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Stalin comes to power in Russia.
After Lenin dies, stalin takes power in the USSR as the leader of the Communist party of The Soviet Union. -
Mussolini takes power in Italy.
Succeeding King Vittorio Emmanuele III, Benito Mussolini was handed absolute control of Italy on October 29, 1922. -
The U.S. stock market crashes. (Black Tuesday)
Also known as "Black Tuesday", the American stock market crashes, ruining millions of Americans financially and signaling the start of The Great Depression. -
Japan invades Manchuria.
Japanese forces suspect a railroad has been "sabotaged" leading to a Japanese offensive strike on Chinese troops. -
Hitler takes power in Germany.
Hitler is appointed as the Chancellor of Germany and begins his rigorous remilitarization plan to bring Germany out of its depression. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected president.
Franklin D. Roosevelt wins the presidential election agains Herbert Hoover in one of the biggest landslide elections America has ever seen. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
The League of Nations failed to protect countries from forceful invasion of eachother, and Italy's empirical invasion of Ethiopia was a direct result of this. -
Germany remilitarizes the Rhineland
Hitler sends troops into the Rhineland with the sole intention of remilitarization. -
Civil war erupts in Spain.
Conservative generals organize a rebellion aginst the government. The country is thrown into civil war that lasts almost 3 years. -
Neutrality Act passed
Stated that only non-military goods could be traded with the U.S. -
Anschluss
Anschluss is the term used to describe the annexation and unification process of Austrio Hungary into the German Nazi Empire. -
Munich Conference
A conference held between leaders of Italy, Germany, Britain, and France. The final decision was to let the Germans annex the Sudentenland. -
Germany occupies Sudetenland
Hitler invaded Sudentenland, which was part of Czechoslovakia. -
Kristallnacht
A series of coordinated attacks by the Nazis on Jewish pogroms. -
Nazi - Soviet Pact
Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia signed a pact stating that if one was invaded, the other would stay neutral. Germany ended up invading Soviet Russia anyway. -
Germany Invades Poland
Germany invades Poland and weak Polish forces easily succumb to the power of the German military. -
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The "Phony War"
A short span of time in the beginning of World War Two in which none of the western powers took action against Axis forces. -
Churchill elected prime minister of Britain
Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty when Neville Chamberlain resigned from office in 1940. Churchill was very optimistic and never gave up. -
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Miracle of Dunkirk
An evacuation of Alied troops from the beaches and harbors of Dunkirk was ordered on May 26th, 1940. The troops were successfully evacuated and Churchill hailed it as "a miracle of deliverance". -
Battle of Britain
German Air Force sent bombers and fhighters to attack Chatham, Gravesend and Rochester, but the Royal Air Force took out all 11 bombers and only lost 2 pilots. This battle boosted British morale. -
France surrenders to Germany
Government figures in France fled to Paris where an armistice was signed, marking France's official surrender. -
Japan seizes French Indo-China
Japan invades French Indo-China to prevent Chinese troops from recieving imported weapons and supplies from the port of Haiphong. -
Lend-Lease Act
An act passed by Roosevelt that stated America could aid any country necessary to the U.S.'s protection. -
The Atlantic Charter
A charter agreement between Roosevelt & Churchill that set guidelines and common goals for the future of their countries. One of these things was a vow to destroy the Nazi tyranny. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor where a leet of Naval ships was docked. nearly 3,000 sailors died. This event signaled the U.S.'s involvement in WWII.
