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When Lenin died, Stalin was promoted from General Secretary of the Communist Party to leader of all of the USSR even though Lenin specifically said that Stalin should not be trusted with power.
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In 1931, the Japanese Kwangtung Army attacked Chinese troops in Manchuria, this is known as the Manchurian Incident. It was an attempt by the Japanese Empire to gain control over the province, which would lead to their control of all East Asia.
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In January of 1933 Hitler becomes the Chancellor of Germany after his 6 year rise to power he was sworn in on the 30th of January.
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Hitler sends German troops to Rhineland, which was a part of Germany, but Germans were not allowed to go there due to the Treaty of Versailles and by sending troops there Hitler broke the treaty.
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On July 17th 1936 the military, led by Francisco, rebelled against President Manuel Azana and started a civil war.
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Benito Mussolini changes his official title from Prime Minister to "His Excellency Benito Mussolini, Head of Government, Duce of Fascism, and Founder of the Empire" in 1936.
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U.S. ships were prohibited from transporting any passengers or articles to axis powers, and U.S. citizens were forbidden from traveling on ships of axis powers. The "Cash and Carry" meant the President could permit the sale of materials and supplies to axis powers in Europe as long as the recipients arranged for the transport and paid immediately in cash, with the argument that this would not draw the U.S. into the conflict.
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The speech FDR gave in Chicago calling for the international quarantine of agressive nations. He suggested that the US used economic pressure to be forcefull but less direct than attacking.
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Japanese troops capture the city of Nanjing and begin raping women, looting the city and murdering civilians.
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Anschluss means, in German, to link up. The Anschluss of Austria was when Hitler provided support for the Austrian National Socialist Party to seize power from the Austrofascist leadership and made Austria a part of Nazi Germany.
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The purpose of the conference was to discuss the future of the Sudetenland who was in the middle of territorial demands made by Adolf Hitler. The agreement was signed by Nazi Germany, France, Britain, and Italy.
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The Government of the German Reich and the Governement of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic sign a non-agression pact stating they will not attack eachother.
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The invasion began on September 1st 1939, after the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed, and lasted until October 6th 1939 when Germany divided it with the USSR and together they annexed all of Poland.
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Great Brittan and France sent Hitler an ultimatium saying he needed to either withdraw all German forces from Poland, or Britain and France would go to war with Germany. After two days with no responce, they officially declared war on Germany and WWII began.
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After Germans had pushed French government out of Bordeaux and taken control of Paris, an armistance was signed between France and Germany and France was divided into a German occupation zone in the north and west, and Italian occupation zone in the south and east.
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A pact signed in Berlin Germany which established the Axis powers of World War II, signed by representatives from Germany, Italy and Japan.
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An act that said the US would provide Great Britain, The Soviet Union, China, France, and other Allied Nations with lots of war materials during the war, even though this did not formally enter the US into the war, it ruined its state of neutrality.
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Nazi Germany invaded the USSR, this was the biggest German military invasion in all of WWII.
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An agreement between Great Brittain and the United States that said their goals for the war such as; no territorial changes made against the wishes of the people; restoration of self-government to those deprived of it; free access to raw materials; reduction of trade restrictions; global cooperation to secure better economic and social conditions for all; freedom of the seas; and abandonment of the use of force, as well as disarmament of agressive nations
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The surprise attack of the Japanese military on the Hawaiian military base, Pearl Harbor. It was a premptive attack on the US pacific fleet to keep them from attacking the Japan Empire during the war.
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After Pearl Harbor, the US officially joins the war and declares war on Japan. FDR signs the official declaration of war on Japan
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The government said that the Japanese Americans on the West coast must be relocated and put into internment camps. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, they thought anyone of Japanese decent would turn against them and attack their west coast cities next. over 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced to leave their homes in 1942
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A series of Riots in 1943, the European-American sailors and marines stationed in L.A. and southern California attacked Mexican and Latino men wearing Zoot-suits and resulted in murder.
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In 1944 FDR was elected for his 4th term as persident of the United States, this caused the 22nd amendment to be passed which stated that no person can run for office for more than two terms.
