WWII Timeline Project

Mussolini takes over Italy's Government (March on Rome)

Oct 28, 1922

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Mussolini, in the facist Italy rose to power. He was an aggressive ruler and gained control very quickly. He was known as "Il duce" aka "the leader". He then became the supreme leader.

Beer Hall Putsch

Nov 9, 1923

The allies who had won, brought up the bill to repay the debts of war and battle. The amount was 33 million and this did not settle easy. This basically caused a huge problem and depression. Germans lost all of their money, all the money they were payed was worhtless, things like groceries caused and incredible amount and Hunger riots broke out.
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Kellogg-Briand Pact

Aug 27, 1928

A major amount of money was lost, thousands upon thousand of people and investors were put out of business. America and the rest of the industrialized world would go downward into the Great Depression (1929-39), the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world up to that time.
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U.S. Stock Market Crash

Oct 26, 1929

A major amount of money was lost, thousands upon thousand of people and investors were put out of business. America and the rest of the industrialized world would go downward into the Great Depression (1929-39), the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world up to that time.

Japan Invades Manchuria

Sep 19, 1931

After the collapse of close countries, Japan decided to invade. The attempt was to take over and sieze land. Also, it was to gain control over everything as they were scared and gready. This made a huge change in japans foreign policy, especialy in areas of korea.
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Hitler becomes Germany's Chancellor

Jan 30, 1933

The nazi party had gained a ton of power and force. So for hitler to take over was not to hard. After just 19 months hitler had gained full power. All of this was caused because of the weimar republic failing its people. So it then gave hitler the chance to step up.
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Japan Withdraws from the League of Nations

Feb 24, 1933

So as Japan had disagreements with the rules and laws between countries involving war. Once Japan didnt follow through with their word, all of the other countries in the league of nations wanted them out. As they had broken the major deal of the proclamation.
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Nazi's reach a political majority in Germany

Mar 5, 1933

As the nazis gained more members, more power and control was brought with it. Basically hitler had brainwashed most all germans into joining the nazi party. As smaller parties and other contol groups lost, the nazi republic came up with a storm and took over.
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First Anti-Semitic Law is passed in Germany

Jul 2, 1933

This was mainly about the discrimination and hatred towards jews. As hitler and the nazi party thought people of jewish culture were not ment to be in the world and would stop at almost nothing to take away everything from them. So as this was passed jews lost everything, they were treated poorly, and everything went downhill.
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The night of the long knives (Roehm Purge)

Jun 30, 1934

Hitler didnt trust some people, and those people were to be eliminated. A group that were involved with the nazis then went out and eliminated people that did not fit in or were not wanted at all around. They raided many places, including hotels, just to eliminate the unwanted.
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Hitler openly announces to his cabinet he will defy the Treaty of Versailles

Mar 15, 1935

Hitler felt he had great power, as he did. He had so many followers that he could basically get away with anything. So he then started to defy treaties and agreements. He wanted certain people eliminated. So this meant nothing to him, as he had power and no one could stop him.
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Italy invades Ethiopia

Aug 3, 1935

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Creation of the Nuremberg Laws

Sep 15, 1935

Hitler only wanted full blood germans, as he hated jews and didnt want them spread. He then tried to ban jew breading for say and didnt want any other blood that wasnt german. Soon a racial policy was created against jews to not buy, or help or be in favor in any way for jews.
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Hitler Militarizes the Rhineland

Mar 16, 1936

Hitler only wanted full blood germans, as he hated jews and didnt want them spread. He then tried to ban jew breading for say and didnt want any other blood that wasnt german. Soon a racial policy was created against jews to not buy, or help or be in favor in any way for jews.
[References:](Worldwar2headquarters.com,. 'German WWII Poster - Nuremberg Laws And Classification Of Jews'. N.p., 2015. Web. 19 Feb. 2015.)

Rape on Nanking

Dec 13, 1937

This was mainly about the mass slaughter of men and women. Over 150,000 thousand soldiers were set up for this manslaughter. They were brutaly killed and they were murdered by the thousands. And soon those thousands turned into millions. They were torched and eliminated without any hesitation.
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Germany Annexes Austria

Mar 12, 1938

Once again the nazis commited more people and areas to join the nazi party. As they went into austria it was easy for the nazis to con the citizens of the area to join and be part of the anti jew resistance.
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Munich Conference

Sep 29, 1938

Hitler in this day agreed that if he could have the Sudetenland, he would not invade anywhere else. He claimed that this was the last of his power extention but everyone later found out that he was completely full of lies and manipulative.
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Hitler demands the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia

Sep 30, 1938

Hitler had the power to control most of europe. His party was growing by the millions daily. He then took troops into the sudetenland to gain that area for his own as well. He had the power to do it and no one was gonna be able to stop him at this point.
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Kristallnacht

Nov 9, 1938

This was the gathering of anti jew people. They all worked together and burned down buildings and structures once obtained by jews. No mercy is ever shown. Close to 100 jews were killed on this night just from burning and destroying structures.
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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

Aug 23, 1939

This was the now official treaty of non aggression between germany and the U.S.S.R.. Germany was annexing so much land and area and this was maid to put a sort of end to it and slow down violence.
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Nazi invasion of Poland

Sep 1, 1939

This was one of few acts that was not supported by all germans.
Once again this was a non aggression pact. Other countries were following acts of appeasement but Germany however was not.
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Evacuation of Dunkirk

Jun 4, 1940

The evacuation began as the perimeter started to cave in. Soon the germans would be overtaken but this was prevented by fleeing. Despite powerful attacks, it was near impossible to keep up.
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France Surrenders

Jun 28, 1940

Hitler gained control of paris, france, and several areas of france. This was a rather proud day for hitler as he had fought for this land and attempted several attacks. Until france finally gave in and surrendered. The attacks could not be with stood anymore and the only option left was to give up to the nazis.

Battle of Britain

Jul 1, 1940

Hitler was planning to bomb britain. And after this he was quickly turned on. He sent in luftwaffes planes to attack and this was by no means a small battle.
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The tripartite Pact

Sep 27, 1940

This pact was signed by Germany, Italy and Japan. Of these axis powers, they then became allies. This was basically made to establish new order in Europe
change things between everyone in terms of battle.
[References:](Pacificwar.org.au,. 'Increasing Tensions Between The United States And Japan'. N.p., 2015. Web. 19 Feb. 2015.)

Lend Lease Act

Jan 10, 1941

This was made so that the U.S. "allies" could have aid and support in foreign countries. This allowed the transfer of arms/weapons to separate regions and countries as long as they were allowed by the U.S. congress.
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Operation Barbarossa

Jun 22, 1941

This was Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union and it was sent by Hitler. Hitler had always wanted to invade the soviet union and take down the jewish population. This wiped out huge parts of jewish land and made mass destruction. He wanted a quick victory so he came in with a fast attack.
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Einstein’s letter to FDR, “The Manhattan Project”

Dec 1, 1941

As new weapons were being discovered, there was a new form of weapons. This form of weapons are known as nuclear weapons and they were also known as weapons of mass destruction. The U.S. was scared of this discovery because it could result in loss of control and devastation.
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Creation of the United Nations

Jan 1, 1942

This was a pledge between several governments to fight against the axis powers. This was made to put an end to wars and create peace between nations as war was destroying everone and everything around them. This was brought up in the first world war and was an agreement to creat peace.
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The Wannsee Conference and the “Final Solution”

Jan 20, 1942

This was the gathering of nazi enforcers and anti jew people. This was a conference on how to put a complete end to the jewish population so that they would be no more. Basically this was an annihilation plan to destroy all European jews.
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Bataan Death March

Apr 9, 1942

The Bataan Death March began on April 10, 1942, when the Japanese assembled about 78,000 prisoners (12,000 U.S. and 66,000 Filipino). They began marching up the east coast of Bataan. Although they didn't know it, their destination was Camp O'Donnell, north of the peninsula. The men, already desperately weakened by hunger and disease, suffered unspeakably during the March. Regardless of their condition, POWs who could not continue or keep up with the pace were summarily executed. Even stopping

Doolittle Raid

Apr 18, 1942

The Doolittle Raid of April 18, 1942 was the first U.S. air raid to strike the Japanese home islands during WWII. The mission is notable in that it was the only operation in which U.S. Army Air Forces bombers were launched from an aircraft carrier into combat. The raid demonstrated how vulnerable the Japanese home islands were to air attack just 4 months after their surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

Just a few months after the bombing of pearl harbor, the U.S. naval bases struck hard and this was considered won of the most intense battles during WWII.
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Island Hopping (date for Buna-Gona Campaign)

Aug 7, 1942

This was an offensive attack by the allies on the southwest pacific. Island hopping was known as amphibious drives/attacks to go by strongly held island to hit the enemies weak points. This was considered a very bloody raid which in the end led for the Japanese to surrender. <a href='"America at WarWorld War II1939-1945." America at WarWorld War II1939-1945. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2015.' >References:</a>

Battle of Stalingrad

Aug 23, 1942

The Battle of Stalingrad, was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad in the U.S.S.R during WWII. Russians consider it to be the greatest battle of their Great Patriotic War, and most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies. The Battle of Stalingrad was one of the bloodiest battles in history, with combined military and civilian cas

Operation Torch

Nov 8, 1942

This was known as the allied invasion upon north africa. This was actually the first time americans and the british forces had worked together on an invasion. There was over 60,000 french troops in this, and rather than fighting against them they chose to work with them for cooperation. This was brought into the western section of europe against the axis powers.

Operation Valkyrie

Jan 1, 1943

This was an attempted operation to assassinate the German nazi leader Adolf Hitler. An attempt was sent to bomb out and kill him but this was a fail. After the assassins were found and discovered, they were executed. Many attempts were held after that as well.
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Operation Overlord and D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

This was the allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany's control. This attack stretched out on over 50 miles of beach. The people involved were the American, British and Canadian forces with over 156,00 men. This attack took extensive planning as it was the largest amphipious military assult in history.
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Discovery of Majdanek

Jul 22, 1944

This was considered to be the first nazi concentration camp that was discovered, liberated and put to an end. After this a film was made to show everyone about the concentration camps. Very few survived as they were lucky the allied forces saved them in time. Only 15,000 prisoners survived and they were known lucky, close people died.
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Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

In this, hitler attempted to split and break up the allied forces so that he could take over. He attempted with the blitzkrieg. As the Americans were surprised they were defeated but as the germans moved into the buldge the U.S. took notice and made a huge stand so they were well known.
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Hitler’s Suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Hitler went into his air raid shelter and he took into hiding and took his life. He consumed a cyanide capsule and then shot himself with a pistol. And on this day the what was considered the 1,000 year reich collapsed. In this dugout he left very rarely and only had the supplies he needed.
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V-E Day

May 8, 1945

This was formally known as Victory in Europe day. This was celebrated for the allied victory over the German Nazi surrender for WWII. After hitler took his own life his army began to collapse and fall which braught down his armed forces which resulted in defeat.
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Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Aug 6, 1945

America on this day dropped an atomic bomb called the B-29 over Japan, this was the first atomic bomb known to be dropped over the city of Hiroshima. This bomb caused the death of over 80,000 people and tens of thousands of people were later killed due to the over exposure of radiation.
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V-J Day

Aug 14, 1945

This was the celebration day of the allied victory against the Japanese. This day is commonly referred to as "victory over Japan day". Once the allied powers had gained victory, this then brought an end to WWI

The Nuremberg Trials

Nov 20, 1945

This was held for the purpose of punishing and pinning the fines against the nazi war criminals. After all of the war crimes, it was finally sought out ot pin these penalties against the nazi party members. There was 13 trials held in different areas against them.
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bombing of pearl harbor

Dec 7, 1945

This was a suprise torpedo attack sent by the japanese against the U.S. naval base in hawaii. After this offense, the once nutral america took offensiveness to this and entered WWII. This destroyed many things and it was definitely a wrong decision as the U.S. would get back with brutal revenge. By bombing Hiroshima and Nagosaki
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The beginning of the Cold War

Jul 2, 1947

In some ways, the cold war was considered to have started before the gunfire had ended in the pacific and in Germany. This was brought up because of the mistrust of the U.S. with the Soviet Union. As these two powerful forces collided, disaster was struck and the conflicts were far from being over.
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The Japanese War Crime Trials

Nov 4, 1948

This event was the conviction of the japanese because of all of their crimes and they had to "pay up" after the war. This was a major conflict in history because many people were being brought down and convicted of this. Most other countries had to pay back for the crimes and damage done by war.
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