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Washington Naval Conference
Meeting in DC between nations with pacific interest. Tried to disarm navies and established US and UK and JApan as the third most powerful -
Kellog-Briand Pact
Pact signed in paris to outlaw war. Naive and unenforceble. Obviously didn't work -
Japan invades Manchuria
Japan invades Manchuria, the northern industrial area of china. PArt of their move into mainland asia. -
Nye commitee
Nye commitee investegates numitions industry. Promoted neutrality -
Neutrality acts
First neutrality act signed. outlawed trade with warring nations -
HItler reoccupies Rhineland
hitler orders troops to reoccupy the rhineland which the Treaty of Versailles said they couldn't militarize -
Munich conference
appeasment to hitler in attempts to limit expansion. gave germany sudetenland -
Non Agression pact
Germany and Russia signs a non agression pact which keeps russia out of the war until Germany invades them -
Invasion of poland
Germany invades poland, leading to France and England declaring war -
France, england declare war
France and england declare war on germany when Germany fails to leave ploand. -
Pearl Harbor
Japs attack US at pearl harbor -
US declares war on japan
after pearl harbor, us declares war -
Battle of Midway
battle of midway, turning point of WWII pacific theater, US victory -
Battle of Stalingrad
Turning point of the war, soviets push back nazis -
Allies land in north africa
operation torch begins in north africa -
D-Day
Allies open second front by invading at the beach of Normandy -
liberation of Paris
allies liberate paris and transition to a broad frontal invasion -
Battle of the Bulge
German counter offensive. last ditch effort to stop the allies -
Hitler commits suicide
hitler kills himself when all hope is lost -
Germanys unconditional surrender
germany surrenders all troops -
hiroshima
americans drop little boy on hiroshima -
nagasaki
Americans drop scond bomb on nagasaki. -
japan unconditional surrender
Japan surrenders after being scared by the bomb. WWII over
