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World War II

  • Paris Peace Conference

    Paris Peace Conference
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    The Allies were at the Paris Peace Confrerence following WWI. They created the Treaty og Versailles and the League of Nations to hopefully keep peace in the World.
  • Nine Power Treaty

    Nine Power Treaty
    Treaty signed in Washington D.C. by China, U.S, Great Britian,Japan, Italy, France, Belguim, Portugal, and the Netherlands. They agreed to respect China, Japan broke this treaty,
  • Mussolini takes over Italy Government

    Mussolini takes over Italy Government
    Leader of Italy, he takes control being a fascist. He is a dictator in style, and he trys to build an empire through Ethiopia.
  • Beer Hall Putsch

    Beer Hall Putsch
    Hitlers attmept to overthrow the Weimer government. Hitler went to jail and wrote Mein Kampf
  • Kellogg-Briand pact

    Kellogg-Briand pact
    This was an aggreement to outlaw war in 1927. It was the international aggrement. It was signed by 15 countries.
  • US stockmarket Crash

    US stockmarket Crash
    People traded 19 million stocks in a single day. This was leading up to the great depression which was the biggest economic depression in U.S. history.
  • Japan invades Manchuria

    Japan invades Manchuria
    Japan invaded the eastern coast of China. They were esspecially cruel tothe Chinese and killed 300,000. They raped murdered and commited mass murder to these Chinese
  • Nazi becomes majority in Germany

    Nazi becomes majority in Germany
    Hitler leads his followers and is dedicated to creating a strong germany.
  • Hitler becomes german Chanceller

    Hitler becomes german Chanceller
    German officials are almost forced to give hitler a government position. There was such a large following from hitler they gave him the chanceller postion
  • Japan withdraws from League of nations

    Japan withdraws from League of nations
    Japan withdrew because of the fact that they wanted part of China. and didn't want to deal with the League trying to tell them to stop their invasion.
  • First anti-sematic law in Germany

    First anti-sematic law in Germany
    The first anti-sematic law decreed that jewish doctors had to quit practicing.
  • Rohm purge

    Rohm purge
    The rohm purge was the killing of nearly 200 officers of the german government.
  • Hitler openly announces his definance of the Treaty of Versailles

    Hitler openly announces his definance of the Treaty of Versailles
    Hitler creates a cabinent meeting and openly tells everyone he is remilitarizing, and openly defying the treaty.
  • Italy invades Ethiopia

    Italy invades Ethiopia
    On this day, Italy invaded Ethiopia and the league of nations did nothing about it.
  • Hitler Militarizes the Rhineland

    Hitler militarizes the rhineland between germany and france. This is a very agressive action
  • franco becomes leader of spain

    franco becomes leader of spain
    Franco becomes the leader of spain and is a dictator.
  • Germany annexes austria

    Germany annexes austria
    germany invades austria creating them part of the third reich.
  • Htiler demand sudetenland from czechoslovakia

    Htiler demand sudetenland from czechoslovakia
    Hitler goes to the league of nations and tells them he will fight for the sudetenland. They go with appeasemnt and just give it to him
  • Munich confrerence

    Munich confrerence
    This was a confrenece between the big powers of the world about giving germany the sudentenland from the Czechs. The Czechs weren't invited
  • rome berlin axis

    rome berlin axis
    "Pact of steel" when germany and italy joined forces.
  • Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

    Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
    this was an agreement between germany and the soviets that there would be no agression
  • Nazi-Soviet nonagression pact

    Nazi-Soviet nonagression pact
    this was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. it fell apart when germany invaded the soviet union
  • Nazi invasion of poland

    Nazi invasion of poland
    Nazis invade poland at 4:30 am using thier bliztkreig which is quick attacks
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain
    The germans attack london and this is later named the battle of britian by winston churchill
  • Lend Lease Act

    Lend Lease Act
    U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. It authorized the president to transfer arms or any other defense materials for which Congress appropriated money to “the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States.”
  • operation barbarossa

    operation barbarossa
    hitler invades soviet union, Stalingrad
  • Pearl Harbor Bombing

    Pearl Harbor Bombing
    Japan bombed pearl harbor on this day bringing the US into the war.
  • Wannsee Conference

    Wannsee Conference
    Nazi meeting to discuss cost about the final solution
  • Doolittle Raid

    Doolittle Raid
    americans air raided the town of tokoyo even though it did little real damage it hurt their prestige.
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    The japanese go to attack the US base at midway because of the doolittle raid . The United States, were informed of the japanese attack and were able to counter attack and do major damage to the japanese fleet.
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad
    soviet defense of the city of stalingrad, they won.
  • D-Day and Operation Overlord

    D-Day and Operation Overlord
    President Eisenhoure launches the battle that goes on to the shores of france. This was the begining of the end for Germany.
  • Operation Valkyrie

    Operation Valkyrie
    German officials think hitler is crazy so they try to assasinate him. He cheats death and is avoids the bomb planted in the briefcase.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    Hitlers attempt to split the allied armys. he later, George S. Patton stops him and the allied lines looked like a bulge naming the battle. This was an allied win
  • Adolf Hitler commits suicide

    Adolf Hitler commits suicide
    Hitler saw the end of the war coming and him losing so he commits suicide at his home with his wife. He took a cyanide tablet then shot himself.
  • V-E day

    V-E day
    The allied soliders march into Berlin. creating a allied victory in Europe. Germany surrenders.
  • Little Boy Dropped

    Little Boy Dropped
    First nuclear weapon used in war. Dropped on Hiroshima by the U.S.
  • Fat Man Dropped

    Fat Man Dropped
    Dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. second nuclear weapon used in war.
  • V-J Day

    V-J Day
    This is the day Japan unconditionally surrendured. They did this after the 2 atomic bombs were dropped.
  • Nuremberg Trials

    Nuremberg Trials
    The trials that were used to punish Nazis and their war acts against jews.
  • Japanese War Crime Trials

    Japanese War Crime Trials
    These were the trials that sent japanse war officials to jail.