Events Causing WWII

  • Treaty of Versilles

    Treaty of Versilles

    England, Italy, The United States, and France met to sign the treaty of versilles- A treaty that put all blame on Germany for the and made them pay all reparations. This angered Germany because they could not pay and felt the treaty was unfair.
  • Prime Minister of Italy

    Prime Minister of Italy

    Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
  • Joseph Stalin

    Joseph Stalin

    Josef Stalin becomes the sole dictator of the Soviet Union.
  • Czechoslovakia

    Czechoslovakia

    Hitler and his men invaded all of Czechoslovakia
  • Japan Siezes Manchura

    Japan Siezes Manchura

    Japan’s Army seizes Manchuria, China.
  • Hitler

    Hitler

    Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany.
  • Rearming

    Rearming

    Germany began rearming
  • Italy invades Ethiopia

    Italy invades Ethiopia

    1935 Italian Army invades Ethiopia in Africa.
  • Nutrality Acts

    Nutrality Acts

    Neutrality Acts passed by US Congress.
  • Alliences

    Alliences

    Hitler made two important alliences. One was called the Rome-Berlin axis wich was with italy, and the other called the Anti-Comitern Pact with Germany and Japan.
  • Rhineland

    Rhineland

    Germany stationed troops in Rineland
  • Militarists in Japan

    Militarists in Japan

    Militarist take control of the Japanese Government.
  • The Policy of Appeasement

    The Policy of Appeasement

    Neville Chamberland became the Prime Minister of England and made the Policy of Appeasement to stop Germany from creating another war
  • Nanjing Massacre

    Nanjing Massacre

    Japan’s army pillages Nanjing, China; massacre a quarter of a million people.
  • Austria

    Austria

    German troops march into Austria and forced the Austrian leader to hold a vote to see if the people of austria wanted to be a part of Germany. The voting results were fixed and showed 99% of all Austrians wanted to be in a union with Germany.
  • Neville Chamberland

    Neville Chamberland

    Leader of Brittan, Neville Champerland, met with Hitler to try to reach a war preventing agreement.
  • Concentration Camps

    Concentration Camps

    Nazis begin rounding up Jews for labor camps.
  • Munich Pact

    Munich Pact

    The Munich Pact is signed giving Sudetenland to Germany.
  • Invasion of Poland

    Invasion of Poland

    Poland was invaded by Germany
  • Nazi-Soviet Pact

    Nazi-Soviet Pact

    Nazi-Soviet Pact was signed by Hitler and Stalin and they secretly devide poland for when they invade.
  • More German Invasions

    More German Invasions

    Germany invades Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxemborg, and Belgium then take control
  • Germany invades france

    Germany invades france

    Germany invades France forsing them to surrender.
  • The Battle of Brittan

    The Battle of Brittan

    The Royal Arforce beat out the German one
  • Peacetime Draft

    Peacetime Draft

    The US makes their first Peacetime Draft.
  • Germany invades the soviet union

    Germany invades the soviet union

    Hitler breaks his pact with Stalin and invades the Soviet Union.
    The soviet Union Joins in with Britan and France to fight Germany.
  • The Atlantic Charter

    The Atlantic Charter

    Winston Churchill (Brittan) and Franklin Deleno Roosevelt (The United States) Issue the Atlantic Charter
  • Pearl Harbor Bombing

    Pearl Harbor Bombing

    Japan bombs Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The Unites states declares war on Japan.
  • War agains the US

    War agains the US

    Germany and Italy declare war on the United states.
  • The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway occurs wich is the turning point of war in the Pacific.
  • The Phillapines

    The Phillapines

    The Phillapines are taken over by Japan.
  • Japanese Americans in Isolated Camps

    Japanese Americans in Isolated Camps

    Japanese Americans are interned in isolated camps after Japan bombs Hawii.
  • Russians Save Moscow

    Russians Save Moscow

    The Russians stop a Nazi advance at Stalingrad and save Moscow.
  • Italy surrenders

    Italy surrenders in the war, Mussolini is then dismissed as Prime Minister.
  • British and US defeat italy

    British and US forces defeat German and Italian armies in North Africa
  • Zoot Suit Riots

    Zoot Suit Riots

    Zoot Suit Riots occur in Los Angeles California.
  • D-Day Invasion

    D-Day Invasion

    The D-Day invasion of France at Normandy by the allies happened.
  • The Battle of The Buldge

    The Battle of The Buldge

    The Battle of the Bulge occured wich was the last offensive of German Forces.
  • Paris Retaken

    The Allied forces retake paris
  • Harry S. Truman Becomes President

    Harry S. Truman Becomes President

    Franklin Deleno Roosevelt dies and Harry S. Truman becomes President of the United States.
  • V.E. Day

    V.E. Day

    All war ends in Europe.
  • V-J Day

    V-J Day

    Japan surrenders to the Allied Forces.
  • Atomic Bombs Dropped

    Atomic Bombs Dropped

    America drops the first atomic bombs on Japan
  • Nurmburg Trials

    Nurmburg Trials

    Nuremburg trials occur in Germany persecuting criminals of war