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world war 2 time line (erica)
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hitler comes to power
He promised the disenchanted a better life and a new and glorious Germany.the nazi appealed to the unemployed, young people, and members of the lower middle class. -
Japan attacks Monchuria
On September 18th, in violation of the treaty obligations, Japan occupied Manchuria in northeast China. It was to be the first step on the path to World War II. -
hitler begins final solution
he wanted all jews and all sub-humans to no longer exist.he created the concentraion camps to get rid of these people. -
italy conquers ethiopia
Emperor Haile Selassie's primitive Abyssinian troops make a last desperate stand, but Mussolini's highly-trained war machine sends them fleeing. Addis Ababa is captured and Ethiopia becomes Italian territory. -
spaniah civil war
the spanish civil war was a military revolt against the Republican government of Spain.The war was an outcome of a polarization of Spanish life and politics that had developed over decades. -
Munich conference
hitler signed an agreement promising not to invade anywhere else if they gave him Sudetenland.four countries signed the agreement:Germany, UK, France, and Italy. -
fall of France
france planned to fight like they did in 1914-18 but the strategies from then didn't work for them. -
battle of britain
hitler ordered to invade britain and weaken their air defense. which started the air war against germany and britain. -
atlantic charler signed
The Atlantic Charter established a vision for a post-World War II world.The participants hoped that the Soviet Union would adhere as well. -
germany invades ussr
"Barbarossa" the first operational order for the invasion of the Soviet Union. -
pearl harbor
Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese fleet, devised a plan to immobilize the U.S. fleet at the outset of the war with a surprise attack.they bombed pearl harbor and destroyed most of their ships and planes. -
battle of midway
Isoroku Yamamoto planned an invasion of Midway Island which would provide a base for attacking Hawaii.this marked the turning point of World War II in the Pacific. -
d day invasion
160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France.The D-Day cost was high more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded -
Yalta conference
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potsdam conference
the Potsdam Agreement transferred the chief authority in Germany to the American, Russian, British, and French military commanders.The Allies set up a new system of rule for Germany, aimed at outlawing National Socialism and abolishing Nazi ideology. -
VE day
the day hitler's power and plans comes to an end. -
vj day
The announced surrender came nine days after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and six days after a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.
