WWII Timeline

Beer Hall Putsch

Nov 8, 1923

Adolf hitler and his followers planed a takeover on Munich that failed. After that Hitler got sentenced to prison where he wrote his autobiography Mein Kampf. He got turned into a political figure and from there tried to rebuild his Nazi Party. More Info. References:
Imgc.allpostersimages.com,. N.p., 2015. Web. 9 Feb. 2015.

Mussolini takes over Italys government

Dec 24, 1925

Mussolini led his people to Rome. Italy's government had little faith in them and asked Mussolini to create a new one. He soon became dictator over Italy. more info References- Acidhistory.files.wordpress.com,. N.p., 2015. Web. 9 Feb. 2015.

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Aug 27, 1928

An agreement signed by a number of nations. It tried to outlaw the use of war in areas. It wasn't successful and soon after WWII started. more info References- Bookofdaystales.com,. N.p., 2015. Web. 9 Feb. 2015.

U.S Stock Market Crash

Oct 29, 1929

Investors traded millions of dollars on a stock exchange in just one day which caused investors to be in debt. Which then became one of the worlds greatest depressions. more info References- Pndushistory.wikispaces.com,. N.p., 2015. Web. 9 Feb. 2015.

Japan Invades Manchuria

Sep 19, 1931

Japan ran the manchuria railway. They were said to say that the chinease had tried to take over the railway. They then invaded the chinese army. They conquered Manchuria and took over. more info Referneces- 1.bp.blogspot.com,. N.p., 2015. Web. 9 Feb. 2015.

Hitler becomes Germanys Chancellor

Jan 30, 1933

In 1933 paul Von hindenberg he gives Adolf Hitler gives Hitler the power of chancellor of germany. more info references- Benevolent.org.au,. N.p., 2015. Web. 9 Feb. 2015.

Nazis reach a political majority in Germany

Jan 30, 1933

Under the cotrol of Hitler Germany soon became a dictaorship. more info References- Yourmemento.naa.gov.au,. N.p., 2015. Web. 9 Feb. 2015.

Japan Withdraws from the League of Nations

Feb 24, 1933

Japan withdraws from the league of nations after the asembly got a report for Japan invaded Manchuria. They reportedly said they're never coming back. more info References- Beyondbandofbrothers.com,. N.p., 2015. Web. 9 Feb. 2015.

First Anti-Semitic Law is passed in Germany

Apr 7, 1933

This law was racial over all jews and stated that no germnas can be married or have any relations with a jew. All jews had to be behind bars or killed. More info References- Jeron.je,. N.p., 2015. Web. 9 Feb. 2015.

The night of the long knives (Rohm Purge)

Jun 30, 1934

Battle between Hitlers party an Rohm Purge party. more info References- Skepticism-images.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com,. N.p., 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

hiter openly announces to his cabinet he will deny the treaty of Versailles

Mar 15, 1935

Hitler openly annouced that he will deny the treaty of Versailles to Germany. He would deny there military limitations and re-arm. more info References- Media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com,. N.p., 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

Creation of the Nuremberg Laws

Sep 13, 1935

The nuremberg Laws were racial laws for Nazis against Jews stating that Jew are bad and you may not have any relations with them what so ever. They drew charts for the racial clarifications. more info References-'De.evangelischer-widerstand.de,. N.p., 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

Italy invades Ethiopia

Oct 3, 1935

It was an armed conflict that often seems to be one of the battles that led to WWII because it went against the league of nations and invading/takeing over other countries. more info References- Mikalac.com,. N.p., 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

Hitler Militarizes the Rhineland

Mar 7, 1936

Hitler violated the treaty of Versailles and sent German troops into a demilitarization zone in the Rhineland. more info References- Pacificwar.org.au,. N.p., 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

Rape of Nanking

Dec 13, 1937

The japenesse butchered over 150,000 war prisoners and 50,000 male citizens and 20,000 women or girls of all ages. All were kiled or masacured. More info References- Upload.wikimedia.org,. N.p., 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

Germany Annexes Austria

Mar 12, 1938

German troops invaded Austria to annex them for the third reich. They wanted to take over the austrian government and join it with the German Nazi party. More info References- Media-1.web.britannica.com,. N.p., 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

Munich Conference

Sep 28, 1938

German, French and British sign the Munich pact which handed over Czechoslovokia tp Germany in peace with no war. more info References- Sjsapush.com,. N.p., 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

Hitler demands the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia

Sep 30, 1938

Hitler demanded that the Sudetenland and everything with it be given to him in the pact. more info References- N.p., 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

Kristallnacht

Nov 9, 1938

During this night Germany torched many synagauges and prayer rooms. Many Jewish schools. Over 100 jew were killed and 30,000 Jews inprisoned. More info References- 4.bp.blogspot.com,. N.p., 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

Einsteins letter to FDR "The Manhattan Project"

Jul 16, 1939

Einstein wrote a letter to the United States saying that he feared the Nazi party was secrtly working on an atomic bomb. more info References- Deiryassin.org,. N.p., 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

Nazi invasion of Poland

Sep 1, 1939

1.5 million german troops invaded poland. Hitler claimed it was just a defensive action. Britain an France didnt believe him and then on septmeber 3rd they declared war on Germany being the beginning of WWII. more info References- Ushmm.org,. N.p., 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

Sep 29, 1939

This stated it was a non-aggression pact between German and the soviets.
more info References- Media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com,. N.p., 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

Evacuation of Dunkirk

May 27, 1940

German was battling british while Dunkirk countinued to try adn evacuate France. more info References- Danjswade.files.wordpress.com,. N.p., 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

France surrenders

Jun 17, 1940

France sgned and armistice to get out of the war. More then half of France was still occupied by Germans. more info References- Img4.fold3.com,. N.p., 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

Battle of Britain

Jul 10, 1940

Germans and Britain invaded the United Kingdom. An important turning point in WWII.
More Info
References- Rusi.org,. N.p., 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

The Tripartite pact

Sep 27, 1940

This day the axis powers were formed, Germany, Italy and Japan become allies. They also aknowledged the leader of each other. More info References- Historyguy.com,. N.p., 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

lend lease act

Mar 11, 1941

The lend lease act is providing U.S military forces to foreign nations during WWII. Allowing the transfer of supplies without compensation from other countries. More info References- Img2.fold3.com,. N.p., 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

Operation Barbarossa

Jun 22, 1941

Invaded the soviet union. Was the crucial turning point for WWII. The nazi's lost this battle though. More info References- Upload.wikimedia.org,. N.p., 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 201.

Discovery of the Majdanek

Oct 1, 1941

The Majdnek was the largest concentration camp. They started taking people from the ghettos in Poland to concentration camps like Majdanek. More info. Refereneces- Media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com,. N.p., 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japanese fighter planes bombed American naval base in Hawaii. More than 2000 Americans died in the bombings. At least 1000 got wounded.
More info
References- Turnbacktogod.com,. N.p., 2015. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

The Wannsee Conference and the "Final Soultion"

Jan 20, 1942

At this conference they wondered what they were going to do with the Jews "The final solution to the Jew question" Mass sterilization by removing all jews from Europe into concentration camps. More info References- Foliosociety.com,. N.p., 2015. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.

Bataan Death March

Apr 10, 1942

Flipino and American troops were forced to march to a prison camp 65 miles away in the heat and harsh treatment by Japanese troops. Thousands of soldiers parished in which became known as the Bataan Death March. More info References- Cbsnews2.cbsistatic.com,. N.p., 2015. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.

Doolittle Raid

Apr 18, 1942

Americans launched bomber aircrafts into Japans mainland. The reason it is called Doolittle raid is because it was commanded by Lieutenant colonal James H. Doolittle. More info
References- Humfer.net,. N.p., 2015. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

6 Months after Pearl Harbor Americans defeated japan in one of the biggest naval battles in WWII.The U.S did permanent damage to Japanese Navy.It helped America move to the offensive position. More info References- 4gwar.files.wordpress.com,. N.p., 2015. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.

Operation Torch

Oct 22, 1942

Allied invasion of Italy. More info References- Kids.britannica.com,. 'Torch, Operation: American Troops Land Near Algiers --�Kids Encyclopedia | Children's Homework Help | Kids Online Dictionary | Britannica'. N.p., 2015. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.

Island Hopping (date for Buna-Gona Campaign)

Dec 9, 1942

After the Battle of Midway the United States launched a counter-offenive strike called island hopping. There idea was to capture key islands.
More info
Refereneces- U-s-history.com,. 'Island Hopping'. N.p., 2015. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.

Battle of Stalingrad

Feb 2, 1943

Successful Soviet defense of Stalingrad. Russians consider it to be the greatest battle of their Great Patriotic War. This was the bloodiest battle in history. More info References- Encyclopedia Britannica,. 'Battle Of Stalingrad | World War II'. N.p., 2014. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.

Operation overload and D-day

Jun 6, 1944

156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed along Frances Normandy region beaches. Largest Military assaults in history. More info References- Historylink101.com,. 'Pictures Of D-Day, Operation Overlord'. N.p., 2015. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.

Operation Valkyrie

Jul 20, 1944

Operation Valkyrie was and attack approved by Hitler himself against the allies. People of the reserve army modified the plan as an attack to assassinate Hitler. They then planned for troops in Berlin to seize government. There plan failed and Hitler Executed close to 5000 people supposedly involved.
More info
References- Beyondbandofbrothers.com,. 'Operation Valkyrie'. N.p., 2015. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.

Hitlers Suicide

Apr 30, 1945

Hitler burrowed away in an underground bunker and Hitler Kills himslef. The reich and Germany all fell apart without there leader. His wife Eva was found dead right next to him as both looked to have killed themselves. More info References- Westerncivww2.pbworks.com,. 'Westerncivww2 / The Suicide Of Hitler'. N.p., 2015. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.

V-E Day

May 8, 1945

Great Britain and United States rejoiced and threw up flags when they defeated the Nazi army machine. German troops throughtout Europe finally threw down all there weapons and surendered out of WWII. Russia took close to 2 million German prisoners.
More info
References- Bbc.co.uk,. 'BBC - History - VE Day (Pictures, Video, Facts & News)'. N.p., 2015. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Aug 9, 1945

An American Bomber dropped the first atomic bomb over the japanesse city Hiroshima. The bomb wiped out 90% of the city. If people didnt die from the actual explosion the would die from the radiation of the bomb days later. 3 days later American bomber dropped the 2
More Info
References- Newworldencyclopedia.org,. 'Bombing Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki - New World Encyclopedia'. N.p., 2015. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.

The beginning of the cold war

Aug 25, 1945

Allied victory. After WWII the United States and Soviet Union worked together as allies. During this war America started developing the use of atomic weapons. More info References- Coldwar.me,. 'Cold War For Kids & Students'. N.p., 2015. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.

V-J Day

Sep 2, 1945

This was the day Japan surrendered. This completely ended WWII. This day is known as ¨Victoryover Japan day¨. When there surrender finally became official the U.S,S Missouri anchored down in Tokyo Bay.
More info
References- Carter, Jeff. '65 Years Ago, August 14; V-J Day'. Points and Figures. N.p., 2015. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.

Creation of the United Natons

Oct 24, 1945

The United Nations was created to make better of international conflict and nogotiating peace. It was provided for by the old League of Nations.
More info
References- ynet,. 'History In The (Re)Making'. N.p., 2015. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.

The Nuremberg Trials

Nov 20, 1945

These were 13 trials carried out in Nuremberg, Germany. The nazi party was put on trial for crimes against humanity. Hitler should have been there but he commited suicide so he was not able to attend.
More info
References- Nuremberg.law.harvard.edu,. 'Nuremberg Trials Project -- Introduction'. N.p., 2015. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.

The Japenese war crime trials

May 3, 1946

This is the day the military from the far east starting hearing out 28 Japanese military accuseed of war crimes. 25 out of 28 were found guilty. The put a death sentence on 7 of them.
More info
References- My.vanderbilt.edu,. 'Chapter 11: Justice For The Unspeakable? The Enduring Legacy Of The War Crimes Trials At Nuremberg And Tokyo | Michael Bess | Vanderbilt University'. N.p., 2015. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.