Causes and Effects of World War II (Daisy Velasco) By Daisyvelasco Period: Feb 1, 1917 to Sep 1, 1945 Cause and Effects of WWII Oct 1, 1917 Russian Bolsheviks rebel in October Revolution Feb 1, 1919 Weimar Republic is established in Germany Feb 1, 1922 Mussolini comes to power in Italy Feb 1, 1928 Kellog-Briand peace pact is sighned by almost every country in the world Feb 1, 1929 Stalin becomes dictator of Soviet Union Feb 1, 1929 U.S. stock market crashes Feb 1, 1929 Great Depression begins Feb 1, 1931 Hirohito's Japan seizes Manchuria Feb 1, 1933 Hitler is named chancellor of Germany Feb 1, 1935 Ethipia is invaded by Italian forces Feb 1, 1936 Spanish civil war begins Feb 1, 1939 Germany and Soviet Union sign nonagression pact Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland; World War II begins May 1, 1940 Britain evacuates forces from Dunkirk Jun 1, 1940 France surrenders; The Battle of Britain begins Jun 1, 1941 Germany invades Soviet Union Dec 1, 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; U.S. declares war on Japan Apr 1, 1942 Bataan Death March begins May 1, 1942 Allies turn back Japanese fleet in Battle of the Coral Sea; Allies surrender in Philippines Jun 1, 1942 Allies defeat Japan in Battle of Leyte Gulf Jun 1, 1942 Allies defeat Japan in Battle of Midway Aug 1, 1942 Hitler orders attack on Stalingrad Feb 1, 1943 Japanese suffer defeat at Battles of guadalcanal Feb 1, 1943 Germans surrender at Stalingrad Jun 1, 1944 Allies invade Europe on D-Day Dec 1, 1944 Battle of The Bulge begins Mar 1, 1945 Allies capture Iwo Jima May 1, 1945 Germany surrenders Jun 1, 1945 Okinawa falls to Allies Aug 1, 1945 Allies drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Sep 1, 1945 Japan surrenders
