World War I to World War II (1914-1945)

By Isabellawhite
  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo

  • Austria declares war on Serbia

  • Germany declares war on Russia

  • Germany declares war on France and invades Belgium

  • The Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat

    The Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat

  • Italy declares war on Germany and Austria

  • The U.S.A. declares war on Germany

  • The Battle of Caporetto- The Italian army was defeated

  • Turkey made peace

  • Austria made peace

  • Germany signed an armistice with the Allies – the official date of the end of World War One.

  • Peace conference met at Paris

  • The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Germans

  • Adolf Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) Party.

    Adolf Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) Party.

  • November 8/9 - Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch.

    November 8-9
    This was a failed coup lead by Adolf Hitler
  • Hitler's book "Mein Kampf"(My struggle) published

    Hitler's book "Mein Kampf"(My struggle) published

  • Stock Market on Wall Street crashes

  • Germans elect Nazis making them the 2nd largest political party in Germany

  • Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

  • Nazi boycott of Jewish owned shops

  • Nazis burn books in Germany

  • Nazi Party declared Germany's only party

  • Adolf Hitler becomes Fuhrer of Germany

  • Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass.

    Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass.

    Nov. 9 - 10

  • Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany.

  • Holland surrenders to the Nazis.

  • Belgium surrenders to the Nazis.

  • Norway surrenders to the Nazis; Italy declares war on Britain and France.

  • Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; Hitler issues the Night and Fog decree.

  • Hitler declares war on the United States.

  • D-Day landings on the northern coast of France.

  • Liberation of Paris

  • Adolf Hitler commits suicide.

  • V-E (Victory in Europe) Day.

  • First atomic bomb dropped, on Hiroshima, Japan.

  • Second atomic bomb dropped, on Nagasaki, Japan

  • Japanese sign the surrender agreement; V-J (Victory over Japan) Day

  • United Nations is born