-
Treaty of Versailles is signed
The Treaty of Versailles ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers. The Treaty was written by Allies and no participation from Germany. -
Lenin's Death
Lenin was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and architect of the Soviet Union. The cause of his death was a stroke. -
Washington Naval Conference
This Conference discused the naval disagreement and ways to relieve the growing tensions in East Asia. -
Mussolini is appointed Prime Minister
Mussolini rose to power at the beginning of World War I as a leading proponent of Fascism. He was originally a socialist but forged the parliamentary fascist movement. -
Beer Hall Putsch
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party led a coalition group in a attempted coup d'eat. They began in the city of Munich aiming to seize control of the state government, march on Berlin. -
Dawes Plan
The Dawes Plan was an attempt to solve World War I reparation problems. This caused great trouble for international politics following World War I and The Treaty of Versailles. -
Mein Kampf Published
The Mein Kampf was a biography about Adolf Hitler and his solitary boyhood in Austria. It also goes all through his life to his death in Berlin. -
Hirohito became emperor
Hirohito was the longest reigning emperor. He was also a controversial figure who announced Japan's surrender to the Allied Forces. -
First Five Year Plan
Joseph Stalin launched the First Five Year Plan and it was designed to industrialize the USSR in the shortest possible time. -
Wall Street Crash
This event was a collapse of values that triggered the Great Depression. It was ten years of economic slump with horrifying levels of unemployment. -
Dachau was Built
Dachau was the first Nazi concentration camp that opened in a major city of Southern Germany. Dachau originally held poilitcal prisoners but then evolved into a death camp. -
First Neutrality Act is Passed
The First Neutrality Act prohibited the exporting of "arms, ammunition, and implements of war". This event kept the U.S out of the war. -
Signing of the Rome-Berlin Axis
The signing of the Rome-Berlin Axis formed a coalition with Italy and Germany. The team axis powers eventually included Japan as well. -
Siging of the Anti-Comintern Pact
Signing the Anti-Comintern Pact was an attempt to form a miltary alliance against the Soviet Union. This Pact didn't end well Japan and Germany ended up not trusting each other. -
Hitler declares Austria as part of the Third Reich
At this event Austrian Nazi's conspired for the second time and they seized Autrians government. Austria was forced to unite their nation with Nazi Germany. -
The Munich Conference
In The Munich Conference Adolf Hitler demanded the Sudentanland in Czechoslavakia. A British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain tried to stop Hitler. -
German troops invade Czechoslavakia
On this day, foces to invade Czechoslavakia. Czechoslavakia was a nation forced to sacrifice on the means of the Munich Pact. -
Mussolini invades Albania
This invasion was a brief military campaign by the Kingdom of Italy against the Alabinan Kingdom. The intent of this invasion was to prelude even greater conquests in the Balkans. The conflict was a result of imperial policies of dictator Benito Mussolini. -
German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact is Signed
This Non-Aggression pact was the signing of the two countries, Germany and the Soviet Union agreeing to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
Germany attacks Poland
On this day, Hitler seeks to regain lost terrritory and ultimately rule Poland. German forces bonbard on land from the air. -
The Soviet Union attacks Finland
The Soviet Union borders Finland with 465,000 men and 1,000 aircraft. The forces against Finland convinced most Western nations that this invasion would be a cakewalk. -
Germany invades Denmark and Norway
On this day, German warships enter major Norwegian ports. Germany diploys thousands of German troops and occupies Norway. -
Winston Churchill is named Prime Minister of Great Britain
Winstone Churchill is called to replace Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister. Eventually he lost confidence after losing a vote for the House of Commons. -
Germans invades the Netherlands, Belgium, and Lexembourg
At first, the British and French commnaders had thought that the German forces would attack through central belgium as they did in World War I. But this event caused Belgium and the Betherlands to surrend when Germany invades. -
Dankerque is evacuated
When Dankerque was evacuated naval vessels and hundreds of civilian boats were used in this evacuation. When this ended hundreds of British, French, and Belgium troops were saved. -
Battle of Britain
On this day, German and British air forces clashed in the skies over the United Kingdom. They were in the largest sustained bombing campaign. -
Mussolini declares war on Britain
This was a day in 1940 that Benito Mussolini declared war on Great Britain and France, officially bringing Italy into World War II. -
Erwin Rommel takes control of Libya
On this day, German troops arrive in Libya to reinforce the belegeaured Italians positions. Erwin Rommel's leadership in Germany made him an excellent role model as a commander in war. -
Germany attacks the Soviet Union
This event was considered the largest miltary operation of World War II. Hitler ignored the Non-Agression Pact they had and attacked them anyways to seize prime lands in the Soviet Union. -
Roosevelt and Churchill sign the Atlantic Charter
This Charter they drafted included eight common principles that the United States and Great Britain would be committed to supporting in the postwar world. One example of that was that they would not seek territorial expansion for their country. -
Pearl Harbor is attacked
On this devastating day, Japanse planes attacked the U.S naval base at Pearl Harbor, on Hawaiian Territory. This bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. -
US Congress declares war on Japan
This calling of War took place the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked. Franklin Roosevelt adressed Congress and asked for a Declearation of War on Japan. -
Wannsee Conference
This Conference was a meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany, held in the Berlin of Wannsee. The purpose was to ensure the cooperation of administrative leaders of various government departments for the final solution for the Jews. -
Bataan Death March
This Death March was the transfer from Saisaih Pt. and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell by the Imperial Japanese Army. Affter the three month Battle of Bataan on this day many American and Filipino prisoners lost their lives. -
Battle of Midway
This Battle was able to inflict permanent damage on the Japanese Navy. An important turning point in this victory was it allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This battle was between the Soviet Union and Germany and its allies to control the city of Stalingrad in Souther Russia. The Soviet Union successfully defenderd their city and defeated Germany. -
D-Day
This day was the invasion when American, British, and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along the coast of France Normandy. This invasion resulted in Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany's control. -
MacArthur lands in the Phillipines
This event was when MacArthur returned. He fulfilled his promise to the area he was forced to flee in 1942. -
V-E day
This was a day of celebration when that marked the acceptance of the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
Postdam Conference
This conference was meant to negoitate terms for the end of World War II. The Big Three Joseph Stalin, Harry Truman, and Winston Chruchill all met on this day and made this decision. -
V-J Day
V-J day was the surrender ceremony that was held in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. V-Jday was held becuase of the victory in defeating Japan.
