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U.S. stock market crashed
this was the most devasting crash in united states history, signaled beginning of the great depression -
japan seizes Manchuria
when Manchuria was invaded by the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan immediately following the Mukden Incident. The Japanese established a puppet state, called Manchukoku, and their occupation lasted until the end of World War II. -
FDR is elected president
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, relief to the unemployed and to those in danger of losing farms and homes, and reform, especially through the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority. -
hitler is names chancellor of germany
On this day in 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany -
hitler defies the treaty of versailles
began to expand the fleet beyond the 6 ships allowed in the surface navy, and started a massive program of U-Boat building -
french militarizes the rhineland
violated the terms of the Locarno Treaties and was 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 -
japan invades china
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, in order to eventually encompass all of East Asia -
Anschuluss
was the occupation and annexation of the German Republic Austria into Nazi Germany -
munich conference
agreement permitting the Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. -
kristallnacht
series of co-ordinated attacks against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria on 9–10 November 1938, carried out by SA stormtroopers and civilians. -
nazi-soviet pact
It was a non-aggression pact under which the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany each pledged to remain neutral in the event that either nation were attacked by a third party -
germany invades poland
was an invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the start of World War II in Europe -
phony war
The Phoney War was a phase early in World War II—in the months following Britain and France's declaration of war on Germany (shortly after the German invasion of Poland) in September 1939 and preceding the Battle of France in May 1940—that was marked by a lack of major military operations by the Western Allies against the German Reich -
italy invades ethopia
Politically, the war is best remembered for exposing the inherent weakness of the League of Nations -
miracle at dunkirk
was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between 26 May and the early hours of 3 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 -
Mussolini takes power in italy
Mussolini led Italy into World War II on the side of the Axis. Mussolini was aware that Italy did not have the military capacity to carry out a long war with France or the United Kingdom and waited until France was on the verge of imminent collapse and surrender from German invasion before declaring war on France -
france surrenders
When Hitler received word from the French government that they wished to negotiate an armistice, he selected the Compiègne Forest as the site for the negotiations. -
battle of britain
The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces and was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date -
japan seizes french indo-china
during the Second Sino-Japanese War, to prevent China from importing arms and fuel through French Indochina -
churchill is elected prime minister in england
known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II -
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 -
atlantic charter
The Charter stated the ideal goals of the war: no territorial aggrandizement; no territorial changes made against the wishes of the people; restoration of self-government to those deprived of it; free access to raw materials; reduction of trade restrictions; global cooperation to secure better economic and social conditions for all; freedom from fear and want; freedom of the seas; and abandonment of the use of force, as well as disarmament of aggressor nations -
attack on pearl harbor
The base was attacked by 353 Japanese fighters, bombers and torpedo planes in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers.[
