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Treaty of Versailles Signed
wiki page The BIG 4 write this document with no input from Germany.
Repreations, demilitirization... -
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From TofV to Pearl Harbor
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Hitler Blames the Treaty
Hitler blames the Treaty of Versailles
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Japan Attacks Manchuria
Japan launched an attack on Manchuria. Within a few days Japanese armed forces had occupied several strategic points in South Manchuria. -
CONSCRIPTION & RE-ARMAMENT
Hitler began to build up his armed forces. In 1935 he introduced conscription this broke the Treaty of Versailles, but Britain and France let him get away with it. -
Mussolini Attacks
Mussolini ordered the bombing of Adowa by planes and the beginning of the invasion of Ethiopia by Marshal Badoglio Oct. 3 who was authorized to use poison mustard gas and destroy civilian villages. -
Hitler violates the Treaty
The German generals were very much against the plan, claiming that the French Army would win a victory in the military conflict that was bound to follow this action. Hitler ignored their advice and ordered three German battalions to march into the Rhineland. -
CONSCRIPTION & RE-ARMAMENT
Hitler invaded the Rhineland. This broke the Treaty of Versailles. It was a bluff – the German army had only 22,000 soldiers and had orders to retreat if they met any resistance. But once again, Britain and France did nothing -
Hitler And Stalin sign the Pact
Four days after the economic agreement was signed and a little over a week before the beginning of World War II, Ribbentrop and Molotov signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact. -
Hitler invades Poland
German forces invaded Poland from the north, south, and west. -
France and Britain declare war on Germany
On September 3, Prime Minister Chamberlain went to the airwaves to announce to the British people that a state of war existed between their country and Germany. World War II had begun. -
Pearl harbor Attacked
Japan uses a suprise attack in an attempt to decimate the US Pacific fleet.
