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Hindenburg elected German President
Hindenburg retired again in 1919, but returned to public life in 1925 to be elected the second President of Germany. Although 84 years old and in poor health, Hindenburg was persuaded to run for re-election as German President in 1932, as he was considered the only candidate who could defeat Adolf Hitler. -
Japanese takeover of Manchuria
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 18, 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. -
Nazi party is made the only political party in Germany
Nazi Party was a political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that practised Nazism. Its predecessor, the German Workers' Party existed from 1919 to 1920. -
Japan leaves the League of Nations
The Japanese delegation, defying world opinion, withdrew from the League of Nations Assembly today after the assembly had adopted a report blaming Japan for events in Manchuria. -
Hitler named Chancellor of Germany
Hitler’s emergence as chancellor on January 30, 1933, marked a crucial turning point for Germany and, ultimately, for the world. His plan, embraced by much of the German population, was to do away with politics and make Germany a powerful, unified one-party state. -
Hitler seized power in Germany
Adolf Hitler's rise to power began in Germany in September 1919 when Hitler joined the political party known as the German Workers' Party. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected POTUS
The repeal of Prohibition in 1933 added to his popularity, helping him win re-election by a landslide in 1936. March 4, 1933, Roosevelt spearheaded unprecedented major legislation and issued a profusion of executive orders that instituted the New Deal. -
10. Legislation creates sterilization practices for unfit parents in Germany
One of the first acts by Adolf Hitler after the Reichstag Fire Decree and the Enabling Act of 1933 gave him de facto legal dictatorship over the German state was to pass the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring. -
Germany leaves the League of Nations
Adolf Hitler announces Germany is withdrawing from the international organization. The League was at the time fixated on reaching an international disarmament agreement, but efforts to limit army sizes prompted the departure of Japan in March 1933 and then Germany a few months later. -
11. Hitler officially assumes the Presidency, after Hindenburg dies
Hindenburg died in office in August 1934, a little over two years after his reelection, having since appointed Hitler as Chancellor. Hitler then assumed the powers of head of state, but did not use the title of President until his own death, when he named Karl Dönitz his successor as President in his Final Political Will and Testament. -
United States passes first of multiple Neutrality Acts
August 31, 1935, Congress passed the first Neutrality Act prohibiting the export of “arms, ammunition, and implements of war” from the United States to foreign nations at war and requiring arms manufacturers in the United States to apply for an export license. -
The first Nuremberg Laws are passed in Germany
On September 15, 1935, the Nazi government passed two new racial laws at their annual NSDAP Reich Party Congress in Nuremberg, These laws took German citizenship away from Jews and outlawed both marriage and sex between Jews and non-Jews. -
Italy attacks and invades Ethiopia
The aim of invading Ethiopia was to boost Italian national prestige, which was wounded by Ethiopia's defeat of Italian forces at the Battle of Adowa in the nineteenth century which saved Ethiopia from Italian colonisation. -
Rome-Berlin Axis is created
is a 1949 book by British historian Elizabeth Wiskemann. It is a study of the Axis alliance of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany with particular emphasis on the relationship between Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler. -
Japan and Germany sign the Anti-Comiterm Pact
The Anti-Comintern Pact was an anti-communist pact concluded between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan Later to be joined by other, mainly fascist, governments on November 25, 1936 and was directed against the Third Communist International. -
The Japanese invade China
A military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from 1937 to 1945. -
The Rape of Nanjing
The Nanking Massacre or Nanjing Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking or Rape of Nanjing, was an episode during the Second Sino-Japanese War of mass murder and mass rape by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing -
Anschluss
Anschluss was the Nazi propaganda term for the invasion and incorporation of Austria into Nazi Germany in March 1938. -
France and Britain begin to practice Appeasement
At the time, these concessions were widely seen as positive, and the Munich Pact concluded on 30 September 1938 among Germany, Britain, France, and Italy prompted Chamberlain to announce that he had secured "peace for our time." -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht was a pogrom against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and Austria on 9–10 November 1938, carried out by SA paramilitary forces and German civilians. German authorities looked on without intervening. -
Germany annexes the rest of Czechoslovakia
On this day, Hitler’s forces invade and occupy Czechoslovakia–a nation sacrificed on the altar of the Munich Pact, which was a vain attempt to prevent Germany’s imperial aims. -
Poland is invaded by the Germans
The German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France were not convinced. -
Britain declares war of Germany
On this day in 1939, in response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany. -
Soviets Invade Poland
The invasion was a direct result of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, signed between Germany and the Soviet Union -
Germany invades Greece and Yugoslavia
The German air force launches Operation CAstigo, the bombing of Belgrade, as 24 divisions and 1,200 tanks drive into Greece -
Winston Churchill becomes British prime minister
Winston Churschill, First Lord of the Admiralty, is called to replace Neville Chamberlain as British prime ministerfollowing the latter's resignation after losing a confidence vote in the House of Commons -
Italy declares war on France and Britain
After withholding formal alliegiance to either side in the battle between Germany and the Allies, Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy, declares war on France and Great Britain -
Germany Invades Paris
The people of Paris awaken to the sound of a German-accented voice announcing via loudspeakers that a curfew was being imposed for 8 p.m. that evening-as German troops enter and occupy Paris -
France Signs peace treaties with Germany and Italy
The Armistice was signed by the top militry officials of Nazi Germany and the French Third Republic -
The Battle of Britain
(quote from Churchill) "The Battle of France is over. I expect the BAttle of Britain is about to begin." -
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected to third term
FDR, who first took office in 1933 as America's 32nd president, is nominated for an unprecedented third term. Roosevelt, a Democrat, would eventually be elected to a record four terms in office, the only U.S. president to server more than two terms. -
Holland, Belgium, and Luxemberg invaded by Germany
Between 1939 and June 1941 the German army invaded and occupied many countries including Hollan, Belgium, and Luxemberg -
The Germans sign a military agreement with the Japanese
A new treaty with Japan, whose relationships with Germany and Italy, the three soon to be called "Axis powers", were cemented with the Tripartite Pact of 27 September 1940. -
Italy invades Greece
Mussolini's army, already occupying Albania, invades Greece in what will prove to be a disastrous military campaign for the Duce's forces -
Germans attack the Soviet Union
Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastard ina a massive invasion of the Sovie Union. -
:The Final Solution"
One Major event from "The Final Solution"
Killing Squads Accompany German Invasion of the Soviet Union:
German mobile squads, called special duty units, are assigned to kill Jews during the invasion of the Soviet Union. The squads followed the German army as they advanced deep into Soviet territory, and carried out mass-murder operations. -
The Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was a joint decleration released by U.S. president FDR and Brtisih prime minister Churchill following a meeting of the two heades of state in Newfoundland -
Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary, and Romania
Britain declared war on Finland, Hungary, and Romania following the sigining of the Tri-partite Pace and Finland's alliance with Germany -
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
Just before 8 a.m. hundreds of Japanese gighter planes attacked the American naval baase at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. That barrage lasted just two hours, but it was devastating. The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessls, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 200 airplanes. -
The U.S. declares war on Japan
As America's Pacific fleet lay in ruins at Pearl Harbor, President FDR requesrs, and recieves, a decleration of war against Japan. -
Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S.
Italy and Germany both declare war on the U.S., bringing America, which had been neutral, into the European conflict. -
Japanese-Americans sent to internment camps
Two months after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, U.S. President FDR signed Executive Order 9066 ordering all Japanese-Americans to evacuate the West Coast -
Japan Captures Bataan
The Bataan Peninsula was surrendered to the Japanese -
Battle of Coral Sea
Major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War 2 between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the U.S and Australia -
Battle of Midway Island
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War 2 -
Battle of Guadalcanal
The battle of Guadalcanal was the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater -
Allies Began offensive in Northern Tunisia
The military forces of the U.S. and the United Kingdom launched an amphibious operation against French North Africa -
Germans Surrender in Tunisia
The Germans in Tunisia had surrendered, and nearly a quarter of a million prisoners were taken -
Mussolini is dismissed and arrested in Italy
Mussolini, is voted out of power by his own Grand Council and arrested upon leaving a meeting with King Vittorio Emanuele, who tells 2 Duce that the war is lost. Mussolini responded to it all with an uncharacteristic meekness. -
Italy makes peace withe the Allies
Armistice of Cassibile was signed by Italy which declared peace with the Allies and left the Axis powers, however the country went into a civil war afterwards. -
Italy Declares War on Germany
Pietro Badoglio, General of Italy declared war on Germany with the help of the other Allies. -
Japanese invade India
Japanese forces invaded parts of India but suffered a huge loss because of large forces of Allied resistance and malaria. The Japanese lost around 80,000 troops. -
Allies occupy Rome
Allied forces take Rome from Axis powers and liberate the city -
D-Day
Allied troops landed on Normandy beach which was under heavy Nazi control. This attack was called “Operation Overlord” which had many naval and troop attacks along the beachheads with paratroopers landing behind enemy lines. -
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Naval battle which destroyed many Imperial Japanese Navy ships and eliminated their ability to conduct large scale carrier ship actions in the Pacific. -
Paris Liberated
Allied liberation of Nazi controlled Paris which ended with the German garrison surrendering the French capital. -
Brussels Liberated
Brussels was liberated when the Allied forces invaded Nazi occupied Belgium and met little German resistance. -
FDR Elected for his Fourth Term
FRD was elected for his fourth term on this day. -
Battle of the Bulge
German offensive campaign that was fought in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg that took the Allied forces off guard. Germany armored forces were destroyed and could not be replaced and at the end the Germany Luftwaffe suffered severe casualties. -
Yalta Conference
Meeting of Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and Franklin D. Roosevelt in which they discussed the world after the war. -
Iwo Jima
major battle in which the U.S. Marines captured the Japanese controlled island of Iwo Jima. -
Berlin Surrenders to Soviet Forces
The Soviet forces breached into the German front and took the city. -
Mussolini captured and killed
Attempting to flee to Switzerland, Mussolini and his wife were shot and killed by Italian partisans. -
Dachau, established in Germany
On April 29, 1945, the U.S. Seventh Army’s 45th Infantry Division liberates Dachau, the first concentration camp established by Germany’s Nazi regime. -
Hitler commits Suicide
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his air raid bunker. -
Unconditional Surrender of all German Forces
General Jodl of the German forces signed the unconditional surrender of all German forces at Reims, in northwestern France. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe day. The day that the Allies accepted the surrender of Germany. -
UN Charter Signed
treaty that all countries that were signed had to follow in which the United Nations obligations were above other treaties. -
Potsdam Declaration
Statement that called for all Japanese armed forces to surrender. -
Hiroshima
U.S. forces drop an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima destroying 90 percent of the city and killing around 80,000 people instantly. -
Nagasaki
U.S. forces drop another atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. -
V-J Day
Victory over Japan day, Emperor Hirohito surrendered to the world, ending World War II. -
Dresden Raid
Allied forces bombed the German city of Dresden. -
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