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Dawes Act
survey American Indian tribal land and divides it into allotments for individual Indians -
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US History Timeline of WWII
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Paris Peace Conference
the meeting of the Allied victors, following the end of World War I to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers, It took place in Paris during 1919 and involved diplomats from more than 32 countries and nationalities. -
Treaty of Versailles Signed
the peace treaties at the end of World War I -
Washington Naval Conference
a military conference called by President Warren G. Harding and held in Washington -
Bolshevik Revolution
Led by Vladimir Lenin and Alexander Bogdanov, who fought for the working man. They were considered the Communist Party and set up the Soviet Union. -
Benito Mussolini comes to power in Italy
Leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister -
Rapallo Treaty
an agreement signed at the Hotel Imperiale in the Italian town of Santa Margherita Ligure -
England refuses to renew its alliance with Japan
A diplomatic milestone that saw an end to Britain's splendid isolation -
Beer Hall Putsch
Around two-thousand men marched to the Centre of Munich and, in the ensuing confrontation with police forces; sixteen Nazis and four policemen were killed. -
Stalin comes to power in Russia
In the years following Lenin's death in 1924, he rose to become the leader of the Soviet Union. -
Mein Kampf Published
an autobiographical manifesto by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler -
Stock Market Crash
a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of a stock market -
US Neutrality Acts
response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War II -
French begin constructing the Maginot line
a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles, and weapons installations that France constructed along its borders with Germany -
Japan invades Manchuria
Manchuria was invaded by the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan immediately following the Mukden Incident -
Ukrainian Famine
a man-made famine in the Ukrainian SSR -
First concentration camps established
was the first of the Nazi concentration camps -
Hitler made chancellor of Germany
He was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945. -
Hitler declares himself Vice Chancellor and Fuhrer of Germany
dictator of Nazi Germany (as Führer und Reichskanzler -
Night of Long Knives
a purge that took place in Nazi Germany -
Stalin begins military purges and The Great Terror
a large-scale purge of the Communist Party and government officials -
Berlin Olympics
an international multi-sport event that was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany -
Rape of Nanking
Nanking Massacre, the massacre and atrocities committed by the Imperial Japanese Army after it captured Nanjing -
Hitler invades the Sudetenland
German speaking part of the country invaded -
Hitler conquers the rest of Czechoslovakia
Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia's northern and western border regions -
Nazi Final Solution
Germany's plan to kill the Jews -
Hitler invades Austria
the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany -
Munich Conference
a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders -
Krystallnacht
a series of coordinated attacks) against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria -
Hitler invades Poland
it was an invasion of Poland by Germany -
Scandinavian wars
they started fighting neutral countries -
Einstein writes a letter to FDR on the possibility of Atomic Weapons
letter warned of the danger that Germany might develop atomic bombs and suggested that the United States should initiate its own nuclear program -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
they declared war. -
Nazi Soviet Anti -Aggression Pact
a treaty signed by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union -
Winter War between Finland and Russia
was a military conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland -
Winston Churchill Comes to power in England
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom -
Nazi occupation of Norway
with the German invasion of Norway -
Defeat of French army by the Nazis
was the successful German invasion of France and the Low Countries -
Desert Campaigns in Africa Begin
campaigns fought in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts -
Battle of Britain
air campaign waged by the German Air Force -
Nimitz and McArthur begin island hopping in the Pacific
bypass heavily fortified Japanese positions -
Hitler launches Operation Barbarossa
Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II -
Pearl Harbor
attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan -
FDR signs Executive order 9066, beginning Japanese internment
signed the order to put all Japanese Americans in War Camps -
Battle of Midway
defeated an attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy inflicting irreparable damage on the Japanese fleet -
Manhattan Project Begin
research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs -
D-Day
landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy -
Operation Market Garden
unsuccessful Allied military operation -
Battle of the Bulge
major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region Of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front -
US Victory At Iwo Jima
fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima -
Death of FDR
Cerebral hemorrhage -
Surrender of Germany
surrender to the Western Allies -
Hitler Commits Suicide
suicide by gunshot -
First successful test of atomic bomb
first detonation of a nuclear weapon -
US drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
conducted by the United States -
Surrender of Japan
brought the hostilities of World War II to a close
