World War 2

Trans-Siberian Railway Built

Mar 20, 1890

Trans-Siberian Railway inagurated by Czar Nicholas ll.

Nicholas ll becomes leader of Russia

Nov 1, 1894

Nicholas the ll becomes Czar of Russia

Russian Marxist split into Bolsheviks and Mensheviks

Aug 1, 1903

Russians split into different ideal groups for the revolution.

Russo-Japaniese War begins

Feb 8, 1904

Japan launches attack on Russia due to Russia's unwillingness to seperate Korea and Manchuria.

Bloody Sunday in Russia

Jan 22, 1905

Demonstraitors shot while attempting to present petition to Czar Nicholas ll,

Kuomintang was created

Aug 25, 1912

group who ended Qing dynasty, promted modernizing.

Albert Einstien's Theory of Relativity

Nov 1, 1915

Einstein's relativity of Physics.

Czar Nicholas ll abdicted

Mar 2, 1917

Czar Nicholas ll gives up throne to Grand Duke Michael.

March Revoltion

Mar 8, 1917

Overthrowing of the Russian governmnet

March Revolution in Russia

Mar 8, 1917

Mensheviks revolt, take over Russia

Russian Civil War

Nov 7, 1917

Civil War mainly between Reds and Whites.

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Mar 3, 1918

Treaty signed with the Axis powers to remove Russia from World War 1

Weimar Republic established in Germany

Nov 9, 1918

Representitive democracy established as part of the Treaty of Versailles

May fourth movement

May 4, 1919

Political movement against China's weak actions following the Treaty of Versailles.

The League of Nations was created

Jun 12, 1919

Created as part of the Treaty of Versialles.

Sun Yixian becomes president of China

Oct 10, 1919

Sun Yixian overthrows the Quin dynasty, becoming provisinal and than permanent president of China.

New Economic policy enforced in Russia

Mar 21, 1921

NEP singed by Lenin

Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi party

Jul 29, 1921

Hitler is elceted as Furher

Joseph Stalin becomes the leader of the USSR

Apr 3, 1922

Stalin becomes General Seceratary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union after the death of Vlademir Lenin

Benito Mussolini becomes leader of Italy

Oct 31, 1922

Benito Mussolini becomes 27th Prime Minister of Italy

Russia becomes U.S.S.R.

Dec 28, 1922

Russia changes name, becomes communist nation.

Vladimir Lenin becomes president of Russia

Dec 30, 1922

Vladamir Lenin take over as leader of Russia following WW l.

Dawes plan started

Aug 1, 1924

Dawes plan is agreed on, main points are:Rhur to be evacuated, marks paid to go from 1 billion+, Riechsbank to be supervised by allies, resouces to be paid, total loan of 800 million dollars.

Adolf Hitler wrote Mein Kampf

Jul 18, 1925

Hitler write auotbiography of his life and his imprisinment for what he considered political crimes

Hirohito becomes emporer of Japan

Dec 26, 1926

Hirohito inherits the throne.

Civil War begins in China

Apr 12, 1927

War between Chinese Communist Party and Republic of China

Charles Lindberg solo flight across Atlantic

May 20, 1927

Flies single seat, single emgine plane across Atlantic

Five Year Plan

Jan 1, 1928

Plan put in place by Stalin to boost the Soviet's economy.

Kellogg Briand Pact signed

Aug 27, 1928

Pact stating non-war resolvement of conflicts

Jiang Jieshi became leader of Kuomintang

Oct 10, 1928

Juang Jieshi beacomes Chairman of the national government of China.

Great Depression Begins

Oct 29, 1929

Stock Market Crash on Black Tuesday, beginning the Great Depression

Stock Market crash

Nov 11, 1929

Stocks drop 89% in value, leading to the Great Depression

Japan invades Manchuria

Sep 19, 1931

Japan invades Manchuria following the Mukden incident.

New Deal Starts

Jan 1, 1933

FDR's plan to revive to U.S. economy

Holocaust begins

Jan 30, 1933

Beginning of the genocide of Jews.

Hitler becomes Chancellor

Jan 30, 1933

Hitler is appointed Chancellor.

FDR becomes president

Mar 4, 1933

FDR elected president, would become 1st and only president to serve 3 terms.

The Great Purge

Jan 1, 1934

Stalin begins the pursicution of peasents and Red Army leaders.

The Long March

Oct 16, 1934

military retreat by red army

Adolf Hitler defies the Treaty of Versailles

Mar 1, 1935

Adolf Hitler defies the Treaty of Versailles, build up army for war.

US congress passes neutrality act

Aug 13, 1935

US passes bill to stay out of wars or conflicts affecting oother countries.

Italy invades Ethiopia

Oct 3, 1935

War exposed the weakness of the League of Nations.

Germany reoccupies the Rhineland

Mar 7, 1936

violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties, marking the first time since the end of World War I that German troops had been in this region.

Francisco Franco led a Fascist revolt in Spain

Jul 1, 1936

Franco leds Fascist in the Spain Civil War against Spanish-Republicans.

Rome-Berlin Axis

Oct 25, 1936

Pact linking the two contries of Germany and Italy

Japan invaded China

Jul 7, 1937

largest Asian war in the 20th century.

Rape of Nanking

Dec 13, 1937

Mass murder and rape commited by Japaneise

Anschluss

Mar 12, 1938

Austria is annexed into Nazi Germany, breaking the Treaty of Versailles.

Adolf Hitler took the Sudentenland

Sep 30, 1938

Great Britain and France agree to giving Sudentenland to the Nazis to avoid war.

Hitler host Munich Conferance

Sep 30, 1938

Hitler host Munich conference, gains Czechoslovakia.

Kristallnacht

Nov 9, 1938

Night of Broken Glass, Nazi targeting of German and Austrian Jews

Nazi-Soviet Pact

Aug 23, 1939

Nazis sign non-agression pact with the Soviets agreeing not to attack each other.

Germany invades Poland.

Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland, beginning World War 2.

Sitzkrieg begins

Oct 1, 1939

Phase of war with lacking offensives by Allies or Germans.

Auschwitz death camp opened

May 1, 1940

The first concentration camp, Auschwitz, opened.

Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of GB

May 10, 1940

Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister

Allies evacuate Dunkirk

May 27, 1940

"Miracle of Dunkrik", Allies evactuate over 300,000 troops.

Vinchy Government Established in France

Jul 1, 1940

Abrogation of legal procedure
The impossibility for parliament to delegate its constitutional powers without controlling its use a posteriori
The 1884 constitutional amendment making it impossible to put into question the "republican form" of the regime

Battle of Britain

Jul 10, 1940

Air battle fought by RAF and Luftwaffe for control of Britain.

Tripartite Pact

Sep 27, 1940

Pact establishing the Axis powers

Lend-Lease act

Mar 11, 1941

Act saying that the U.S. will help fund war effort in other nations.

Operation Barbarosa

Jun 22, 1941

German invasion of the U.S.S.R

Atlantic Charter

Aug 14, 1941

Allied goals for the post-war world

Japan attacks Peark Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, bringing the US into WW ll.

Kamikaze pilots are first seen

Dec 7, 1941

In Pearl Harbor, first use of Japanese Kamikaze pilots.

U.S. delclares war on Japan

Dec 8, 1941

U.S. declares war on Japan following Pearl Harbor bombing.

Chelmno Concentration camp opened

Dec 8, 1941

First concentration opened in Poland. 150,000+ died in camp

Washington Conference

Dec 19, 1941

Conference between FDR and Winston Churchhill on Naval Plans.

Nesei were inturned in the Relocation Centers in U.S.

Feb 19, 1942

FDR enacts order 9066, forcing Japanese Americans into camps.

Hitler enacts the Final Solution

Feb 22, 1942

Hitler begins his final plan to eliminate the Jewish people.

Bataan death march

Apr 9, 1942

Forced march by Imperial Army of Japan toward Filipino and American POW's

Doolittle Raid

Apr 18, 1942

Fisrt attack on Japanese Homeland, showing the US could attack by air.

Island Hopping Campaign

Apr 26, 1942

Gen MacArthur begins campaign to take srategic islands by "hopping" between different islands.

Battle of the Coral Sea

May 4, 1942

First battle between aircraft carriers where niether ship fired directly at each other.

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

Naval battle over control of Midway Atoll. U.S. Defeats Japan.

Battle of El Alamein

Jul 1, 1942

Allies halt the advance of the Axis powers across Egypt.

Battle of Guadalcanal

Aug 7, 1942

First major Ally attack against Japan on Pacific Front

Manhattan Project begins

Aug 13, 1942

U.S. begins to research and develop nuclear weapons.

Battle of Stalingrad

Aug 23, 1942

Decisive war on Western Front. Germany never regained ground, moving troops to eastern front.

Operation Torch

Nov 8, 1942

French-American invasion of North African

Casablanca Conferance

Jan 14, 1943

Discuss Allied Strategy in WW 2

Allies land in Sicily

Jul 19, 1943

Allies take Sicily in Operation Husky, Largely fought by airborne and Navy troops

Tehran Conference

Nov 28, 1943

Conferance between allie's leaders for plan on Western Front.

Operation Overlord (D-Day)

Jun 6, 1944

Allies attack on Omaha Beach, Normandy. Hundereds of thousands in casulties total.

Gen. Macarthur reurns to the Phillippines

Oct 20, 1944

Gen. Macarthur returns to Leyte, defeating the Japanese.

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

German campaign launched to surpise the allies. Battle won by allies.

Yalta Conference

Feb 4, 1945

Ally forces discuss the reorganization of Europe.

Battle of Iwo Jima

Feb 19, 1945

Battle fought for control of vital airfield near Japan.

Battle of Okinawa(Operation Iceberg)

Apr 1, 1945

Largest amphibious assault of the war, won by allies. Key point on advance to invading Japan mainland.

Mussolini Executed

Apr 28, 1945

Benito Mussolini executed, hung, and then stoned at Esso gas station.

Hitler commits suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Hitler commits suicide by bullet before being overrun by the allies.

Germany Surrenders

May 7, 1945

Germany surrenders to the Allies, ending war in the European Front.

V-E Day

May 8, 1945

Germany surrenders, ending war in Europe.

Potsdam Confrerence

Jul 17, 1945

Conference to determine the punishment to the defeated Nazi Germany.

Bombing of Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

First use of the Atomic Bomb.

Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki

Aug 9, 1945

Fat Boy dropped on Nagasaki, causing 40,000+ deaths

V-J Day

Aug 15, 1945

Japan surrenders, ending World War 2

Japan Surrenders

Sep 2, 1945

Japan surrenders following bombing of Hiroshima and Nagisaki

Nuremberg Trials

Nov 20, 1945

Series of military trials toward Nazi war criminals