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Bolshevik Revolution
Russia revolts against government because their leader dragged 11 million peasants into war. -
Beer Hall Putsch
The Nazis tried to take power over munich but failed. -
Treaty of Versailles
It was a peace settlement after WWI that was signed June 28th, 1918. -
Paris Peace Conference
This was a meeting between the allied victors of WWI to set the peace terms for the defeated. -
England vs Japan
England refused to renew its alliance with Japan. -
Washington Naval Conference
Nine nations attend a huge naval conference on naval issues. -
Stalin Comes to Power
Stalin becomes the communist leader of Russia. -
Rapallo Treaty
Germany and Russia renounced all their financial and territorial claims againts eachother in this act. -
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini comes to power over Italy. -
Mein Kamph
This was an autobiography published by Hitler. -
Stock Market Crash
Banks shut down and so did big buisnesses causing a stock market crash. -
Maginot Line
This was a line of bunkers and military equipment and bases that the french built up and down the French and German border. -
Japan Invades Manchuria
Japan invades Manchuria because of the Mukden Incident. -
Ukrainian Famine
Stalin made the year long famine happen to undermine the Ukrainian people -
First Concentration Camps established
The first Nazi concentration camp was Dachau, near Munich, and was opened to force labor and hold political prisoners. -
Hitler Invades Sudetenland
Hitler and the Nazis Invaid Sudetenland -
Hitler is Chancellor
Hitler Becomes the Chancellor of Germany. -
The Great Terror
Stalin began his military and spreads the fear of cummunism across the continents. -
Dawes Act
Roosevelt supports a certain passege from the Dawes Act. -
Night of Long Kinves
A purge Nazis carried out political murders. -
Fuhrer and Vice Chancellor
He made himself Fuhrer and Vice Chancellor on 2 August 1934. -
US Neutrality Acts
The US passed these acts in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia from 1935 to 1939. -
Berlin Olympics
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Rape of Nanking
There was a sudden episode of mass murders and rape by Japaniese soldiers on Nanking. -
Hitler Invades Austria
He invaded Austria because he just felt it should be a part of Germany. -
Munich Conference
Great Britain, France and Italy allow Germany to annex parts of Czechosolvakia. -
Krystallnacht
This was a series of attacks on the Jew in Nazi Germany. -
Hitler Takes Czechoslovakia
Hitler invades the rest of Czechoslovakia. -
Einstein's letter to FDR
The letter warned of the danger that Germany might develop atomic bonbs and suggested that the US should initiate its own nuclear program. -
Nazi and Soviet Non-Agression Pact
Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany create a pact that states they won't attack eachother. -
Hitler Invades Poland
Germans march in and take over Poland and its troops in a few weeks. -
Britain and France vs Germany
Britain and France declare war on Germany -
Winter War
It began because of the soviet invasion of Finland. -
Scandinavian Wars
Germany invades Denmark and Norway. -
German occupation of Norway
The invasion of Norway began on April 9th 1940. -
Nazis defeat French army
The Fall of France. Nazis take over France. -
Winston Churchill
Wiston Churchill takes over as leader of England. -
African Desert Campaign
Wars were fought in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts. -
Battle of Britain
An air battle between the UK and Germany occured. Germany failed to succed. -
Operation Barbarossa
Over four million soldiers invade the USSR. Its the biggest invasion in warfare history. -
Nazi Final solution
The Nazi plan to exterminate the Jewish people. -
Peal Harbor
Japan bombs the naval base of Peal Harbor in Hawaii. -
Britain Enigma Machine
Germans used it on a U-boat against the british. -
FDR executive order 9066
This was a presidential order authorizing the Secretary of War to prescribe certain areas as military zones. -
Battle of Midway
6 month after Japans attack US gets in an intese air battle with Japan. -
Manhattan Project
This was a research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs during World War II. -
D-day
American stormed the shores of Normandy France an lost about 12,000 lives. -
Operation Market Garden
Plan of paratroupers to secure bridges across the rivers in Holland so that the Allied army could advance and end the war. -
Battle of the Bulge
Germans launched a surprise attack that turned out the be the most costly of battles for Americans. -
Nimitz and McArthur island hopping
They would skip heavily supported German forces and just attack the weaker ones. Usually on an island. -
US victory at Iwo Jima
Battle was supposed to take only 5 days. -
Death of FDR
FDR died from a massive cerebral hemorrhage, leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman in charge of the country. -
Hitler's suicide
Hitler's wife, Eva Braun commited suicide with him by ingesting cyanide and Hitler killed himself with a gunshot, in his bunker in Berlin. -
Germany Surrenders
Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Reims, France. -
Atom Bomb Succes
This happened in the New Mexico desert 120 miles south of Santa Fe. -
US Atomic Bombs Hiroshima
This bomb was the equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT and flattened the city, killing tens of thousands of people. -
Japan Surrenders
Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II.
