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The Washington Naval Conference
Was a military conference called by President Warren G Harding and held in Washington -
overthrow the German government
Attempted to overthrow the German government in 1923 failed, Adolf Hitler sent to jail -
Chancellor of Germany
Hitler became Leader of Nazi Party Totalitarian dictator Eliminated political opponents -
Mussolini's Italy invaded the East African nation of Ethiopia
Italy's history with Ethiopia was several decades old, Italian effort to establish a colony there in the late 1800s had ended in a crushing military defeat at the hands of the Ethiopians. -
Italy an imperial power Invaded Ethiopia
Pledged make Italy an imperial powerInvaded Ethiopia in 1935League of Nations and U.S. were unwilling to take formal steps to punish Mussolini. -
civil war
Was attracted interest and involvement from many countries in Europe and in North America, Fascist Italy and Nazi for the Nationalists were led by general Francisco Franco. -
invading Poland
Germany attacks Poland German criminal in Polish clothing – proof! Blitzkrieg, but Germany victory by end of the month. -
Allies
Britain & France declare war on Germany Known as the Allies -
Germany takes over Denmark and Norway.
German warships enter major Norwegian ports, from Narvik to Oslo, deploying thousands of German troops and occupying Norway. At the same time, German forces occupy Copenhagen, among other Danish cities. -
ermany attacks France
Attacked through the Ardennes Forest in Northern France Maginot Line – French defenses south of the Ardennes -
Pearl Harbor
U.S Pacific fleet , 20 warships, 200 aircraft destroyed, and 2,400 Americans killed. Isolationism got destroyed -
Executive order 9066
Roosevelt issued that to gave the armed forces the power of establish military zones and gave people to leave zones -
Operation Torch
Rommel’s forces defeated 20,000 U.S. soldiers killed or wounded in six months, U.S. invades North Africa under direction of General Dwight D. Eisenhower -
War Refugee Board
president Roosevelt announced the creation of war Refugee Board, this organization was told to “take all the measures to rescue victims if enemy danger de -
D day
France beginning the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control during World War II -
FDR dies
suddenly and vice president, Harry Truman takes over -
VE day
marked the formal end of the war in Europe -
Yalta Conference
Divide & occupy Germany, divide Berlin and stalin promised to hold elections in Eastern European countries after the war. -
Republics Declare End of Soviet Union
three leaders of the 15 Soviet Republics Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian released a declaration known as the Belavezha Accords, which declared that the Soviet Union was to be dissolved and succeeded by the Commonwealth of Independent States, a loose confederation of former Soviet states.
