history unit 2 master timeline By candeeapp 1894 1st sino-jap war 1895 Treaty of Shimonaseki signed, gave Japan control over Korea and Taiwan Period: 1904 to 1905 russo-jap war 1905 Renewal of Anglo-Japanese Alliance 1915 Japan made Twenty-One Demands on China 1917 february revolution 1917 october revolution (happened in november though) 1918 ww1 ended 1918 stalin becomes commissar for communist party central committee Period: 1918 to 1922 russian civil war Jan 18, 1919 paris peace conference Feb 1, 1919 The Weimar Republic formed Jun 28, 1919 TOV signed Jan 10, 1920 LON founded 1921 washington naval conference 1921 hitler becomes leader of nazis 1922 USSR formed 1922 Stalin becomes secretary general 1923 munich putsch failed, hitler sent to prison 1924 death of lenin Dec 1, 1925 Locarno Treaties signed 1926 germany joins LON 1928 1st 5 year plan 1928 Hitler's Nazi Party won only 3% of votes in Reichstag Aug 1, 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact signed. 1929 stalin becomes supreme leader of USSR 1929 trotsky exiled 1929 Great Depression brought recession and economic woes to Germany Oct 29, 1929 great depression 1930 london naval conference Sep 1, 1931 japan invades manchuria 1932 World Disarmament Conference in Geneva Jul 1, 1932 Nazis won more seats than any other party in Reichstag Nov 1, 1932 Nazis lost 34 seats in the Reichstag. Hitler sought to gain power through other avenues rather than elections 1933 2nd 5 year plan Jan 30, 1933 hitler becomes chancellor of germany Feb 1, 1933 japan leaves LON Feb 27, 1933 Reichstag fire Feb 28, 1933 Hindenburg issued Emergency Decree Mar 22, 1933 The first concentration camp set up at Dachau Mar 24, 1933 The Enabling Act allowed Hitler to pass decrees without the need for the President's approval Jul 14, 1933 Law Against the Formation of New Parties Germany became a one-party state Oct 14, 1933 germany withdraws from LON 1934 russia joins LON 1934 kirov affair Period: 1934 to 1938 great terror purges Jun 30, 1934 Night of the Long Knives Aug 1, 1934 President Hindenburg died and Hitler became Fuehrer, merging powers of Chancellor and President 1935 italy invades abyssinia 1935 Nuremberg laws Apr 1, 1935 Stresa Front signed May 1, 1935 Franco-Soviet Alliance signed Jun 1, 1935 Anglo-German Naval Treaty Oct 1, 1935 italy invades abyssinia Mar 1, 1936 Hitler remilitarised the Rhineland May 1, 1936 Italy conquered Abyssinia Nov 1, 1936 Mussolini established Rome-Berlin Axis with Hitler, Hitler signed Anti-Comintern Pact with Japan Nov 1, 1936 germany and japan signs anti-comitern pact Apr 1, 1937 Nazi Germany entered the Spanish Civil War on the side of the Nationalists May 1, 1937 Neville Chamberlain became Prime Minister of Britain May 1, 1937 American Congress passed Neutrality Act Jul 8, 1937 2nd sino-jap war Nov 1, 1937 Italy joined Anti-Comintern Pact, forming the Axis Powers with Nazi Germany and Japan Dec 1, 1937 Italy withdrew from the League of Nations Mar 1, 1938 Anschluss between Nazi Germany and Austria achieved Sep 1, 1938 Munich Agreement signed Oct 1, 1938 Nazi Germany gained control of the Sudetenland Nov 1, 1938 Night of Broken Glass 1939 Nazi Germany invaded Poland Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany Mar 1, 1939 Nazi Germany took over the rest of Czechoslovakia Aug 1, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Non Aggression Pact signed Sep 1, 1939 Nazi Germany invaded Poland Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany Sep 1, 1939 Cash and Carry begins Sep 3, 1939 WW2 begins in europe 1940 russia expelled from LON 1940 trotsky assasinated 1940 Japan occupied French Indochina, America responds with trade embargo. Jun 1, 1940 France tell to Germany Jul 1, 1940 Hitler attacked Britain Battle of Britain commenced Sep 1, 1940 Tripartite Pact signed between the Axis Powers Dec 1, 1940 Roosevelt's fireside chat On National Security 1941 US Congress passed Lend Lease Act 1941 Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, opened up Eastern Front 1941 Soviet Union joined the Allies by forming a military alliance with Britain against Germany. Jul 1, 1941 USA imposes oil embargo on JP Dec 7, 1941 pearl harbour Dec 8, 1941 WW2 begins in asian pacific Period: 1942 to 1943 Battle of Stalingrad Jan 20, 1942 Wannsee conference Period: Jul 1, 1943 to Aug 1, 1943 Battle of Kursk Germans retreated from Eastern Front Aug 1, 1943 Italy declared war on the Axis Powers Sep 1, 1943 Italy surrendered to the Allies Jun 1, 1944 Operation Overlord commenced with D-Day landings Aug 1, 1944 Ploesti oilfields put out of operation Apr 1, 1945 Allies entered Berlin. Hitler committed suicide May 8, 1945 WW2 ends in europe Aug 14, 1945 WW2 ends in asian pacific