II to comence in the Pacific. -
Annexing of Austria
German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. -
Munich Agreement
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement which makes the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland, including the key Czechoslovak military defense positions, to Nazi Germany. -
Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
They agreed to take no military against each other for the next ren years. -
Invasion of Poland
At around 4:45 am 1.5 million German troops invaded Poland. Germany said it was a defensive act but Britain and France were not convinced. So two days later they declared war on Germany, initiating World War II in Europe. -
World War II Started
World War II started. -
Romania Ceses Bessarabia
The Soviet Union forces Romania to cede the eastern province of Bessarabia and the northern half of Bukovina to the Soviet Ukraine. -
Battle of Britain
Was a war between the United Kingdom and Germany. It was fought entirely by the air forces, and it was also the one of the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that day. -
Italians Invade Egypt
Italy invades British-controlled Egypt from Italian-controlled Libya. -
Tripartite Pact
Italy, Germany and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact. It was a defensive military Alliance, that was later joined by Hungary. -
Invasion of Yugoslavia
Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria invade and dismember Yugoslavia on April 6. And they surrender on April 17. -
Tojo Comes to Power
Tojo comes to power. -
Battle of Midway
A battle that was fought between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was fought in the Paciific Ocean, and it was was one of the most decisive battle of World War II. -
Battle of Midway
A battle that was fought between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was fought in the Paciific Ocean, and it was was one of the most decisive battle of World War II. -
Battle of Stalingrad
It was a major battle between Germany and the Soviet Union. In which they fought for the city of Stalingrad -
D-Day
The day that around 160,000 U.S soldiers landed in Normandy, France. To fight Nazi soldiers on the coastline. -
Pearl Harbor
The day that Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Causing the United Stated to join the war. -
Battle of 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
Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage. -
V-E Day
Public holiday in Europe that marks the formal acceptance of the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. It thus marked the end of World War II in Europe. -
Dropping of Atomic Bombs
The United Sates dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Insantly killing around 80,000 people and tens of thousands died in the folowing weeks due to wounds and radiation poisoning. -
Dropping of Atomic Bombs
The United States also dropped a bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. Three days after Hiroshima. Killng around 40,000 people. A few days later Japan surrendered to the United States. -
V-J Day
The day that Japan surrendered to the United States. Ending World War II. -
World War II Ended
World War II ended.
