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Mussolini takes over Italy's Government
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descriptions: Mussolini Created the Fascit party. They took over Italian nationalism. Also did terrorism and intimidation to their opponents. After Mussolini led the Fascits on a march on Rome, King Emmanuel III asked Mussolini to create a new government. Later he was appointed P. M. References
Howardgeography.wikispaces.com,. 'Howardgeography - Shannon'. N.p., 2015. Web. 19 Feb. 2015. -
Beer Hall Putsch
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Description: Beer Hall Butsch was Hitlers first attempt at seizing control of Germanys government. Hitler planned a coup against the government of Bavaria, That morning he stormed with his man into the Bavarian leader was. pointed a gun and delcared "the national revolution has begun." References
Historyplace.com,. 'The History Place - Rise Of Hitler: The Beer Hall Putsch'. N.p., 2015. Web. 19 Feb. 2015. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
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Description: Was an argreement Signed in Paris to outlaw any future war, but ended up having little effect to stop world war II. references
Encyclopedia Britannica,. 'Kellogg-Briand Pact | France-United States [1928]'. N.p., 2015. Web. 19 Feb. 2015. -
U.S. Stock Market Crash
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Description: Other wise known as black tuesday. Investors traded 16,410,030 shares in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors. After Black tuesday America and the rest of the industrialized world meet the great depression. references
Thebubblebubble.com,. 'Historic Stock Market Crashes, Bubbles & Financial Crises |'. N.p., 2015. Web. 19 Feb. 2015. -
Japan Invades Manchuria
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Description: Japan attacked China's seaboard and the League did nothing about it. Japan Invaded Manchuria due to Japan limited size and over increasing population. Manchuria offered nearly 200,000 square kilometers. Japan did some very nasty things to the chinese in this area, many war crimes were committed. references
WSJ,. 'Troubled Neighborhood'. N.p., 2015. Web. 19 Feb. 2015. -
Hitler becomes Germany's Chancellor
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Description: Germany's president Paul Von Hindenurg named Adolf Hitler Chancellor of Germany. Immediately, ordering rapidly expansion of the state police, Gestapo, and outting Hermann Goerging in charge of a new security force. Once Nazi party started no one could stop it. references
Shmoop,. 'World War II Timeline Of Important Dates'. N.p., 2015. Web. 19 Feb. 2015. -
Japan withdraws from the League of Nations
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description: As soon as L.O.N started pointing fingers at Japan for invading Manchuria Japan withdrew from the league. references
Mtholyoke.edu,. 'Untitled Document'. N.p., 2015. Web. 19 Feb. 2015. -
Nazi's reach a political majority in Germany
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Description: After the elections The nazi's began a systematic takeover of Germany's government, ending a Centuries- old tradition of local political indepence. Hitlers political enemies were arrested by the thousands and put in holdong pens. (the first concentration camps). references
Weimar Republic,. 'Why The Weimar Republic Failed?'. N.p., 2012. Web. 19 Feb. 2015. -
The Night of the Long Knives (Rohm Purge)
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descripion: The Nazi regime carried out a series of political murders. Many of such were leaders of the SA brownshirts. references
Covertbookreport.com,. 'Ukraine; Night Of The Long Knives Again? | Northwest Research'. N.p., 2015. Web. 19 Feb. 2015. -
Hitler openly announces to his cabinet he will defy the Treaty of Versailles
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Description: Hitler was going to remiliterize rhineland again even though the treaty stated he can not do so.
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Jspivey.wikispaces.com,. 2015. 'Jspivey - Steven And Tiff'. Accessed February 19 2015. -
First Anti-Semitic Law is passed in Germany
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Description: At their annual party rally held in Nuremberg the Nazi leaders announced new laws "Nuremburg laws" which institutionalized many of the reacial theories prevalent in Nazi ideology references
Wikipedia,. 2015. 'Nuremberg Laws'. Accessed February 19 2015. -
Creation of the Nuremberg Laws
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descrption: The laws deprived German Jews of their rights of citizenship, giving them the status of "subjects" in Hitlers reich. Also made it forbidden for Jews to get married or have sexual relations with Aryans. (Aryan is a person with blue eyes blonde hair of Germanic heritage). references
Today in History,. 2013. 'September 15: Race Laws Adopted'. Accessed February 19 2015. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
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Description: Ethiopia was one of the few independent states in a European- dominated Africa. a border incident gave Benito Mussolini an excuse to intervene. Once again the League did nothing about it. references
Rarenewspapers.com,. 1935. ' Italy Invades Ethiopia IN 1935... - Rarenewspapers.Com '. Accessed February 20 2015 -
Hitler militarizes the Rhineland
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Description: Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by sending military forces into the Rhineland. references
Historyplace.com,. 2015. 'The History Place - Triumph Of Hitler: Nazis March Into The Rhineland'. Accessed February 19 2015. -
Rape of Nanking
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Description: Japan takes over China's capital Nanking. Japan burned down most of the city. They butchered an estimated 150,000 male "war prisoners" and massacred an additional 50,000 male civilians, and raped at least 20,000 women and girls of all ages, many of which were killed in the process. references
Withoutachaperone.com,. 2015. 'Nanjing | Without A Chaperone'. Accessed February 19 2015. -
Germany Annexes Austria
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Description: Nazi's conspired to seize the Austrian government by force and unite their nation with Nazi Germany. references
Gloupe.com,. 2015. 'Germany's Annexation Of Austria (Anschluss)'. Accessed February 19 2015. -
Munich Conference
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Description: Settlemnt reached by Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy that permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland in western Czech. references
Google.com,. 2015. 'Munich Conference - Google Search'. Accessed February 19 2015. -
Hitler demands the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia
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Description: Hitler wanted back what was originally Germany's land. and Czech didn't put up much of a fight, they pretty much just handed it Hitler. references
Gcsehistory.org.uk,. 2015. 'The Sudetenland Crisis'. Accessed February 19 2015. -
Kristallnacht
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description: Known as "night of broken glass" was a wave of violence anti- jewish programs. references
PBS NewsHour Extra,. 2015. 'Kristallnacht, 75 Years Later – Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan | PBS Newshour Extra'. Accessed February 19 2015. -
Einstein’s letter to FDR, “The Manhattan Project”
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Description: Was a letter from Einstein to the president of the USA speaking about atomic bombs. But it was complicated because einstein didn't want the Nazi's to get the letter. references
Dannen.com,. 2015. 'Einstein's Letter To Roosevelt, August 2, 1939'. Accessed February 19 2015. -
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
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Description: Hitler and Stalin signed a non-agression pact, called the Molotov- Ribbentrop Treaty. Secrets protocols of the treaty definded the territorial spheres of influence Germany and Russia would have after a successful invasion of poland. references
Encyclopediaofukraine.com,. 2015. 'Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact'. Accessed February 19 2015. -
Nazi Invasion of Poland
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Description: 1.5 million German troops invaded Poland along its boarder with German-controlled territory. Hitler said it was an act of defense but thats not at all what it was. He set up things against Germany and said it was Poland hat hurt his civilains. references
Fold3.com, Nazi. 2015. 'Nazi Invasion Of Poland.Jpg - Fold3.Com'. Fold3.Com. Accessed February 19 2015. -
Evacuation of Dunkirk
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Description: Operation Dynamo, is one of the most celebrated military events in British history. Yet it was the direct result of one of the most crushing defeats suffered by the British army. They saved 338,226 Allied troops from Dunkirk and the beaches. references
Rania.co.uk,. 2015. 'Rania - A Dunkirk Little Ship'. Accessed February 19 2015. -
France Surrenders
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Description: Hitler unleashes fire on the low Countries and France with fury. He wanted revenge for the lose Germany had in WWI with France. France was no match for Hitler and had to give up after weeks of battles. references
Fold3.com, France. 2015. 'France Surrenders To Germany.Jpg - Fold3.Com'. Fold3.Com. Accessed February 19 2015 -
Battle of Britain
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description: Germany attempted to gain air superiority in southern England in preparation for Operation Sealion. England lost and it kept Britain in the war and denied Hilter the quick victory he was expecting. refrences
Raf.mod.uk,. 2015. 'RAF - Background To The Battle Of Britainbackground To The Battle Of Britain'. Accessed February 19 2015. -
The Tripartite Pact
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description: This treaty was between Japan, Germany, and Italy. They think of it as the prerequisite of a lasting peace that every nation in the world recieves the space to which it is entitled. refrences
Wikipedia,. 2015. 'Tripartite Pact'. Accessed February 19 2015. -
Lend Lease Act
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descrption: Was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during WWII. refrences
Wikipedia,. 2015. 'Lend-Lease'. Accessed February 19 2015. -
Operation Barbarossa
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descrption: It was an invasion of Germany's on the Soviet Union. Hitler had 3 million soilders and 150 divisons. Was one of the turning points in the war, due to Barbarossa failure it forced Germany to fight a two front war and seperated their army.
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Raf.mod.uk,. 2015. 'RAF - Background To The Battle Of Britainbackground To The Battle Of Britain'. Accessed -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
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descrition: A Japanese attack on a small island on Honolulu, Hawaii. Where we had most of our ships and carriers. It started us wanting to join the war. refrences
Historyplace.com,. 2015. 'The History Place - World War II In Europe Timeline: December 7, 1941 - Japanese Bomb Pearl Harbor'. Accessed February 20 2015. -
The Wannsee Conference and the “Final Solution”
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description: high-ranking Nazi Party and German government officials gathered at a villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss the implementation of the "final solution"
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Gilad Atzmon,. 2015. 'Gilad Atzmon: The Wannsee Conference- Truth And Myth'. Accessed February 20 2015. -
Bataan Death March
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description: Men were tired, weak, and lacking food. March 70-miles from Mariveles to San Fernando. They were forced to March as prisoners after surrendering to Japan.
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NY Daily News,. 2015. 'Oldest Survivor Of Bataan Death March Dies At 105'. Accessed February 20 2015. -
Doolittle Raid
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descrpition: 16 American B-25 bombers, launched from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet 650 miles east of Japan. The Tokyo Raid did little real damage to Japan but it did hurt the Japanese government’s prestige.
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Nationalmuseum.af.mil,. 2015. 'Factsheets : Doolittle Raid'. Accessed February 20 2015. -
Battle of Midway
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Discrption: the Battle of Midway–one of the most decisive U.S. victories against Japan during World War II–begins. During the four-day sea-and-air battle, the outnumbered U.S. succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircraft carriers while losing only one of its own.
references Flickr,. 2015. 'USS Yorktown's Valiant Fight To Survive, Battle Of Midway'. Accessed February 20 2015 -
Battle of Stalingrad
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description: Was faught between the Soviet Union amd the Axis Powers led by the Nazi army. After taking over Moscow Hitler decided he wanted to attack South Estern Russia for the rich oil land. After 6 months of fighting there was enormous number of casualties.
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Wikipedia,. 2015. 'Battle Of Stalingrad'. Accessed February 20 2015 -
Operation Torch
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Description: Operation Torch was a secret meeting in Algiers, which was also one of the intended landing targets, planned by an American diplomat stationed in North Africa.
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Matinsalo, Sauli. 2015. 'Operation Torch'. Old Picz. Accessed February 20 2015 -
Island Hopping
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Description: Us develops strategy to take islands back from Japan one at a time until Japan has been pushed all the way back to the island of Japan itself.
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World War II,. 2015. 'Island Hopping'. Accessed February 20 2015. -
Operation Overlord and D- Day
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description: Allies invade Normandy, France commanded by Eisenhower. It is also known as "Operation Overlord". They landed at the five beached code named Utah, Sword, Omaha, Huno, and Gold. This Event was the beginning of the end for Germany.
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Historylink101.com,. 2015. 'Pictures Of D-Day, Operation Overlord'. Accessed February 20 2015. -
Operation Valkyrie
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description: Was Germany's emergency continuity of government operations plan issued to the Territorial Reserve Army of Germany to execute in case of a general breakdown in civil order of the nation.
Beyondbandofbrothers.com,. 2015. 'Operation Valkyrie'. Accessed February 20 2015. -
Discovery of Majdanek
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descriptions: The Soviet Union found the first concentraction camp, a huge Nazi concentration camp just outside the city of Lublin called Majdanek. They found burial pits and 800,000 pairs of shoes.
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Scrapbookpages.com,. 2015. 'The Liberation Of Majdanek Concentration Camp By Soviet Troops July 23, 1944'. Accessed February 20 2015. -
Battle of the Bulge
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Description: The Germans launched the last major offense of the war. They attempted to push the Allied front line west from northern France to Northwestern Belgium. The Battle was known as battle of the bulge, because Germany pushed the middle lines back creating a Bulge in the Allied front line.
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Wikipedia,. 2015. 'Battle Of The Bulge'. Accessed February 20 2015. -
Hitlers suicide
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description: Hitler was in a bunker under his head quarters in Berlin. He knew Germany had no chance of coming out alive so he swallowed a cyanide capsule and shot imself in the head.
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Barclay, Shelly, and Shelly Barclay. 2010. 'Operation Myth: The Soviet Union's Investigation Of Adolf Hilter's Death - Historic Mysteries'. Historic Mysteries. Accessed February 20 2015 -
V-E day
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Description: The western Allies crossed the Rhine after having smashed through the strongly armed Siegfried Line and overran West Germany.
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Wikipedia,. 2015. 'Victory In Europe Day'. Accessed February 20 2015. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Description: An American B-29 bomber dropped the first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Killing thousands just 3 days later they dropped another on Nagasaki killing more. Japans emperor surrendered in a radio address six days later.
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Ghosh, Palash. 2015. 'Were Hiroshima And Nagasaki Racist Acts?'. International Business Times. Accessed February 20 2015. -
V-J Day
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Description: Was the announcement that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending WWII.
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Skylighters.org,. 2015. 'Skylighters, The Web Site Of The 225Th AAA Searchlight Battalion: The V-J Day Page'. Accessed February 20 2015. -
Creation of the United Nations
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Description: The United Nations was created in order to keep the World in check and keep world peace.
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Wikipedia,. 2015. 'United Nations'. Accessed February 20 2015. -
The Nuremberg Trial
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Description: 24 Nazis go on trail in Nuremberg, Germany for crimes of the war. The Nuremberg Trails were conducted by representatives from the U.S, Soviet Union, France, and Great Britain.
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Pbs.org,. 2015. 'American Experience | The Nuremberg Trials | PBS'. Accessed February 20 2015. -
The Japanese War Crime Trial
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Description: General Yamashita was hanged for Japanese crimes. He did not die for murder but simply because he was a commander of people that did evil things.
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Commons.wikimedia.org,. 1934. 'File:Japanese War Crimes Trials. Manila - NARA - 292609.Jpg - Wikimedia Commons'. Accessed February 20 2015. -
The beginning of the Cold War
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description: The 50 years of great power tension adter WWII did not see a formal state of war betwen U.S and USSR. The quiet war killed millions. Truemen will help any country against comunnists.
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unit8janellsophiev09 - The Cold War
Unit8janellsophiev09.wikispaces.com,. 2015. 'Unit8janellsophiev09 - The Cold War '. Accessed February 20 2015. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/truman-doctrine
