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The start of the Great Depression
The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. -
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World war II
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Japan invades Manchuria
Japan was the first of the fascist countries to successfully expand its empire.Japan occupied most of eastern China by 1938 -
Hitler becomes chancellor
Hitler legally became chancellor.The first thing he did was the execution of the jews. -
Italy invades ethiopia
Italy invaded Ethiopia.They fought against the poorly equipped Ethiopians with modern weapons -
Hitler sends troops to Rhineland
Hitler sent troops to Rhineland,an old section of Germany along the Rhine River,where they weren't allowed according to the Treaty of Versailles. -
"Night of the Broken Glass"
Nazi troops attacked and vandalized Jewish-owned homes all over Germany and Austria. -
German invades Poland
German tanks invaded Poland.The next targets were Norway,Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. -
United states joins Britain
The United States joined Britain and the other allies to fight against fascism after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor -
U.S Wins at Midway island
The United States won an important victory at mIdway Island after American cryptologists deciphered the Japanese Naval code. -
Liberated Italy
Allies finally liberate Italy from Nazi control -
Battle of the Bulge
Allied victory against Hitler's forces on Germany's western border -
Nuremberg War Crimes trials begin
The Nuremberg War were a series of military tribunals, held by the Allied forces after World War II, which were most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, judicial and economic leadership of Nazi Germany who planned, carried out, or otherwise participated in the Holocaust and other war crimes.
