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Russian Bolsheviks rebel in October revolution
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Weimar Republic is established in Germany
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Mussolini comes into power
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Kellogg-Briand peace pact is signed by almost every country in the world.
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The U.S. stock market crashes
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Stalin becomes dictator of soviet Union.
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After U.S. stock market crashes; Great Depression begins
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Hirohito's Japan Seizes Manchuria
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Hitler is named chancellor of Germany
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Ethiopia is invaded by Italian forces.
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Spanish Civil war begins
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Germnay and Soviet Union sign nonagression pact
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Germany invades Poland; World War II begins
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Britain evacuates foces from Dunkrik
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france surrenders; the Battle of Britain Begins
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Germany invades Soviet Union
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Japan attacks pearl harbor; U.S. declares war on Japan
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Allies land in North Africa
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Bataan Death March begins
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Allies turn back Japanese fleet in Battle of the Coral Sea; allies surrender in Philippines
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Allies defeat Japan in Battle of Midway
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Hitler orders attack on Stalingrad
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Japanese suffer defeat at Battle of Guadalcanal
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Allies defeat Japan in Battle of Leyte Gulf
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Germans surrender at Stalingrad
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Allies invade Eurpoe on D-Day
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Battle of the Bulge Begins
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Allies capture Iwo Jima
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Germany surrenders.
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Okinawa falls to Allies
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Allies drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Japan surrenders
