Between the Wars

By Adam Eisele

  • Mussolini's Movement

    30,000 facist marched into Rome and demanded that Mussolini be put in charge of the Government. After much violence and many riots, King Victor Emmanuel III put Mussolini in charge.
    Social

  • Black Tuesday

    Most devastating economic crash in U.S. history. Created the Great Dpression.
    Economic

  • Japan Invades Machuria

    This was the day that Japan first invaded Manchuria, China. This was quite an extroidinary event because the Chinese had many more soldiers than Japan. In the end, the Japanese won due better dicipline.
    Military

  • Frankiln D. Roosevelts Inaugeration

    He lead the USA out of the Depression, and created the New Deal.

  • The Great Purge

    Campaign of political repression that was carried out by the Soviet Union. The Communist Party
    Political

  • Germany invades Rhineland

    Rhineland is an area between France and Germany. The French was stunned by this invasion, but did not interfere. This made it easier to invade France and Belgium.
    Military

  • Rape of Nanjing

    This was when the Japanese invaded SHanghai and killed 300,000 civilians. They raped 20 to 30,0000 people
    cultural

  • Hitler Invades Poland

    Thr Germans swiftly invaded Poland. They quickly devastated Warsaw, which became a place of rebellion after the war.
    Military

  • Hitler Attacks Denmark and Norway

    This marked the event that Hitler made a surprise attack on Denmark and Norway. Each in the end were overrun by German forces.
    Military

  • The War In The Balkans

    This was when Germany invaded Yugoslavia and Greece.
    Military

  • Operation Barbarossa

    This was when Hitler invaded Soviet Union, and pushed almost 500 miles into it within 1 week.
    Military

  • Pearl Harbor

    This was the US naval port that was attacked by Japanese war planes and bombers.

  • Battle of Midway

    This was the turning point in the war in the Pacific. They US destroyed 100's of Japanese planes which was most of their airforce.
    Military

  • Iwo Jima

    The Americans take Iwo Jima. A key island to launch planes from to attack Japan.
    Military

  • D-Day

    This was when The Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
    Military

  • Battle Of the Bulge

    This was a major German psuh through the center of France, catching them completly off guard.
    Military

  • V-E Day

    This was the day that Germany formally surrendered. Stands for Victory in Europe.
    Social

  • Hiroshima

    The city where the first atomic bomb was dropped.

  • Nagasaki

    The second atomic bomb dropped on Japan.
    Military

  • Nuremburg Trials

    International Military Tribunals tried and convicted many Nazi Leaders. Many of them had committed suicide as soon as the Germans surrendered.
    Political