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Trans-Siberian Railway was built
Contruction of Trans-Siberian Railway began to connect Moscow with Vladivostok. -
Czar Nicholas II became the leader of Russia
Nicholas II, not being trained or inclined to rule, was crowned czar of Russia. -
Russian Marxists Split into Mensheviks & Bolsheviks
Russian Marxists split into two different political parties known as Mensheviks and Bolsheviks. -
Russo-Japanese War Began
This war grew out of rival imperail ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea. -
Bloody Sunday in Russia
Bloody Sunday was in St. Petersburg, Russia when people began to protest living and working conditions and were shot down by the cossacks. -
Sun Yixian Became President of China
Sun Yixian became the first provisional prsident of the Republic of China. -
Kuomintang was created
Kuomintang was a political party governed in China. -
March Revolution in Russia
The March Revolution of 1917 in Russia was a series of political upheavals. -
Czar Nicholas II abdicated
Czar Nicholas the II was forced to step down from the throne and a provisional government was formed afterwards by Alexander Kerensky. -
The Bolshevik Revolution
On November 7 (October 25 on Julian Calender being used at the time) Bolshevik leader, Vladimir Lenin, led leftist revolutionaries in a revolt against the ineffective Provisional Government. -
Russian Civil War began
The Russian Civil war began in Novemeber after the Bolshevik Revolution. -
Vladimir Lenin became the leader of Russia
Vladimir Lenin came into power in Russia. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was between the new Bolshevik government of Russia and the Central Powers which ended Russia's participation in World War I. -
Weimar Republic Established in Germany
The Weimar Republic was the federal republic and semipresidential representative democracy established in 1919 to replace the imperial form of government. -
May Fourth Movement Began
Three thousand students in Beijing held a demontration initiating a protest that rapidly spread across China. -
The League of Nations was created
The League of Nations was an international peace organization. -
New Economic Policy enforced on Russia
Lenin introduced the New Economic Policy in order to revive the economy. -
Adolf Hitler became the Leader of the Nazi Party
In 1921 Hitler was named Fuhrer of the Nazi Party. -
Washington Conference
This was a military conference called by Warren G. Harding and held in Washington from November 12, 1921 to February 6, 1922. -
Benito Mussolini became leader of Italy
Benito Mussolini becomes leader of Italy and is seen as a central figure in the creation of Fascism. -
Russia became the USSR
Russia becomes the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). -
Joseph Stalin became leader of the USSR
Joseph Stalin became the official leader of the USSR in 1924 until his death in 1953. -
Dawes Plan started
The Dawes plan was an attenpt to stabalize Weimar Germany's economy. -
Jiang Jieshi became the leader of the Kuomintang
After Sun Yixian died, Jiang Jieshi became leader of Kuomintang and joined the Communists to defeat the warlords. -
Adolf Hitler wrote Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf is an aoutobiographical manifesto in which Adolf Hitler outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. -
Hirohito became emperor of Japan
Hirohito became emperor of Japan in 1926 following his father's death. -
Civil War in China began
The Chinese Civil War began in 1927 and ended on December 22, 1936. -
Charles Lindbergh's Solo Flight Across the Atlantic
Lindbergh, at the age of 25, completed the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Kellog-Briand Pact Signed
Signed by the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Japan, and a number of other states. -
Five-Year Plan Began
Stalin began the Five-Year plan in the Soviet Union in 1928. -
Albert Einstein developed the Theory of Relativity
Albert Einstein developed the Theory of Relativity in 1929. -
Great Depression began
The Great Depression began in the U.S when the stock market crashed in October. -
Japan invaded Manchuria
The Japanese invaded Manchuria in hopes of gaining more natural resources to support their massive expansion militarization. -
Japan invaded China
Japan's invasion of China began with the invasion of Manchuria. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) became president of the U.S.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected for the first of his four terms as president. -
The Holocaust began
The Holocaust refers to the period of time from when Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany to the time the war ended. -
Adolf Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany. -
The New Deal Started
President Roosevelt put the New Deal into action. -
The Long March
This was a military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China to evade the pursuit of Kuomintang army. -
Great Purge began
The Great Purge was a campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin from 1934 to 1939. -
Adolf Hitler defied the Treaty of Versailles
Hitler ceased to pay reparations and began to biuld up a secret rearmament. -
U.S. Congress passed the Neutrality Acts
Between 1935 and 1937 Congress passed three "Neutrality Acts" that tried to keep the United States out of war. -
Italy invaded Ethiopia
In 1935, Italy invaded the weak Ethiopia. -
Germany reoccupied the Rhineland
Hitler ordered German troops to re-enter the Rhineland. -
Francisco Franco Led a Fascist Revolt in Spain
Francisco Franco led a fascist revolt in Spain in 1936. -
Rome-Berlin Axis
This was a coalition formed between Italy and Germany. -
Rape of Nanking
The Nanking Massacre was an episode of mass murder and rape committed by Japanese troops against Nanking during the second Sino-Japanese War. -
Anschluss
Anschluss was part of the propaganda used in 1938 by Hitler and Nazis. -
Adolf Hitler took the Sudetenland
Leaders of Nazi Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy signed an agreement that allowed the Nazis to annex the Sudetenland. -
Hitler hosted the Munich Conference
Hitler demanded part of Czechoslovakia at the Munich Conference. -
Kristallnacht Began
Kristallnacht was a nationwide, state-sponsored pogram conducted throughout Germany and Austria from the evening of Novemeber 9 through the following afternoon. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact Signed
The Nazi-Soviet Pact was an agreement between Germany and Russia that neither would attacl the other for ten years. -
Sitzkrieg began
Sitkrieg began when Germany invaded Poland and they went into a "phony war". -
Germany invaded Poland (Blitzkrieg)
Adolf Hitler declared the German invasion of Poland an act of defense but Britain and France declared war on Germany soon after on September 3. -
Auschwitz Death Camp opened
Auschwitz Death Camp was a network of concentration and extermination camps established by the Nazis. -
Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain
In May 1940 Churchill became prime minister of Great Britain during the war and was the most dominant figure in British politics. -
Allies evacuate Dunkirk
The Battle of Dunkirk was the defense and evacuation of British and allied forces in Europe. -
Vichy Government established in France
France became Vichy France during the regime of Marshal Philippe Petain during WWII. -
Tripartite Pact Signed
Germany, Italy, and Japan became allies after signing the Tripartite Pact forming the Axis Powers. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air superiority over the RAF. -
Lend-Lease Act
This was created to aid the Allies in the early years of World War II. -
Operation Barbarossa
This was the German invasion of the Soviet Union. -
Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was a pivotal policy statement issued early in WWII. -
Chelmno Concentration Camp Opened
First Nazi extermination camp. -
Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack launched by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base. -
The U.S. Declared war on Japan
President Franklin Roosevelt declared war on Japan after the Pearl Harbor attack. -
Hitler enacted the Final Solution
The Final Soultion was Nazi Germany's plan during WWII to systematically exterminate the Jewish people in Nazi-occupied Europe. -
Island Hopping Campaign
The Island Hopping Campaign was the efforts of the Allies to take the Japanese islands and countries. -
Nisei were interned in Relocation Centers in the U.S.
Nisei, US citizens with immigrant Japanese parents, were put into Relocation Centers in the U.S. because they were seen as a threat after the Pearl Harbor attack. -
Bataan Death March
The surrendered Filipinos and Americans were rounded up by the Japanese and forced to march 65 miles Mariveles to San Fernando. -
Doolittle Raids over Japan
The Doolittle Raid was the first U.S. air raid to strike the Japanese home islands in WWII. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. -
Battle of Midway
United States Navy defeated an attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy. -
Battle of El Alamein
The Battle of El Alamein was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign of WWII. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle in WWII in which Nazi Germany and it's allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad. -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch was the invasion of Africa by inexperienced American forces. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
US Marines launched a surprise attack on the Japanese troops and took control of an air base under contruction. -
Casablanca Conference
This was the first war conference between the Allied powers and was held in Casablanca, Morocco -
Allies landed in Sicily
The Allies began their invasion of Axis-controled Europe with landings on the island of Sicily. -
Tehran Conference
The Tehran Conference was a a meeting between Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill to discuss strategies of the war. -
Operation Overlord (D Day)
The day in WWII on which the Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. -
Gen. Macarthur returned to the Phillippines (Leyte Gulf)
Macarthur returned to the Phillippines in 1944 just as he had promised at the start of the war. -
Kamikaze Pilots appear in the Pacific
Kamikaze Pilots began to appear in the Pacific, crashing their planes into ships. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was not a single battle, it was a major push by the German army during the last winter of WWII. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was a WWII meeting between the heads of state of the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Iwo Jima, also known as Operation Detachment, was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. -
Battle of Okinawa
Codenamed Operation Iceberg, the Battle of Okinawa was fought on Ryukyu Islands of Okanawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. -
Mussolini was executed
Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy, was executed in 1945. -
Hitler committed suicide
Adolf Hitler,leader of the Nazi party, committed suicide. -
Germany Surrendered
Germany surrendered during WWII. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day is celebrated to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of WWII of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of it's armed forces. -
Manhattan Project Began
The Manhattan Project was a research develpoment project that produced the first atomic bombs during World War II. -
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was a meeting between Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, Harry Truman to negotiate terms for the end of WWII. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
The atomic bomb Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima in August of 1945. -
Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki
A plutonium implosion-type bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. -
V-J Day
V-J Day stands for Victory Over Japan Day which was the day Japan surrendered , in effect ending World War II. -
Japan Surrendered
After having two atomic bombs dropped on it in August, Japan surrended soon after in September. -
Nuremberg Trials
These trials were held for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice .
