Events
Commodore Perry's Arrival in JapanTreaty of Kanagawa SignedUnification of ItalyBombing of Pearl HarborUnification of GermanyTreaty of Tientsin SignedSino-Japanese War BeginsAnglo-Japanese Alliance SignedGiovanni Giolitti Becomes Prime MinisterRusso-Japanese War BeginsTreaty of Portsmouth Ends Russo-Japanese WarMussolini Joins Socialist PartyJapan Annexes KoreaJapan Seizes German Possessions in ShandongMussolini Expelled from Socialist PartyItaly Remains Neutral at Beginning of World War IRed WeekNewspaper II Popolo d’Italia set up by MussoliniTreaty of London made Promises to ItalyItaly Goes to War with Germany and Austria-HungaryItaly Defeated in Battle of CaporettoItaly Wins Battle of Vittorio VenetoMussolini Founds Fascist PartyTreaty of VersaillesNationalist d'Annuzio Seizes Port of FiumeItalian Elections HeldFascist Party Established Under MussoliniMussolini Appointed Prime Minister by KingItaly Bombs CorfuItaly Gains FiumeItaly Declares War on U.S.Italy Declares Non-BelligerentConference in Bid to Avoid WarMussolini Declares War on Britain and FranceInvades Egypt and GreeceItaly Declares War on Soviet UnionMunich ConferenceMussolini Accepts AnschlussAnti-Semitic Laws PassedItaly Invades AlbaniaMussolini Initiates Talks with HitlerLimited Sanctions Applied to ItalyItaly Conquers AbyssiniaItaly Intervenes in Spanish Civil WarLeague Ends Sanctions on ItalyItaly Joins Germany in Axis AgreementLocarno TreatiesGermany Joins League of NationsTwenty-One Demands Made to ChinaKaiser Wilhelm Abdicates and Ebert Takes OverGermany Signs Armistice to End WWISiberian Intervention/ExpeditionSpartacist UprisingHitler Joins German Workers' PartyLeague of Nations Forms with Italy as a FounderGerman Workers' Party Renamed National Socialist German Workers' PartyGermany Signs Non-Aggression Pact with PolandGermany Signs Kellog-Briand PactMussolini Meets Hitler in VeniceMussolini Proposes Four Power PactKapp PutschGermany Invades PolandJapan Sets Up Wang Jingwei as Ruler of Japanese-Occupied ChinaJapan Faces Embargo and Cancelled Trade Deal by U.S.Political Parties Banned in JapanJapan Invades Indo-ChinaJapan Signs Tripartite Pact with Germany and ItalyAnglo-German Naval Treaty SignedU.S. Imposes Oil Embargo on JapanU.S.-Japanese NegotiationsGermany Signs Nazi-Soviet Pact with the Soviet UnionU.S. Freezes Japanese AssetsABCD LineStresa Front/ConferenceSaar PlebisciteGermany Remilitarizes RhinelandU.S. Passes New Neutrality ActsU.S. Passes First Neutrality ActRoosevelt Invokes Act to Prevent Supplying of Arms to Either Side of WarItalian Abyssinia Recognized by BritainJapan Sink U.S.S. PanayBritain and France Establish Non-Intervention CommitteeU.S. Passes Lend-Lease ActJapan Signs Non-Aggression Pact with Soviet UnionU.S. Gives Loans to GMDJapan Occupies Southern Indo-ChinaNeville Chamberlain Becomes Prime Minister of BritainGermany Joins League of NationsDawes Plan Established Between Germany and U.S.Germany Facing HyperinflationBeer Hall PutschFrench Troops Occupy RuhrHossbach MemorandumWashington Conference (Italy Involved Too)Public Security Preservation Law or Peace Preservation Law EstablishedHirohito Becomes Emperor of JapanAlbania Becomes Italian Protectorate as Eventual Result of Tirane PactMussolini Encourages Croation Separatists Who Want Freedom from YugoslaviaMussolini Encourages Arab Nationalists Who Challenge British and French EmpiresWall Street Crashes in U.S.Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann of Germany DiesYoung Plan Signed to Attempt to Help Germany with Wartime ReparationsMussolini Encourages Macedonian Separatists in Yugoslavia18.3% of Vote for Nazi Party in Reichstag ElectionsManchurian Crisis/Mukden IncidentLeague of Nations Condemns and Imposes Sanctions on JapanLeague of Nations Appoints Lord Lytton to Investigate Mukden IncidentU.S. Refuses to Recognize Japanese/Chinese Commerce Agreements in Stimson Non-Recognition DoctrineJapan Bombs the Chine District of ShanghaiPrime Minister Tsuyoshi Inukai Assassinated37.4% of Vote for Nazi Party in Reichstag ElectionsLytton Commission Publishes ReportFranklin Delano Roosevelt Assumes Office of President of U.S.Italian Troops Suppress Senussi Rebellion in Eastern LibyaWorld Disarmament Conference BeginsWorld Disarmament Conference EndsHitler Appointed Chancellor of GermanyHitler Introduces Rearmament ProgramHitler Leaves Disarmament ConferenceGerman Referendum to Withdraw from League of Nations Approved by 95.1%Japan Announces Withdrawal from League of NationsManchukuo Created as Puppet State of JapanItalian Troops to Austrian Border to Prevent Hitler's Attempts at AnschlussJapan Refuses Terms of Washington Naval TreatyJapan Refuses to Sign Second London Naval TreatyItaly Declared Aggressor in Abyssinia by Council of the LeagueLeague's Assembly Votes to Impose Sanctions on ItalyHoare-Laval Pact to Hopefully End the Second Italo-Ethiopian WarFrench-Popular Front Wins ElectionMinseito Part in Government After ElectionAttempted Coup d'Etat for Kodo-haHitler Sends Assistance to General Francisco Franco of the Spanish NationalistsHitler's Four-Year Plan to Reorient Economy for Rearmament and Prepare for War DraftedItaly Withdraws from League of NationsItalian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano Formulated Rome-Berlin Axis to Informally Link Two CountriesJapan Signs Anti-Comintern Pact with GermanyToseiha or Control Faction Became Primary Influence in ArmySecond United Front Between Chinese Nationalist and Communist Parties to Resist Japanese InvasionU.S. Passes Joint Resolution Outlawing Spanish Arms TradeItaly Joined Anti-Comintern Pact with Germany and Japan (copy)Second Sino-Japanese War Starts with Marco Polo Bridge IncidentItaly Signs Pact of Steel with Germany to Formalize Alliance from Rome-Berlin AxisNyon Conference Held to Address Attacks on International Shipping During Spanish Civil WarSpanish Civil War BeginsSpanish Civil War EndsJapan Legislates the National Mobilization BillGermany Invades Areas of CzechoslovakiaGermany Officially Breaks Munich AgreementPrime Minister Fumimaro Konoe of Japan Creates the Imperial Rule Assistance Association (Wartime Organization)British Prime Minister Churchill Yields to Japanese Requests to Close Burma Road in ChinaGermany Begins Invasion of France
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