1919

The Weimar republic is established in Germany

1922

Mussolini is made prime minister of Italy

1923

Hitler writes Mein Kampf

1928

Chiang kai-shek establishes the Nationalist government in China

1929

The American stock market crashes

1931

Japanese forces occupy Manchuria

1933

Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany and proclaims the Third Reich

Roosevelt introduces the New Deal

1934-1935

Mao Tse-tung leads the Long March of Chinese Communists

1935

Hitler announces German rearmament. Fascist Italy invades Ethiopia

1937

War breaks out between Japan and China

1936-1939

The Spanish Civil war: Franco’s forces defeat the Republican government

1939

Hitler invades Poland on 1 September. Britain and France declare war on Germany two days later.

1940

Rationing starts in the UK.

German 'Blitzkrieg' overwhelms Belgium, Holland and France.

Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain.

British victory in Battle of Britain forces Hitler to postpone invasion plans.

1941

Hitler begins Operation Barbarossa - the invasion of Russia.

The Blitz continues against Britain's major cities.

Allies take Tobruk in North Africa, and resist German attacks.

Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, and the US enters the war. *Greater East Asia co-prosperity sphere

1942

Germany suffers setbacks at Stalingrad and El Alamein.

Singapore falls to the Japanese in February - around 25,000 prisoners taken.

American naval victory at Battle of Midway, in June, marks turning point in Pacific War.

Mass murder of Jewish people at Auschwitz begins.

1943

Surrender at Stalingrad marks Germany's first major defeat.

Allied victory in North Africa enables invasion of Italy to be launched.

Italy surrenders, but Germany takes over the battle.

British and Indian forces fight Japanese in Burma.

1944

Allies land at Anzio and bomb monastery at Monte Cassino.

Soviet offensive gathers pace in Eastern Europe.

D Day: The Allied invasion of France. Paris is liberated in August.

Guam liberated by the US Okinawa, and Iwo Jima bombed.

1945

Auschwitz liberated by Soviet troops.

Russians reach Berlin: Hitler commits suicide and Germany surrenders on 7 May.

Truman becomes President of the US on Roosevelt's death, and Attlee replaces Churchill.

After atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders on 14 August.

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