World War II

  • End of World War I

    End of World War I
    Germany was defeated and the treaty of Versailles was signed
  • Hitler joins the Nazi party

    Hitler joins the Nazi party
    Nazis invaded France and he wanted to create a "New Order" in Germany
  • Fascist Party established under Mussolini in Italy

    Fascist Party established under Mussolini in Italy
    Fascism: where everything is based on peples values and perspectives
  • Mussolini takes over in Italy

    Mussolini takes over in Italy
    He became the 40th prime minister of Italy
  • Establishment of the USSR

    Establishment of the USSR
    It was a Union for Soviets, its another way of saying the Soviet Union. The Soviet union was a socialist state.
  • Death of Vladimir Lenin; control of USSR to Joseph Stalin; deaths of 8-13 million Russians

    Death of Vladimir Lenin; control of USSR to Joseph Stalin; deaths of 8-13 million Russians
    Vladimir Lenin: First leader of USSR
    Joseph Stalin becomes the new leader of the Soviet Union
    Germany invaded Russia and killed over 8 million Soviets
  • US and 61 other countries sign Kellogg-Briand Pact

    The Kellogg-Briad Pact outlawed war. America didnt want to deal with war so they signed that pact.
  • Japanese invasion of Manchuria

  • Hitler begins military build up

  • Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, establishing the Third Reich

  • Roosevelt takes office

  • Italian troops conquer Ethiopia

  • US begins passing Neutrality Acts

  • Civil War begins in Spain under Francisco Franco

  • German troops invade Rhineland

  • Japan invades China

  • Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum.

  • Hitler takes Austria

  • Munich Agreement; Sudetenland to Germany

  • Franco is successful in Spain

  • Totalitarian Governent establishedd in USSR

  • Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler

  • Non aggression pact; Germany and Russia; divide Poland

  • German invarion of Poland; Blitzkrieg

  • Russian army to Finland (Finns surender in three months)

  • British and French defeat at Dunrkirk

  • German invasion of Denmark and Norway

  • Defeat of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg by Germany

  • Italy enter the war on the side of Germany and invades France

  • France surrenders to Germany

  • Plans for an invasion of Great Britain; beginning of the Battle of Britain