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Czar is Dethroned
They dethroned the czar and established a provisional government to run the country. -
Leaugue of Nations Founded
Created to keep peace amongst the world and to make sure that international war never broke out again. They were looked to and thought to be able to bring stability to the world. -
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Events Leading up to WWII
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Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
The true ending of the war. Germany suffers losses and it was exactly 5 years after Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. -
Overthrow Provisional Government
The communist Bolsheviks established a dictatorship of the protolerait. -
Adolf Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) Party.
Promises hope to the citizens and his followers. -
The Chanak Affair
Turkish forces attacked and defeated the Greek forces. Then they began to invade British forces located in the town of Chanak. -
Halibut Treaty
A way of showing Canadian Indepedence because we signed a treaty without Britain. It was a treaty that was signed in order to cut down on halibut fishing because they were in fear of overfishing so they signed it with the United States. -
Lenin dies - Stalin emerges as new leader
Stalin becomes leader of the communist party and fight to become the new leader of Russia. Stalin is a ruthless dictator. -
Facism in Italy
Mussolini decides to abandon the idea of democracy after recently being appointed Prime Minister by the king and rigging elections in his favour. He, as Hitler and Stalin, became ruthless. He began to change the economy for the better but at the same time many opposing people were harshly punished. -
Japan Invades Manchuria
Japan wanted to acquire Manchuria because of its large sum of land. Japan was filling with its immense population and wanted such a place to put their people giving no concern to the people of Manchuria. They also believed that Manchuria was rich in rare minerals. Japan did not listen to the League of Nations and launched a full scale attack on Manchuria and they occupied the entire province. -
Hitler gains power
Hitler and his ever growing nazi party were taking advantage of the citizens' poor economic position, They took over most of the seats in the Reichstag and was soon appointed chancellor. Hitler then, consumed by power, became ruthless similar to Stalin. -
The Campaign Against Jews
Hitler's power had already had an influence on the Jewish community by banning certain actions like enforcing the idea of the Aryan race however nothing this drastic had occured before. Jewish communities throughout Germany we attacked in what became known as Kristallnacht. Homes, shops, and synagogues were burned, and Jews were arrested and murdered. -
Fall of France
German army led under Hitler's rule went around the heavily gaurded border created by the French by the weaker and less protected areas. Allies desperately made attempts to help but they failed horribly. Finally the German tanks reached Amiens and trapped the British forces and they had to make an emergency evacuation to England along with many of the desperate French Allies however this resulted in great losses. . -
Battle of Britain
Hitler was focused on invading England after the great success in France. The British, rrealizing the incoming dangers had their extremely advanced airforce ready for a challenge. This system of aircraft was the RAF and it came with a priceless tool; the radar. On this day the big invasion was thwarted as the RAF held off the incoming German airforce. Hitler had given up and decided to take over smaller and less powerful countries. -
Battle for Moscow
Hitler broke his no violence treaty with Stalin and launched a surprise attack on the Soviet Union. The attack was in the winter and the German army was not ready for such cold weather. They were freezing and the Russian army gained the Upper hand. Hitler did not let his troops retreat and many soldiers were losing confidence in him resulting in Hitler firing come of his top commanders. Russia was safe and Hitler's reign of terror had finally been slowed by his relentless greed. -
Pearl Harbour
Japan launched a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Japan felt that the US naval base posed a threat. Hundreds of Japanese bombers flew over the base and unleashed a fury of attacks upon the ships and completely oblivious military forces. Aircraft losses were 188 destroyed and 159 damaged, the majority hit before the had a chance to take off. American dead numbered 2,403. 8 battleships were destroyed. They were dragged into a war they wanted no part of. -
Battle of Midway
Japan wanted control of the small island in order to establish an air base there. The surprise attack was thwarted because of American communications intelligence. They were thus prepared for an attack. The Japanese lost 4 irreplaceable fleet carriers while the US lost 3. The island remained operational and later became a vital component in the American trans-Pacific offensive. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Hitler wanted control of Stalinngrad because of its oil. It was a large communications center and was named after their leader, Joseph Stalin. So in order to keep morale high, they could not lose such a crucial battle. The Russians used a counter offensive on the Germans on this day. Also, the lack of their food and supplies in addition to the cold weather forced the Germans to surrender. -
D-Day
The Allies were separated into 5 designated beaches in Normandy and were determined to free Europe from Nazi Germany. There were about 155,000 soldiers, 5,000 ships and landing craft, 50,000 vehicles and 11,000 planes set for the coming battle. The Germans were unable to handle the numbers of troops against them. As a result of strategic planning, Paris had been successfully freed. -
Fall of Berlin
The Soviet army surrounded Berlin and slowly tightened its hold on the remaining Nazi defenders. Fighting street-to-street and house-to-house, Russian troops blasted their way towards Hitler's chancellery in the city's center. Inside his underground bunker Hitler waited as his Thousand Year Reich crumbled above him. In his final hours he married his long-time mistress and then joined her in suicide. Hitler's reign was over. -
Little Boy
Japan had to be stopped and controlled thus the United States took drastic measures in order to destroy their advancing forces. They dropped it in the middle of Hiroshima not only attacking troops then but the entire country and all of its citizens. It completely flattened the city killing most of its population. -
Fat Man
While the Japanese were still trying to understand what had taken place after the bombing of Hiroshima another devastating blow had hit the city of Nagasaki. When the atom bomb hit, 40% of Nagasaki was destroyed. -
Nuremberg Trials
These trials occured against the Nazi soldiers that took part in horrible crimes and participated in crimes against nature. Men were hanged and given life sentences in jail on this date. Its purpose was to put all Nazi generals on the Trial for the Holocaust.
