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Mussolini's Movement
30,000 facist marched into Rome and demanded that Mussolini be put in charge of the Government. After much violence and many riots, King Victor Emmanuel III put Mussolini in charge.
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Black Tuesday
Most devastating economic crash in U.S. history. Created the Great Dpression.
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Japan Invades Machuria
This was the day that Japan first invaded Manchuria, China. This was quite an extroidinary event because the Chinese had many more soldiers than Japan. In the end, the Japanese won due better dicipline.
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Frankiln D. Roosevelts Inaugeration
He lead the USA out of the Depression, and created the New Deal. -
The Great Purge
Campaign of political repression that was carried out by the Soviet Union. The Communist Party
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Germany invades Rhineland
Rhineland is an area between France and Germany. The French was stunned by this invasion, but did not interfere. This made it easier to invade France and Belgium.
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Rape of Nanjing
This was when the Japanese invaded SHanghai and killed 300,000 civilians. They raped 20 to 30,0000 people
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Hitler Invades Poland
Thr Germans swiftly invaded Poland. They quickly devastated Warsaw, which became a place of rebellion after the war.
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Hitler Attacks Denmark and Norway
This marked the event that Hitler made a surprise attack on Denmark and Norway. Each in the end were overrun by German forces.
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The War In The Balkans
This was when Germany invaded Yugoslavia and Greece.
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Operation Barbarossa
This was when Hitler invaded Soviet Union, and pushed almost 500 miles into it within 1 week.
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Pearl Harbor
This was the US naval port that was attacked by Japanese war planes and bombers. -
Battle of Midway
This was the turning point in the war in the Pacific. They US destroyed 100's of Japanese planes which was most of their airforce.
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Iwo Jima
The Americans take Iwo Jima. A key island to launch planes from to attack Japan.
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D-Day
This was when The Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
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Battle Of the Bulge
This was a major German psuh through the center of France, catching them completly off guard.
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V-E Day
This was the day that Germany formally surrendered. Stands for Victory in Europe.
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Hiroshima
The city where the first atomic bomb was dropped. -
Nagasaki
The second atomic bomb dropped on Japan.
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Nuremburg Trials
International Military Tribunals tried and convicted many Nazi Leaders. Many of them had committed suicide as soon as the Germans surrendered.
Political