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Mussolini takes power in Italy

Dec 24, 1925

Mussolini was Prime Minister before and promised his people to get back the country's pride and power. Created Italy's facist movement.

U.S Stock Market Crashes

Oct 29, 1929

A widespread and catastrophic crash of the stock market and the most devastating crash in the history of the United States, signaled the beginning of the depression.

Japan Sezies Manchuria

Sep 18, 1931

Japan invaded Manchuria and launched an attack, this occupation lasted until the end of WWII. They also established a puppet state called Manchukoku.

Hilter is Named Chancellor of Germany

Jan 30, 1933

Hitler was already appointed by President Paul von Hindenburg to become chancellor. There was a huge political infighting and backstabbing that finally resulted in him being declared chancellor.

FDR is elected president

Mar 4, 1933

Roosevelt obviously won most the votes. He got 57% of the votes and won. Hoovers failures made people switch their sides.

Hilter defies the Treaty of Versailles

Mar 1, 1935

Hitler reintroduced a military draft. This was a big violation of the treaty. He wanted to make Germany great again. So he overpowered the allies with huge armed forces.

U.S. Neutrality Act

Aug 31, 1935

Laws passed by the United States Congress for the turmoil growing in Europe and Asia, that eventually led to WWII. There was a growth in isolationism and non interventionism in the U.S.

Italy invade Ethiopia

Oct 3, 1935

This was a colonial war that lasted a little less than a year. It resulted in the occupation of Ethiopia by Itlay.

France militarizes the Rhineland

Mar 7, 1936

Took place when German military forces entered the Rhineland. It was the first time that the Germans had been in this region since WWI. It violated the terms of the Locarno Treaties.

Civil War erupts in Spain

Jul 17, 1936

Spain was divided in two, Republican and Nationalist. People who were caught in the wrong lines were either assassinated or executed. This was a big military uprising.

Japan invades China

Jul 7, 1937

This was a conflict between China and Japan before Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor. China had gotten help from Germany to fight with Japan.

Anschluss

Mar 12, 1938

When the German Republic Austria was annexed into the Nazi Germany, This was among the first steps of Hitler's creation of a greater Germany.

Munich Conference

Sep 30, 1938

Permitted the Nazi German annexation of Sudetenland. Now its regarded as a failed act of appeasement toward Nazi Germany. Purpose of this was to discuss future of the Sudetenland.

Kristallnacht

Nov 9, 1938

Also known as the NIght of the Broken Glass, this was a co-ordinated attack against the Jews by the Nazis. The streets were left with broken glass from houses and businesses.

Navi-Soviet Pact

Aug 1, 1939

Stalin was worried that Germany would invade the Soviet Union. He thought the best way was to make a deal with them so they would not attack.

Germany invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

This invasion began one week after the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Germany and Soviet Union divided the annexing of Poland.

Phony War

Sep 3, 1939

Early in the WWII, Lack of military operations by the Western Allies against the German. War was declared by each side.

Miracle at Dunkirk

May 1, 1940

This was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour. This was ordered because they were cut off by the Germans during the Battle of Dunkirk.

France surrenders

May 10, 1940

The French surrendered to Germany after a long devasting fight. So France had to bear the cost of the German invasion.

Battle of Britain

Jul 10, 1940

Air campaign against the United Kingdom by the German air force. This was to gain air superiority over the R.A.F.

Japan seizes French Indo-China

Sep 22, 1940

This was a move by Japan to try to stop China from importing arms and fuel through French Indochina. Japan occupied northern Inochina to tighten the blackade of China.

Atlantic Charter

Aug 1, 1941

The defined goals of the Allied for the post-war world. It was drafted by Britain and the United States and then later agreed by the Allies.

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

A surprise attack on the Hawaiian island where the U.S naval base was located. Almost 3,000 people and 2,000 were wounded.

Lend-Lease Act

Feb 23, 1942

When the U.S provided supplied countries with materials for the war. A total of $50.1 billion worth of materials were sent.

Churchill is elected Prime Minister in England

Oct 26, 1951

Had been a member of the War Cabinet. He was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty the day Britain declared war on Germany.