WWII

Paris Peace Conferance

Jan 12, 1919

A meeting where counties came together after WWI to discuss the ending of WWI. At the meeting they created the Treaty of Versailles.

9 Power Treaty

Feb 6, 1922

9 power treaty signed in Washington D.C.. Signers were China, United Staes, Great Britian, Japan, Italy, France,Portugal,Belgium, and the Netherlands. Agreed to leave China alone and an Open Door Policy.

Mussolini Takes Italian Government

Oct 28, 1922

Armed squads of Blackshirts march on Rome. Left the parlimentary monarchy of King Emmanual III in confusion. King offers to run coalition government and proceeded to the capitla with 300,000 supporters in a black shirt.

Beer Run Putcsh

Nov 8, 1923

Hitler's attempt to overthrow the Weimar government. Failed because of a lack of support.

The Kellog-Braind Pact

Aug 27, 1928

Pact which was an agreement to outlaw war. Also called the Pact of Paris.Tried and failed to prevent a second world war. Had little effect on rising militarism in Europe.

U.S. Stock Market Crash

Oct 29, 1929

End of the Roaring 20s in the United States. Stock Market crashes and Great Depression in America starts. Contributer to the worldwide depression in the 1930s.

Japan Invades Manchuria

Apr 18, 1931

Against the Treaty of Versailles Japan invades Manchuria, China. This is the first action towards the begining of WWII.

Nazi's reach political majority in Germany

Jul 1, 1932

The Nazi party is the majority party in Germany when Hitler is appointed chancellor of the country.

Hitler is appointed Germany's Chancellor

Jan 30, 1933

Hitler is elected chancellor of Germany. During that same election a total of 230 govermental seats were given to Nazis. They made up over half of the Reichstag.

Japan withdraws from the League of Nations

Feb 24, 1933

Japan withdraws themselves from the league of Nations after they have already broken the Treaty of Versaillees. The League of nations chooses appeasement towards these actions.

Rohm Purge

Jun 30, 1934

Rohm PurgeThe purge (murdering) of the nazi party and other heads of leadership of Germany at the time. Called "Night of the long knives" or "Operation Hummingbird."

Hitler openly defies the Treaty of Versailles

Mar 15, 1935

Hitler Defies the Treaty On this day Hitler goes to the cabinet members and head of German military that they would defy the treaty and start revamoing the military.

Nuremberg Laws Imposed

Sep 15, 1935

The Nuremberg laws are imposed. Jews are stripped of their citizenship and looked at as subjects of the state.

Italy invades Ethiopia

Oct 3, 1935

Italy invades Ethiopia in hopes of annexing it. The League of nations does vitually nothing about these agressive actions.

Hitler milatarizes the Rhineland

Mar 7, 1936

German military goes over the Rhine River and enters the Rhinelnad. Hitler tells other countries he will do nothing else to break the treaty of Versailles.

Rome-Berlin Axis

Oct 25, 1936

Hitler and Mussolini sign the "Pact of Steel", the axis powers are born.

Germany Annexes Austria

Mar 12, 1938

Hitler marches into Austria accompanied by German troops. Austria is a German state until the end of the second World War,

Hitler Demands Sudetanland from Czechloslovakia

Sep 22, 1938

Hitler demands Czechloslovakia and the immediate excavation of the population. The Czechs mobilizes the military the next day. War seemed very imminant at this point.

Munich Conference

Sep 30, 1938

The Munich Conference is where the Munich Pact was signed sealing fate of Czechloslovakia and giving it back to Germany.

Franco Becomes Dictator of Spain

Apr 1, 1939

Francisco FrancoFranco after successfully militarily taking over all of spain becomes dictator of Spain.

Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

Aug 23, 1939

This is the day Stalin and Hitler sign a non-agression pact which they do only for their own political needs.

Nazi Invasion of Poland

Sep 1, 1939

German troops invade Poland. Their form of war is called Blitzkreig. This is when WWII officially begins.

Battle of Britian

Jun 17, 1940

Battle right after France drops out of the war. Britian was alone against the Germans for awhile at this point. This was then the 1st all-air battle in all of history.

Lend Lease Act

Mar 11, 1941

Lend-Lease PactProgram devised by Roosevelt to help Great Britian in the war efforts against Germans

Operation Barbossa

Jun 22, 1941

Hitler sends his army into the Soviet Union thinking that they would defeat the Germans quickily and resulted in a long war on the Russian Front.

Pearl Harbor Bombing

Dec 7, 1941

Japanese figter planes attack a US naval base in Honolulu, Hawai. This is what ultimately gets the Americans involved in the war.

Wannsee Conference

Jan 20, 1942

Nazi officials meet to discuss plans of the "Final Solution." Adgenda of the meeting was simple and focused: to come up with a "Final Solution to the Jewish guestion" in Europe.

Dolittle Raids

Apr 18, 1942

16 Americam B-25 bombers attack the Japanese mainland. The attack was lead by Colonel James H. Doolittle. The attack did little damage to Japan but damaged Japanese prestiege.

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

Battle of MidwayOne of the most desicive US wins over Japan in WWII. During 4-day sea and air battle the US takes down 4 Japenese naval ships, while the US only looses one. Prior to this the Japanese navy seemed unstoppable.

Battle of Stalingrad

Jul 17, 1942

Germany invades the Russian city of Stalingrad. Considered by the Russians as the greatest of their Great Patriotic War. One of the bloodiest battles in history. Germany thought they would overtake the Russians quickly, the Germans actually loose the battle.

D-day and Operation Overlord

Jun 6, 1944

D-DayThe allied powers invade the German forces via Normandy, France. This was a form of surprise attack.

Operation Valkyrie

Jul 20, 1944

A plot to kill Hitler failed when a bomb planted in the nazi leaders breifcase went off and did not kill him. When the attempted murderers were found out they were executed.

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

One last offensive attempt by Germany to take over the war. Made desertion an issue for U.S. troops. Man was executed for desertion for the first time since the Civil War.

Hitler commits suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Hitler Commits SuicideAdolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself.

V-E Day

May 8, 1945

U.S. and Great Britian celebrate German defeat. Germans all over Europe surrender and become prisoners of war.

Little Boy Dropped

Aug 6, 1945

B-29 Bomber Plane drops Little Boy (World's 1st A bomb) on the city of Hiroshima. About 80 thousand were killed by the initial blast.

Fat Man Dropped

Aug 9, 1945

The United States drops another atom bomb on Japan, this time on Nagasuki finally forcing Japan to surrender the war.

V-J Day

Sep 2, 1945

The allies mostly the U.S. celebrate victory over the Japenese forces.

Nuremberg Trials

Nov 20, 1945

24 high-ranking Nazis go on trial in Nuremberg,Germany for etrocities that happened during WWII. On October 1, 1946, 12 Nazi leaders were sentenced to death. Seven others were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 10 years to life, and three were found to be innocent.

Japenese Wartime Trials

Apr 29, 1946

Tojo Hideki, wartime leader of Japan was put on trial for war crimes he was eventually found guilty and was hanged by the Americans in 1948.