World War II
1. 1929
-------- Siege of Stalingrad Allied forces land at Normandy, France France falls to the German army Germany invades Czechoslovakia and Poland and established Nazi-Soviet Pact; Britain and France declare war on Germany; World War II begins The British air force fends off German attacks in the battle of Britain German government enacts Nuremberg Laws; Italy invades Ethiopia Show trials begin in the USSR; Stalin purges top Communist Party officials and military leaders; Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland Hitler comes to power in Germany Japan invades Manchuria Germany annexes Austria; European leaders make Munich Pact with Hitler; Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) in Germany Japan attacks China Germany invades the Soviet Union; Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; the United States enters the war The Holocaust The fall of Berlin; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; World War II ends The U.S. stock market crashes; global depression begins; Stalin begins first five-year plan
2. 1931
-------- Siege of Stalingrad Allied forces land at Normandy, France France falls to the German army Germany invades Czechoslovakia and Poland and established Nazi-Soviet Pact; Britain and France declare war on Germany; World War II begins The British air force fends off German attacks in the battle of Britain German government enacts Nuremberg Laws; Italy invades Ethiopia Show trials begin in the USSR; Stalin purges top Communist Party officials and military leaders; Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland Hitler comes to power in Germany Japan invades Manchuria Germany annexes Austria; European leaders make Munich Pact with Hitler; Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) in Germany Japan attacks China Germany invades the Soviet Union; Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; the United States enters the war The Holocaust The fall of Berlin; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; World War II ends The U.S. stock market crashes; global depression begins; Stalin begins first five-year plan
3. 1933
-------- Siege of Stalingrad Allied forces land at Normandy, France France falls to the German army Germany invades Czechoslovakia and Poland and established Nazi-Soviet Pact; Britain and France declare war on Germany; World War II begins The British air force fends off German attacks in the battle of Britain German government enacts Nuremberg Laws; Italy invades Ethiopia Show trials begin in the USSR; Stalin purges top Communist Party officials and military leaders; Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland Hitler comes to power in Germany Japan invades Manchuria Germany annexes Austria; European leaders make Munich Pact with Hitler; Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) in Germany Japan attacks China Germany invades the Soviet Union; Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; the United States enters the war The Holocaust The fall of Berlin; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; World War II ends The U.S. stock market crashes; global depression begins; Stalin begins first five-year plan
4. 1935
-------- Siege of Stalingrad Allied forces land at Normandy, France France falls to the German army Germany invades Czechoslovakia and Poland and established Nazi-Soviet Pact; Britain and France declare war on Germany; World War II begins The British air force fends off German attacks in the battle of Britain German government enacts Nuremberg Laws; Italy invades Ethiopia Show trials begin in the USSR; Stalin purges top Communist Party officials and military leaders; Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland Hitler comes to power in Germany Japan invades Manchuria Germany annexes Austria; European leaders make Munich Pact with Hitler; Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) in Germany Japan attacks China Germany invades the Soviet Union; Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; the United States enters the war The Holocaust The fall of Berlin; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; World War II ends The U.S. stock market crashes; global depression begins; Stalin begins first five-year plan
5. 1936
-------- Siege of Stalingrad Allied forces land at Normandy, France France falls to the German army Germany invades Czechoslovakia and Poland and established Nazi-Soviet Pact; Britain and France declare war on Germany; World War II begins The British air force fends off German attacks in the battle of Britain German government enacts Nuremberg Laws; Italy invades Ethiopia Show trials begin in the USSR; Stalin purges top Communist Party officials and military leaders; Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland Hitler comes to power in Germany Japan invades Manchuria Germany annexes Austria; European leaders make Munich Pact with Hitler; Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) in Germany Japan attacks China Germany invades the Soviet Union; Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; the United States enters the war The Holocaust The fall of Berlin; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; World War II ends The U.S. stock market crashes; global depression begins; Stalin begins first five-year plan
6. 1937
-------- Siege of Stalingrad Allied forces land at Normandy, France France falls to the German army Germany invades Czechoslovakia and Poland and established Nazi-Soviet Pact; Britain and France declare war on Germany; World War II begins The British air force fends off German attacks in the battle of Britain German government enacts Nuremberg Laws; Italy invades Ethiopia Show trials begin in the USSR; Stalin purges top Communist Party officials and military leaders; Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland Hitler comes to power in Germany Japan invades Manchuria Germany annexes Austria; European leaders make Munich Pact with Hitler; Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) in Germany Japan attacks China Germany invades the Soviet Union; Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; the United States enters the war The Holocaust The fall of Berlin; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; World War II ends The U.S. stock market crashes; global depression begins; Stalin begins first five-year plan
7. 1938
-------- Siege of Stalingrad Allied forces land at Normandy, France France falls to the German army Germany invades Czechoslovakia and Poland and established Nazi-Soviet Pact; Britain and France declare war on Germany; World War II begins The British air force fends off German attacks in the battle of Britain German government enacts Nuremberg Laws; Italy invades Ethiopia Show trials begin in the USSR; Stalin purges top Communist Party officials and military leaders; Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland Hitler comes to power in Germany Japan invades Manchuria Germany annexes Austria; European leaders make Munich Pact with Hitler; Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) in Germany Japan attacks China Germany invades the Soviet Union; Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; the United States enters the war The Holocaust The fall of Berlin; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; World War II ends The U.S. stock market crashes; global depression begins; Stalin begins first five-year plan
8. 1939
-------- Siege of Stalingrad Allied forces land at Normandy, France France falls to the German army Germany invades Czechoslovakia and Poland and established Nazi-Soviet Pact; Britain and France declare war on Germany; World War II begins The British air force fends off German attacks in the battle of Britain German government enacts Nuremberg Laws; Italy invades Ethiopia Show trials begin in the USSR; Stalin purges top Communist Party officials and military leaders; Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland Hitler comes to power in Germany Japan invades Manchuria Germany annexes Austria; European leaders make Munich Pact with Hitler; Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) in Germany Japan attacks China Germany invades the Soviet Union; Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; the United States enters the war The Holocaust The fall of Berlin; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; World War II ends The U.S. stock market crashes; global depression begins; Stalin begins first five-year plan
9. 1940
-------- Siege of Stalingrad Allied forces land at Normandy, France France falls to the German army Germany invades Czechoslovakia and Poland and established Nazi-Soviet Pact; Britain and France declare war on Germany; World War II begins The British air force fends off German attacks in the battle of Britain German government enacts Nuremberg Laws; Italy invades Ethiopia Show trials begin in the USSR; Stalin purges top Communist Party officials and military leaders; Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland Hitler comes to power in Germany Japan invades Manchuria Germany annexes Austria; European leaders make Munich Pact with Hitler; Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) in Germany Japan attacks China Germany invades the Soviet Union; Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; the United States enters the war The Holocaust The fall of Berlin; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; World War II ends The U.S. stock market crashes; global depression begins; Stalin begins first five-year plan
10. 1940–1941
-------- Siege of Stalingrad Allied forces land at Normandy, France France falls to the German army Germany invades Czechoslovakia and Poland and established Nazi-Soviet Pact; Britain and France declare war on Germany; World War II begins The British air force fends off German attacks in the battle of Britain German government enacts Nuremberg Laws; Italy invades Ethiopia Show trials begin in the USSR; Stalin purges top Communist Party officials and military leaders; Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland Hitler comes to power in Germany Japan invades Manchuria Germany annexes Austria; European leaders make Munich Pact with Hitler; Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) in Germany Japan attacks China Germany invades the Soviet Union; Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; the United States enters the war The Holocaust The fall of Berlin; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; World War II ends The U.S. stock market crashes; global depression begins; Stalin begins first five-year plan
11. 1941
-------- Siege of Stalingrad Allied forces land at Normandy, France France falls to the German army Germany invades Czechoslovakia and Poland and established Nazi-Soviet Pact; Britain and France declare war on Germany; World War II begins The British air force fends off German attacks in the battle of Britain German government enacts Nuremberg Laws; Italy invades Ethiopia Show trials begin in the USSR; Stalin purges top Communist Party officials and military leaders; Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland Hitler comes to power in Germany Japan invades Manchuria Germany annexes Austria; European leaders make Munich Pact with Hitler; Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) in Germany Japan attacks China Germany invades the Soviet Union; Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; the United States enters the war The Holocaust The fall of Berlin; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; World War II ends The U.S. stock market crashes; global depression begins; Stalin begins first five-year plan
12. 1941–1945
-------- Siege of Stalingrad Allied forces land at Normandy, France France falls to the German army Germany invades Czechoslovakia and Poland and established Nazi-Soviet Pact; Britain and France declare war on Germany; World War II begins The British air force fends off German attacks in the battle of Britain German government enacts Nuremberg Laws; Italy invades Ethiopia Show trials begin in the USSR; Stalin purges top Communist Party officials and military leaders; Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland Hitler comes to power in Germany Japan invades Manchuria Germany annexes Austria; European leaders make Munich Pact with Hitler; Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) in Germany Japan attacks China Germany invades the Soviet Union; Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; the United States enters the war The Holocaust The fall of Berlin; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; World War II ends The U.S. stock market crashes; global depression begins; Stalin begins first five-year plan
13. 1942–1943
-------- Siege of Stalingrad Allied forces land at Normandy, France France falls to the German army Germany invades Czechoslovakia and Poland and established Nazi-Soviet Pact; Britain and France declare war on Germany; World War II begins The British air force fends off German attacks in the battle of Britain German government enacts Nuremberg Laws; Italy invades Ethiopia Show trials begin in the USSR; Stalin purges top Communist Party officials and military leaders; Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland Hitler comes to power in Germany Japan invades Manchuria Germany annexes Austria; European leaders make Munich Pact with Hitler; Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) in Germany Japan attacks China Germany invades the Soviet Union; Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; the United States enters the war The Holocaust The fall of Berlin; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; World War II ends The U.S. stock market crashes; global depression begins; Stalin begins first five-year plan
14. 1944
-------- Siege of Stalingrad Allied forces land at Normandy, France France falls to the German army Germany invades Czechoslovakia and Poland and established Nazi-Soviet Pact; Britain and France declare war on Germany; World War II begins The British air force fends off German attacks in the battle of Britain German government enacts Nuremberg Laws; Italy invades Ethiopia Show trials begin in the USSR; Stalin purges top Communist Party officials and military leaders; Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland Hitler comes to power in Germany Japan invades Manchuria Germany annexes Austria; European leaders make Munich Pact with Hitler; Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) in Germany Japan attacks China Germany invades the Soviet Union; Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; the United States enters the war The Holocaust The fall of Berlin; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; World War II ends The U.S. stock market crashes; global depression begins; Stalin begins first five-year plan
15. 1945
-------- Siege of Stalingrad Allied forces land at Normandy, France France falls to the German army Germany invades Czechoslovakia and Poland and established Nazi-Soviet Pact; Britain and France declare war on Germany; World War II begins The British air force fends off German attacks in the battle of Britain German government enacts Nuremberg Laws; Italy invades Ethiopia Show trials begin in the USSR; Stalin purges top Communist Party officials and military leaders; Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland Hitler comes to power in Germany Japan invades Manchuria Germany annexes Austria; European leaders make Munich Pact with Hitler; Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) in Germany Japan attacks China Germany invades the Soviet Union; Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; the United States enters the war The Holocaust The fall of Berlin; United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; World War II ends The U.S. stock market crashes; global depression begins; Stalin begins first five-year plan