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Japanese expanssion against China
Manchuria was invaded and China too -
Possesion of Ethiopia
Italy occupied Ethiopia, for expanding their colonial empire. -
Spanish Civil War
Italy & Germany took part in the Spanish Civil War by supporting them with weapons and soldiers
UK& France choose not to get involved -
Treaty of Versailles
Ger developed a policy of territorial expansion aimed at crating a vast empire of lands inhabited by germanic people (Third Reich) -
Rome-Berlin Axis
Germany entered into the Rome-Berlin Axis alliance with Italy -
Anti-Comiterm Pact
Germany entered into the Anti-Comiterm Pact with Japan -
Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles
Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by remilitarising the Rhineland -
Ocuppation of Austria
Germany used military force to occupy Austria (Anschluss) -
Germany demands Czechoslovakia
In September Germany demanded Czechoslovakia hand over the Sudetenland, that was populated by a small german minority -
Munich Conference
Was covened by Hitler following protests by France, UK and other powers over his policy of expansionism. It ended with the democracies acepting -
Pact of Steel
The Rome-Berlin Axis alliance was renewed under the name of Pact of Steel -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
To prevent the USSR from joining forces with France and Geat Britain and heleping Poland, Hitler signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact with Stallin. -
Germany invading western Europe
Ger army invaded most of west Europe,UK was the only country to have resisted ,the germany air force bombed ports and cities(battle of Britain) -
Battle of the Atlantic
UK resisted the attack, Hitler was forced to abord the mission, he ordered the blockade of the British iles and began the battle of the Atlantic to cut off british supply lines. -
Opperation Barbarossa
Hitler launched opperation Barbarossa and attacked Russia reaching the gates of Moscow, in response the USSR joined the allied forces against axis powers -
Jewish massacres
They started the jewish massacres in the USSR and eastern Europe -
Batlle of midway and guadacanal
After USSR and US entered the conflict the war took a decessive turn.The americans stoped Japanese advances in the Pacific and started reconquering occupied territories. -
"Final Solution"
The nazi leaders planned the "Final Solution" (eliminating all the jews) -
Stalingrad
The german assault in Stalingrad was Hitler`s first mayor failure -
Tehran Conference
The three major allies (UK,US and USSR) met for the first time. They took joint military measures to speed up the end of the war. There were: Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill -
End of Pacific War
To force Japan to surrender,US president Truman decided to use the atomic bomb which was dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
Second Conference
Yalta. Agreed denazification & partition of Germany and Austria into 4 ocuppied zones & division of Berlin & Viena -
Creation of the United Nations
Yalta. Organisation of democratic elections in liberal countries & creation of international peacekeeping body (UN) -
Thrid peace conference
Postdam. New leaders ( Atlee,Truman&Stalin): return all European territories annexed by Ger, dismantle military industry,persecute/punish all nazi leaders -
Paris Conference
Peace treaties with Germany´s others allies were drawn up -
Treaty with Austria
Was signed lately, the year the Allied occupation ended