WWI, Great Depression, and WWII By lrbbmb Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Jul 23, 1914 July Ultimatum Jul 28, 1914 Beginning of WWI Nov 11, 1918 End of WWI Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles Jan 1, 1929 Stalin becomes dictator of Soviet Union Oct 29, 1929 Crash of the stock market Jan 1, 1933 Hitler comes to power Period: Jan 30, 1933 to May 8, 1945 The Holocaust Mar 24, 1933 Enabling Act of 1933 Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades China Sep 29, 1938 Signing of the Munich Pact Sep 1, 1939 Start of WWII Sep 1, 1939 Invasion of Poland Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 U.S. declares war on Japan Jun 6, 1944 Normandy landing Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 End of WWII