World War Two

Japan seizes Machuria

Sep 19, 1931

Japan takes Manchuria, a Chinese land, for its resources, which Japan needed badly.

World War Two

Period: Sep 19, 1931 to Jul 5, 1943

From when Japan attacked a Chinese land for its resources to when the Soviet Union defeated Germany at the Battle of Kursk

Hitler Comes to Power

Mar 5, 1933

Adolf Hitler takes complete control of Germany with his politcal party, the Nazis.

Hitler Violates the Versaille Treaty

Mar 10, 1935

Hitler creates a German air force, the Luftwaffe, and expands military to 550000 men.

Italy Invades Ethiopoia

Oct 3, 1935

By order of Mussolini, Italy invades Ethiopia, making its first World War Two offensive.

GermanyAnnexes Austria

Mar 12, 1938

Geramny takes over Austria for the Third Reich, which is what Nazi Germany would be called as an empire.

Hitler gets Sudetenland

Sep 30, 1938

Hitler demands Sudetenland from Britain and France, who give it to him.

Nazi Soviet Non Agression Pact

Aug 23, 1939

Germany and the Soviet Union promise not to attack each other.

Britain and France declare war on Germany

Sep 3, 1939

In response to Germany invading Poland, Britain and France declare war on Germany.

Soviet Union and Germany divide Poland

Sep 28, 1939

Within four weeks of invasion, Poland is didvided between Germany and the Soviet Union.

Germany attacks Balgium, Netherlands, and France

May 10, 1940

Germany invades Belgium and Netherlands to gain ground and later defeats France.

First German Air Raid on London

Aug 23, 1940

The Luftwaffe launch an offensive by bombing London and fighting the British Royal Air Force.

Germany seizes Yugoslavia and Greece

Apr 17, 1941

Germany invades Greece and Yugoslavia, thus gaining more territory.

Operation Barbarrosa

Jun 22, 1941

Germany invades the Soviet Union.

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japan makes a surpirse attack on Pearl Harbor, an American naval base.

Battle of Kursk

Jul 5, 1943

Soviets attack the invading Germans in Kursk, a city in western Russia.