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Versailles Treaty
Signed after WWI, putting blame on Germany for causing the war. League of Nations is created -
Nazi Party Begins
Also known as the German Workers' Party forms in Munich Germany -
Stalin: Leader of USSR
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Mussolini: Prime Minister of Italy
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Mein Kampf Published
Hitler's book about his struggles is published. This fuels his ideas for world domination and revenge on the League of Nations and the Versailles Treaty -
Hitler: Chancellor of Germany
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U.S. releases Neutrality Acts
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Neville Chamberlain: P.M of Britain
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Germany invades Austria
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Munich Pact Signed
Signed by Prime Minster of Britain, Neville Chamberlain, France, and Italy meet with Germany in Munich to appease Hitler to stop his aggression. -
Non-Aggression Pact
Signed by Germany and Russia to not shoot each other -
Germany Invades Poland
Using dangerous tactics such as Blitzkrieg, bombing in quick successions, and the use of heavy-armored tanks, the Germans had made an immediate cause of WW2 -
U.S Enters Great Depression
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Winston Churchill: P.M. of Britain
Neville Chamberlain dies, replaced by Winston -
Miracle at Dunkirk
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Battle of Britain
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Tripartite Pact Signed
Forms the Axis Powers -
U.S. Embargo on oil from Japan
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Hideki Tōjō: Prime Minister of Japan
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Pearl Harbor
U.S. Enters WWII -
Battle of Stalingrad
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Italy surrenders to Allied Forces
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D-Day
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Battle of the Bulge
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Yalta Conference
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V-E Day
Victory of the War in Europe -
Hiroshima bombing
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Nagasaki Bombing
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V-J Day
Victory of the War with the Japanese: marks the end of WWII -
United Nations created
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Cold War Begins
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NATO founded
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Warsaw Pact
