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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 to power in Italy
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Kellog-Briand peace pact is signed by almost every country in the world
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U.S. Stock Market Crashes
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Stalin Becomes dictator of Soviet Union
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U.S. stock market crashes, Great Depression begins
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Hirhoto's Japan siezes 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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Germany and Soviet Union sign nonaggression pact
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Germany invades Poland; World War II begins
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Britain evacuates forces from Dunkirk
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France surrenders; Battle of Brittain begins
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Germany invades Soviet Union
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Japan attcks Pearl Harbor; U.S. declares war on Japan
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Baatan Death March Begins
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Allies turn back Japanese fleet in Battle of the Coral Sea; Allies surrender in the Philippines
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Allies defeat Japan in Battle of Midway
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Hitler orders attck on Stalingrad
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Allies land in North Africa
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Germans surrender at Stalingrad
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Japanese suffer defeat in Battle of Guadalcanal
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Allies defeat Japan in Battle of Leyte Gulf
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Allies invade Europe on D-day
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Battle of 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
