Rise of Dictators and WWII Events

  • The Russian Revolution

    The Russian Revolution

    Led to the eventual rise of the Soviet Uninon.
  • Joseph Stalin

    Joseph Stalin

    Lead the Soviet Union. Had a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany.
  • Benito Mussolini

    Benito Mussolini

    Leader of Italy. Preached extreme nationalism. Anti-communist.
  • Vladimir Lenin

    Vladimir Lenin

    Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and political theorist.
  • Franklin Roosevelt

    Franklin Roosevelt

    Leaded the United States during a time of world economic depression and total war.
  • Adolf Hitler

    Adolf Hitler

    Formed his own brand of fascism known Nazism. Anti-communist. Turned Germany into totalitarian state.
  • Germany moving troops into the Rhineland

    Germany moving troops into the Rhineland

    This was directly against the Treaty of Versailles that had laid out the terms which the defeated Germany had accepted. This was Hitler’s first illegal act in foreign relations after coming to power in 1933.
  • Neville Chamberlain

    Neville Chamberlain

    Known for his appeasement foreign policy. Signed Munich Agreement in 1938.
  • Germany annexation of Austria

    Germany annexation of Austria

    German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich.
  • Germany claims the Sudentenland

  • Germany invasion of Czechoslovakia

    Germany invasion of Czechoslovakia

    sealed Czechoslovakia fateand handed it over to Germany for peace.
  • German invasion of Poland to start WWII

    German invasion of Poland to start WWII

    1.5 million German troops invade Poland. Bombed Polish Airfields and Naval Forces.
  • Winston Churchill

    Winston Churchill

    Was a officer in the British Army. He won a Nobel Prize in literature.
  • The Munich conference (appeasement)

    The Munich conference (appeasement)

    Sealed the fate of Czechoslovakia by giving Germany the power. In return Britain and Chamberlain would agree that the meeting was a “peace in our time".
  • The United states entrance into WWII

    The United states entrance into WWII

    Japanese did a surprise attack on the Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The next day President Franklin Roosevelt declared war against Japan.
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japanese attacked Air Force base, Army and American Naval Ships.
  • Japanese invasion of Manchuria

    Japanese invasion of Manchuria

    Lasted 5 months, 1 week and 1 day. Japanese had victory. Japan invade Munchuria also following the Mukden Incident.