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Paris Peace Conference
The allied powers met at the palace of the versailles to create the treaty of versaillesn ending the league of nations that was supported to leave peace after WW1 -
Nazi's reach a political majority in Germany
nazi party made up of embittered army veterans, Hitler was put in charge of the party's propaganda, he changed its name to Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers' party), which was abbreviated to Nazi.The party grew into a mass movement and ruled Germany through totalitarian means. -
Nine Power Treaty
a treaty that formally proclaimed the principle of respect for the sovereignty and territorial of China. Was signed by representatives of Belgium, Great Britain, Italy, China, the Netherlands, Portugal, the USA, France, and Japan. -
Mussolini takes over Italy's Government
He really took control of Italy when he made himself the First Marshal of the Empire and shared joint supreme control of Italy's military with the king at the end of 1925. He declared war on the United Kingdom and France assuming Germany would win and he would gain land. -
Beer Hall Putsch
The failure of the “Beer Hall Putsch” brought the obscure man with the funny moustache his first national publicity. Was Hitler’s attempt to overthrow the Weimar government of Ebert and establish a right wing nationalistic one in its place. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
was an agreement to outlaw war. The pact was one of many international efforts to prevent another World War, but it had little effect in stopping the rising of militarism or preventing World War 11. -
U.S. Stock Market Crash
Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors. In the aftermath of Black Tuesday, America and the rest of the industrialized world spiraled downward into the Great Depression, -
Japan Invades Manchuria
the Japanese Kwangtung Army attacked Chinese troops in Manchuria in an event commonly known as the Manchurian Incident. Essentially, this was an attempt by the Japanese Empire to gain control over the whole province -
Hitler is appointed Germany's Chancellor
Chancellorwas appointed as the chancellor of Germany by President Paul Von Hindenburg. This appointment was made in an effort to keep Hitler and the Nazi Party “in check” -
Japan Withdraws from the League of Nations
newspaper article
Japan simply quit the organization after its invasion of China was condemned -
Rohm Purge
Purge Nazi leader Adolf Hitler orders a bloody purge of his own political party, assassinating hundreds of Nazis whom he believed had the potential to become political enemies in the future -
Nuremberg Laws
Laws
two laws (the Reich Citizenship Law and the Law to Protect German Blood and Honor) These laws took German citizenship away from Jews and outlawed both marriage and sex between Jews and non-Jews. Unlike historical antisemitism, the Nuremberg Laws defined Jewishness by heredity (race) rather than by practice (religion). -
Italy invades Ethiopia
reasons of invasion Italian dictator Benito Mussolini had long held a desire for a new Italian Empire. Reminiscent of the Roman Empire, Mussolini’s new empire was to rule over the Mediterraneanand North Africa. -
Hitler Militarizes the Rhineland
Militirizingthe Rhineland had been made into a demilitarised zone. Germany had political control of this area, but was not allowed to put any troops into . Hitler ordered that his troops should openly re-enter the Rhineland thus breaking the terms of Versailles once again -
hitler openly defies the treaty of versailles
hitler defies the treaty of versailles by building up his army and taking back the rhineland -
Rome-Berlin Axis
Axis
An agreement formulated by Italy’s foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano informally linking the two fascist countries -
Germany Annexes Austria
Third reich
German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. -
Munich Conference
Here Hitler met with representatives of the heads of state from France, the United Kingdom, and Italy. An agreement was reached that Hitler could annex the Sudetenland provided he promised not to invade anywhere else. All four countries signed the agreement: Adolf Hitler (Germany), Neville Chamberlain (UK), Edouard Daladier (France), and Benito Mussolini (Italy). -
Hitler demands the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia
Munichleaders of Nazi Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy signed an agreement that allowed the Nazis to annex the Sudetenland, a region of Czechoslovakia that was home to many ethnic Germans. Nazi Fuhrer Adolf Hitler had threatened to take the Sudetenland by force. The Czechoslovakian government resisted, but its allies Britain and France, determined to avoid war at all costs, were willing to negotiate with Hitler. -
Franco becomes Dictator of Spain
rose to power during the bloody Spanish Civil War when, with the help of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, his Nationalist forces overthrew the democratically elected Second Republic. -
Hitler openly defies the Treaty of Versailles
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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact, stunning the world, given their diametrically opposed ideologies. But the dictators were, despite appearances, both playing to their own political needs. -
Nazi invasion of Poland
invasion
some 1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France were not convinced. On September 3, they declared war on Germany, initiating World War II. -
Lend Lease Act
the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. It authorized the president to transfer arms or any other defense materials. -
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Pearl Harbor Bombing
Pearl harborthe Japanese launched a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. After just two hours of bombing, more than 2,400 Americans were dead, 21 ships* had either been sunk or damaged, and more than 188 U.S. aircraft destroyed. -
Wannsee Conference
conference
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Doolittle Raid
doolittle
Was a group of eighty men from all walks of life who flew. They were all volunteers and this was a very dangerous mission. Sixteen B-25 bombers took off from the deck of the USS Hornet, led by (then Col.) Jimmy Doolittle. They were to fly over Japan, drop their bombs and fly on to land in a part of China that was still free. -
Battle of Midway
was the first decisive victory for Allied Forces in the Pacific during World War II. -
Battle of Stalingrad
stalingrad
was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in the U.S.S.R. during World War II. Russians consider it to be the greatest battle of their Great Patriotic War, and most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict. -
D-Day and Operation Overlord
dday
the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. Codenamed Operation Overlord, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. -
Operation Valkyrie
attempt assassination
the title most associated with the attempted assassination of Hitler. Ironically Operation Valkyrie was a plan approved by Hitler, which was to be put into operation if there was a breakdown in communication between Hitler and the High Command in Nazi Germany as a result of Allied bombing or an uprising. -
Battle of the Bulge
three German armies (more than a quarter-million troops) launched the deadliest and most desperate battle of the war in the west in the poorly roaded, rugged, heavily forested Ardennes. -
Adolf Hitler commits suicide
dictator of Germany, burrowed away in a refurbished air-raid shelter, consumes a cyanide capsule, then shoots himself with a pistol, on this daay, as his "1,000-year" Reich collapses above him. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) officially announced the end of World War Two in Europe -
Little Boy Dropped
Atomic bomb
Dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, it was the first nuclear weapon used in a war. -
Fat Man Dropped
Fat man
the 10,000-pound weapon was detonated at an altitude of approximately 1,800 feet over the city of Nagasaki, Japan. -
V-J Day
Japan surrenders
Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. Since then it has been known as “Victoryover Japan Day,” or simply “V-J Day.” -
Nuremberg Trials
trials Twenty-four former Nazi officials were tried, and when it was all over, one year later, half would be sentenced to death by hanging.These trials of accused war criminals were authorized by the London Agreement, signed by the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the provisional government of France -
Japanese War Crime Trials
trialstrials and punishment of thousands of persons in the defeated nations for 'crimes against peace' and 'crimes against humanity,' two new and broadly defined categories of international crime." For most people, this calls to mind the trials of Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg. But an equally difficult, fascinating, and controversial set of trials occurred in Tokyo.
