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Hitler defies the Treaty of Versailles
Hitler did this by destroying the destroying the League of Nations Disarmament Conference by demanding equality of arms with France and Britain. he continued by builiding his own army causing other countries to have a disadvantage. -
Mussolini takes power in Italy
After Mussolini took power it changed the game in military force. Teaming up with Hitler he began to plan for the war in 1943 but Hitler started it in 1939. -
U.S. Stock Market Crashes
The U.S. stock market crashes contributed to the great dpression which was a long term cause of WWll. It made people of not only the United States but Europe and Japan struggle with providing for themselves and their famalies. -
Japan seizes Manchuria
Japan was beggining to have very little space for all of the peoplw who resided there. being that Manchuria had 200,000 square kilometres Japan made it a must that they make manchuria theres. This affected WWll by making China angry and them wanting to fight for what was theres. -
FDR is elected president
FDR being ellected made the tensions of the great depression easier during the WWll. He used relief methods that made the depression less hard on the people. -
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
This affected the WWll by giving Hitler the power he needed to move forward with starting war and controling those in Germany. Making tensions and cruel things to begin happening. -
U.S. Neutrality Act
Act that was a result of uprising turmoil between Europe and Asia which led to WWll. This act stated that the United States would not get involved in any foreign conflicts. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
This resulted in Ethiopia's subjection to Italian rule. this was seen as one of the episodes that prepared the way for WWll, the war demonstrated the ineffectiveness of the Leauge of Nations when their decisions were not supported by the great powers. -
France militarizes the Rhineland
Under articles of the Treaty of Versailles Germany was forbidden to enter the Rhineland after the Great War but they did so anyway. This is significant because it violated the Treaty of Versailles and changed the balance of power, giving France the ability to start an offensive against Germany. -
Civil war erupts in Spain
Spain was divided in two, the republicans and loyalist. This caused the intentions of the war to become clear and show the differences between the Soviet Union's intermittent help to the Republican government and of supporting Nazi Germany. -
Anschluss
Adolf Hitler announces an Union between Germany and Austria, annexing Germany. This gave a huge political change for those that resided in Austria. -
Munich Conference
An agreement allowing the Nazi Germany to annex portions of Czechosolvakia. This was known as a failed act of appeasement and also betrayal of the United Kingdom. -
Kristallnacht
Also known as the Night of Broken Glass this was a program against Jewish people. This was big in the WWll because those people were arrested and thrown into concentration camps to die. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Germany and Russia shocks everyone and decides to bury the hatchet. This pact ended in agreement to invade and divide the countries of eastern Europe between them. -
Germany invades Poland
On this day Germnay attacked Polan on land and by air. Hitler set out to regain lost territory and to rule Poland. This was the start of World War ll. -
Phoney War
At the begging of World War ll that lacked military operations by the United Kingdom and France. This caused both sides to lie in trenches with no one taking charge. Soon after France and Britian declared war with Germany. -
Churchill is elected Prime Minister in England
The British trusted in him to help them fight against Nazi Germany. The first year Britian fought alone but he promised his country that Britain would never surrender and they never did. -
Miracle at Dunkirk
The evacuation of allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk. This operation was a decision between the British, French,and Belgian troops. This struck more reasons and opputunities for the Germany to hold british soldiers. -
France Surrenders
After Hitler used blitzkrieg as invasion France could no longer handle war. This surprised everyone and gave Germany one less country to try an defeat. -
Battle of Britain
Air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom. It was the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign. -
Japan seizes French Indo-China
Japan did this as a way to prevent the republic of China from importing fuels and arms. This caused many fights to outbreak during the ongoing of WWll.n This tighetned the blockade on China and made the continuing on fights unessacary -
Lend lease Act
Act that stated that the United States would supply the allied forces with supplies. For example food, oil, and material. This ended the United States' pretense of neautrality. -
Atlantic Charter
This was a joint declaration released by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill that told the United States and British aims for war. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
An suprise attack on the United States by the Japanese Navy in Hawaii on the United States Naval Base. The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions. This resulted in the United States entering world war two.
