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Mussolini takes power in Italy
was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party, ruling the country from 1922 to his ousting in 1943. Mussolini has been credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of fascism. -
stalin comes to power in Russia
After Lenin's death in 1924 there were two main candidates that could follow him. Leon Trotsky and Joe Stalin. The Russian communist party were worried that Trotsky would provide a coup and take Russia by force. -
Us stock market crashes
was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States,The crash signaled the beginning of the 10-year Great Depression -
US passes the Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed by the United States Congress in the 1930s, in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War II. They were spurred by the growth in isolationism and non-interventionism in the US following its costly involvement in World War I, and sought to ensure that the US would not become entangled again in foreign conflicts. -
Japan invades Manchuria
the Japanese Kwangtung Army attacked Chinese troops in Manchuria in an event commonly known as the Manchurian Incident. Essentially, this was an attempt by the Japanese Empire to gain control over the whole province. -
FDR is elected President
- He was elected President in November 1932, to the first of four terms. By March there were 13,000,000 unemployed, and almost every bank was closed. In his first "hundred days," he proposed, and Congress enacted, a sweeping program to bring recovery to business and agriculture
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Hitler is named chancellor of Germany
President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party, as chancellor of Germany. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
It was a brief colonial war that is also remembered in history as the second Italo-Abyssinian war. Mussolini, who was the leader of Italy, had his eye set on annexing Ethiopia into Italy’s newly created colony of East Africa -
Germany Remilitarizes the Rhineland
The remilitarization of the Rhineland by the German Army took place on 7 March 1936 when German military forces entered the Rhineland. This was significant because it violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties, marking the first time since the end of World War I that German troops had been in this region. -
Civil war erupts in spain
broke out with a military uprising in Morocco on July 17, triggered by events in Madrid. -
Germany occupies the Sundetenland
in 1938, Nazi Germany formally took possession of the Sudetenland, part of Czechoslovakia whose majority population was of German ancestery. This secession of territory came as a result of the Munich Agreement -
Anchluss
political union of Austria with Germany, achieved through annexation by Adolf Hitler in 1938. Mooted in 1919 by Austria, Anschluss with Germany remained a hope during 1919–33, after which Hitler’s rise to power made it less attractive. -
Munich conference
Conference held in Munich on September 28--29, 1938, during which the leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia. -
Kristallnacht
was a pogrom against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria,carried out by SA paramilitary and civilians. German authorities looked on without intervening. The attacks left the streets covered with broken glass from the windows of Jewish-owned stores, buildings, and synagogues. -
Natzi-soviet pact
On August 23, 1939, representatives from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, which guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other -
Phony War
‘Phoney War’ is the name given to the period of time in World War Two from September 1939 to April 1940 when, after the blitzkrieg attack on Poland in September 1939. -
Germany Invades Poland
German troops parade through Warsaw after the surrender of Poland. Warsaw, Poland, September 28-30, 1939 -
Churchhill
Winston Churchill served as Conservative Prime Minister twice, from 1940-45 and from 1951-55. Churchill led Britain to victory in the Second World War, before being defeated in a General Election by the Labour leader Clement Attlee in 1945. He returned for a second term as Prime Minister in 1951-55. -
France surrenders
Hitler unleashes his blitzkrieg invasion of the Low Countries and France with a fury on May 10, 1940. -
Miracle at Dunkrik
code-named Operation Dynamo by the British, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between 27 May and the early hours of 4 June 1940, because the British, French, and Belgian troops were cut off by the German army during the Battle of Dunkirk in the Second World War -
japan seizes the french
was a move by the Empire of Japan in September 1940, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, to prevent China from importing arms and fuel through French Indochina -
Battle of Britian
is the name given to the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940 -
The Lend-Lease Act
was the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, Free France, and other Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and 1945. It was signed into law on March 11, 1941 -
The Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was a pivotal policy statement first issued in August 1941 that early in World War II defined the Al lied goals for the post-war world -
Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harb or, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941
