A Storm Cloud Gathers

  • Mussolini takes power in Italy

    Mussolini takes power in Italy

    Mussolini took power in italy as prime minister. He was the youngest P.M. to be elected in history.
  • US Stock Market Crashes

    US Stock Market Crashes

    The stock market had been been on a rise with everyone having an optomistic view on life. When the market crashed no one was safe from the downturn.
  • Japan seizes Manchuria

    Japan seizes Manchuria

    Japan had been fighting with china for a long while. they finally took over Manchuria on this day.
  • Japan invades china

    Japan invades china

    Japaqn believed they could win a battle against parts of china so they attacked. The first target they had was manchuiria.
  • Fdr is elected

    Fdr is elected

    FDR took over power as president after Hoover failed. He bacme wildy loved and respected as president.
  • Hitler is named chancelor of Germany

    Hitler is named chancelor of Germany

    After a long attempt to win power Hitler finally won. He was the first Nazi leader to be put into power.
  • Italy invades ethiopia

    Italy invades ethiopia

    Italy had an attack on ethiopia orgonized by mussolini. Italy was succesful and took over Ethiopia
  • US neutrality act

    US neutrality act

    US wanted to stay out of the war so they enacted this. It was first enacted after italy had its first attack.
  • Hitler breaks treaty

    Hitler breaks treaty

    Hitler defys the treaty made after ww1. He does this by getting a bigger army than germany was allowed at the time.
  • Germany militarizes in the rhinland

    Germany militarizes in the rhinland

    Germany was under watchful eye of the Leauge of Nations. they occupied the rhineland as a threat to any opposing nations.
  • Civil war in spain

    Civil war in spain

    The people of spain were enraged so they divided. the divisons faught in a civil war over government.
  • Anschluss

    Anschluss

    Hitler made a union on this day. Called Anschluss it was the union between Germany and Austria
  • Munich conference

    Munich conference

    In this confrence germany was appeased by other nations. They let him do what he wanted and may have caused the whole war.
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    Also called the night of broken glass. This was the start of a major anti jewish crime wave
  • Nazi-Soviet Pact

    Nazi-Soviet Pact

    the Nazi-Soviet Pact was a pact made befpre the war. Hitler wanted to gaurentee an ally so he signed a pact with the soviet union
  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland

    Hitler took his rebellion a step too far with invading Poland. This is the event that caused war to be declared
  • Phony war

    two days after Hitler invaded poland the allies declared war. There was very little conflict and it was ended quickly.
  • Churchill eleced PM

    Churchill eleced PM

    Winston Churchill is eleced as prime minister in england. He won the popular vote and was a good leader.
  • Miracle at Dunkirk

    Miracle at Dunkirk

    Allied solders were completley surrounded and had no way out. Then England sent every avalible ship to pick them up and take them to saftey.
  • France Surrenders

    France Surrenders

    After Gremany attacked france, they were pinned down and baing distroyed. With no other oppurtunity to win, france was forced to surrender to Germany.
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    Germany wanted to hurt Britain so they attacked by air. Britains weakeszt l;ink in armed forces was their air force and they took a beating
  • Japan seizes french Indo-China

    Japan seizes french Indo-China

    Japan strikes again and attacks indo china. they again win and show that they are a force of strength.
  • Lend Lease act

    Lend Lease act

    The us wanted to aid in the war withought fighing so they had this act. The act allowed goods to be sent to the allied countries of WW2
  • atlantic charter

    atlantic charter

    THis was a meeting between two world powers. The powers were america nad britain with FDR and Churchill
  • Pearl harbor

    Pearl harbor

    Japan wanted to intimadate the Us out of the war by an all out attack on Pearl Harbor. Little did they know, this would cause the US to join the war effort.