Cause and Effects of the Second World War By Makenna.Lawrence Feb 3, 1917 Rusian Bolsheviks rebel in October Revolution Feb 3, 1919 Weimar Republic is established in Germany Feb 3, 1922 Mussolini comes to power in Italy Feb 3, 1928 Kellogg-Briand peace pact is signed by almost every country in the world Feb 3, 1929 U.S. stock market crashes; Great Depression begins Feb 4, 1929 Stalin becomes dictator of Soviet Union Feb 3, 1931 Hirohito's Japan seizes Manchuria Feb 3, 1933 Hitler is named chancellor of Germany Feb 3, 1935 Ethiopia is invaded by Italian forces Feb 3, 1936 Spanish Civil War begins Feb 3, 1939 Germany and Soviet Union sign non-aggression pact Feb 3, 1939 Germany invades Poland; World War II begins Feb 3, 1940 britain evacuates forces from Durkirk Feb 3, 1940 France surrenders; the Battle of Britain begins Feb 3, 1941 Germany invades Soviet Union Feb 3, 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; U.S. declares war on Japan Feb 3, 1942 Bataan Death March begins Feb 3, 1942 Allies turn back Japanese fleet in Battle of the Coral Sea; Allies surrender in Philippines Feb 3, 1942 Allies defeat Japan in Battle of Midway Feb 3, 1942 Hitler orders attack on Stalingrad Feb 3, 1942 Allies land in North Africa Feb 6, 1943 Germans surrender at Stalingrad Feb 6, 1943 Japanese suffer defeat at Battle of Guadalcanal Feb 6, 1944 Allies defeat Japan in Battle of Leyte Gulf Feb 6, 1944 Allies invade Europe on D-Day Feb 6, 1944 Battle of Bulge begins Feb 6, 1944 Allies capture Iwo Jima Feb 6, 1945 Allies drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Feb 6, 1945 Japan surrenders Feb 6, 1945 okimawa falls to allies
