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The Allied powers met at the palace of Versaille to create the Treaty of Versailles ending WWI. The Treaty Created the league of nations that was supposed to keep peace -
The nine power treaty was a treaty affirming the territorial and sovereirnty of china.
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Mussolini marched with the fascists party and he used to be a secretary for the government
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Hitler leds a coalition force in an attempted ceup de ta which became known as the beer hall putch -
this pact was an aggrement to outlaw war
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Black Tuesday hit wall street as investors traded some 16 million shares on the new york stock exchange -
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The Japanese Kwantuang army invaded Manchuri and fought off japanese troops in an attempt to take more terriotory -
The nazis are now the leading political party in germany.
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Hitler was named the chancellor or Furer of the nationalist german workers party or the nazis -
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Japan has left the league of nations because they were blamed for the events at Manchuri -
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With the help Adolf Hitler and the nazi party leader, purged the leadership of the nazi paramilitary formation -
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on this date hitler openly defys the treaty of versailles by sending troops into the rhineland -
The nazi government passed two new racial laws at their annual NSDAP Reich party congress in Nuremberg Germany these laws took german citizenship away from jews and outlawed both marriage and sex
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The leader of italy Mussolini inaded Ethiopia in a attempt to spread their terriotory, this was the first aggressive act of Italy -
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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler defies the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno pact by sending german troops into the Rhineland, which was a previusly demilitarized zone -
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German troops march into Austria to annex this German-speaking nation into the Third Reich -
Franco who comes from a military background and was known as the youngest general
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A coalition formed between Germany and Italy in 1936, this was formalized in 1939 with the pact of steel which includes Japan
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a conference between germany, italy, france, and britain. to discuss what will happen to czchechoslavakia
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Hitler demands the sudetenland from czhechoslavakia, first he tries by force but the czhechs resisted,later the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, and Britain. -
A german and russian diplomat met at molotov to discus terms on a non aggresion treaty
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some 1.5 million german nazis invade poland along its 1,750 mile border with german controlled territory
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The germans begin bombing raids which will last a total of 3 and a half months -
Franklin Roosevelt introduces the lend-lease program to Congress. The plan was intended to help Britain beat back Hitler's advance while keeping America only indirectly involved in World War II.
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over 3 million German troops invade Russia in three parallel offensives, in what is the most powerful invasion force in history. Nineteen panzer divisions, 3,000 tanks, 2,500 aircraft, and 7,000 artillery pieces pour across a thousand-mile front as Hitler goes to war on a second front.
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Just before 8 am hundreds of japanese fighters attacked the naval base in pearl harbor Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just 2 hours but it was devastating -
Nazi officials meet to discuss the details of the "Final Solution" of the "Jewish question."
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This was an attempt from the Japanese military to completly destroy the american presence in the pacific, but their plan had back fired and they lost four aircraft carriers and a destroyer -
A wing of 16 B-25's attacks the japanese mainland lead by a decorated WWI veteren named James H.Doolittle
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This was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad in the U.S.S.R. during World War II. Russians consider it to be the greatest battle of their Great Patriotic War, and most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies. The Battle of Stalingrad was one of the bloodiest battles in history, with casualitys reaching 2 million
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Now known as D-Day, future President Dwight D. Eisenhower, gives the go-ahead for a massive invasion of Europe called Operation Overlord. Back in America, President Franklin Roosevelt waited for word of the invasion's success.
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Hitler cheats death when a bomb that was hid inside a suitcase went off but failed to kill him. -
This battle was the last german offensive in an attempt to push through the american line. the battle was a victory but their were many loses on both sides
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Hitler kills himself in his bunker by swallowing a cyanide pill and shooting himself in the head.
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Millions of people took to the street to celebrate the end of WWII
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A B-29 drops the worlds first atomic bomb on the japanese city of Hiroshima killing roughly 80,000.
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Another atomic bomb is dropped on the japanese city of nagisaki resulting in Japans unconditional surrendur
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This day celebrates the formal surrender of the japanese to the united states
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Twenty four nazi officials go on trial for attrocious war crimes against the allies
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Trials begin on 28 Japanese officers on trials against humanity and war crimes
