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russo japanese war began
"the first great war of the 20th century."[4] It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea. -
trans siberian railway built
was built under supervision of the government from 1881 to 1916 -
treaty of brest litovsk
between the new Bolshevik government of Russia (the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey), which ended Russia's participation in World War I. -
anschluss
This was in contrast with the Anschluss movement (Austria and Germany united as one country),[a] which had been attempted since as early as 1918 when the Republic of German-Austria attempted union with Germany but was forbidden by the Treaty of Saint Germain and Treaty of Versailles peace treaties. -
new economic policy enforced in russia
set a quota for businesses to meet in a 5 year span. -
washington conference
meeting between representatives of 9 nations with interests in the Pacific -
benito mussolini became the leader of italy
He was the youngest leader until 2014s election. -
joseph stalin became the leader of the ussr
He subsequently managed to consolidate power following the 1924 death of Lenin through suppressing Lenin's criticisms (in the postscript of his testament) and expanding the functions of his role, all the while eliminating any opposition. -
adolf hitler wrote mein kampf
is an autobiographical manifesto by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, in which he outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. -
Dawes plan started
Germany’s annual reparation payments would be reduced, increasing over time as its economy improved. -
jiang jiang became the leaderof the kuomintang
He became the Commandant of the Kuomintang's Whampoa Military Academy and took Sun's place as leader of the KMT when Sun died in 1925. -
kellogg briand pact signed
is a 1928 international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve "disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be, which may arise among them". -
Great depression began
Was a stock market crash that put millions out of work. -
japan invaded manchuria
when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. -
the league of nations was created
founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. -
the long march
was a military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China, the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang (KMT or Chinese Nationalist Party) army. -
Adolf hitler defied the treaty of versailles
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rome berlin axis
The Axis grew out of the Anti-Comintern Pact, an anti-communist treaty signed by Germany and Japan in 1936. Italy joined the Pact in 1937 -
Germany invaded poland
germany invades poland to get to france. -
manhattan project began
The Manhattan Project was a research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs during World War II. -
battle of britain
The Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um England, literally "Air battle for England") is the name given to the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940. -
land lease act
A total of $50.1 billion (equivalent to $656 billion today) worth of supplies were shipped, or 17% of the total war expenditures of the U.S. -
adolf hitler took the sudetenland
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great purge began
The Great Purge was a campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin from 1934 to 1939. -
the u.s. declared war on japan
u.s. declared war after the pearl harbor attack. -
chelmno concentration camp opened
known to the Germans as the Kulmhof concentration camp, was a Nazi German extermination camp situated 50 kilometres -
bataan death march
was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II. -
battle of midway
The Battle of Midway in the Pacific Theater of Operations was one of the most important naval battles of World War II. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan. -
casablanca conferance
The Casablanca Conference (codenamed SYMBOL) was held at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, Morocco, then a French protectorate, from January 14 to 24, 1943, to plan the Allied European strategy for the next phase of World War II. -
Dday
In planning, as for most Allied operations, the term D-Day was used for the day of the actual landing, which was dependent on final approval. -
battle of okinawa
The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945. -
mussolini was executed
On 29 April 1945, the bodies of Mussolini, Petacci, and the other executed Fascists were loaded into a moving van and trucked south to Milan. There, at 3:00 am, they were dumped on the ground in the old Piazzale Loreto. The piazza had been renamed "Piazza Quindici Martiri" in honor of 15 anti-Fascists recently executed there. -
v j day
Victory over Japan Day -
nuremberg trials
The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals, held by the Allied forces after World War II, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany.
