Bene- Timeline Assignment V2

By 133benem

  • Black Tuesday

    Crash of the Stock Market. Beginning of the Great Depression
    Economic Event

  • Hitler is Named Chancellor of Germany

    Former President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler from the Nazi Party as Chancellor of Germany.
    Political Event

  • FDR Takes Office

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt officialy takes office as President of The United States.
    Political Event

  • FDR's First Fireside Chat

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his first public radio address to explain his economic reforms to the public.
    Social Event

  • Rape of Nanking

    Episodic bursts of murder, violence, and rape from Japanese soldiers to Chinese citizens of Nanking.
    Military Event

  • Nazi Invastion Of Poland

    Hitler invades neighboring Poland in the beginning of his conquests.
    Military Event
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    World War II

    International conflict between Axis Powers and Allied Powers.

  • We Shall Fight On The Beaches

    Winston Churchill's speech to boost morale in London during the Battle of Britain.
    Social Event

  • Fall of France

    Germany's succesful invasion of France, leading to it's occupation until allied liberation.
    Military Event

  • Battle of Britain

    Beginning of the Battle of Britain in which German air-raids bombarded London
    Military Event

  • Operation Barbarossa

    German invasion of Soviet Union. Led a campaign that ended much like that of Napoleon Bonaparte.
    Military Event

  • Attack On Pearl Harbor

    Japanese suprise attack on American Naval Base station at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
    Military Event

  • Battle of Midway

    US plan to lure Japanese fleet into Midway and ambush them.
    Military Event

  • Manhattan Project Begins

    US nuclear research project set to create a nuclear weapon, capable of ending the war.
    Scientific Event

  • Operation Overlord / Invasion of Normandy

    Beginning of Allied invasion of Western Europe and the liberation of France from Axis occupation.
    Military Event

  • The Battle of The Bulge

    One of the Largest and most Costliest battle in the war.
    Military Event

  • VE Day

    Victory in Europe, signaling the triumph over the axis in Europe.
    Military Event

  • Hiroshima Bombing

    US Atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima, the first of the two bombs.
    Military Event

  • Nagasaki Bombing

    US Atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Nagasaki, the second of the two bombings.
    Military Event

  • VJ Day

    Victory in Japan, signaling the end of the war in the Pacific
    Military Event

  • UN Formed

    United Nations established after WWII to provide peaceful and diplomatic solutions to world leaders.
    Diplomatic