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Hitler Rises To Power
Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany. He was born in Austria and served in WWI. He was the head of the Nazi party. -
Italy Invades Ethiopia
In 1935, the league of nations was faced with another crucial test. Benito Mussolini, the Fascist leader of Italy, had adopted Adolf Hitlers plan to expand German territories by acquiring all territories it considered German. -
Germany annexes Austria
on march 12, 1938, German troops march into Austria to annex the German speaking nation for the third Reich, in early 1938, Austrian Nazis conspired for the second time in four years to seize the Austrian government by force and unite their nation with Nazi Germany. -
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich Agreement (Appeasement)
The Munich agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers for which a new territorial designation " Sudetenland " was coined. -
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France signed the Munich Agreement
September 30, 1938, settlement reached by Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy that permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland in western Czechoslavakia. after his success in absorbing Austria into Germany proper in march 1938 -
Kristallnacht
On november 9 to november 10 1938 in an incident known as kristallnacht, nazis in germany torched synagogues, vandalized jewish homes, schools, and buisenesses and killed close to 100 jews. in the aftermath the kristallnacht, also called the night of broken glass some 30000 jewish men were arrested and sent to nazi germany concentration camps. -
Germany breaks the Munich Agreement and occupies the rest of Czech lands
President Benes refused to instigate a war without the western powers backing him up. Although Hitler had demanded that Czechoslovakia cede the Sudetenland by September 28 or war would break out, the Munich Agreement was not signed until 1:30 a.m. on September 30, though it was dated September 29 -
Hitler Pledges to undo the Treaty Of Versialles
One way Hitler broke the treaty was over Germany's armed forces. in 1934 he destroyed the league of nations disarmament conference by demanding equality of arms with France and Britain this broke the treaty because it had set up the league with the stated aim of achieving disarmament. -
Germany, Italy, Japan, form a pact known as Axis Powers
The axis powers also known as " RomeBerlin-Tokyo Axis " were the nations that fought in WWII against the allied powers. the axis agreed on their opposition to the allies but did not completely coordinate their activity. -
Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Nazi Soviet pact, dividing Eastern Europe into spheres of influence
On August 23, 1939 shortly before WWII broke out in Europe enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact. in which two countries agreed to take no military actions against each other for the next 10 years. -
Germany Invades Poland
On this day in 1939, German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to begin lost territory and ultimately rule Poland -
Honoring their support of Poland, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany
On this day in 1939, in response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Great Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany. -
Soviet Union Invades Poland.
on this day in 1939, Soveit foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov declares that the polish government has ceased to exist, as the U.S.S.R exercises the "fine print" of the Hitler Stalin non aggression pact the invasion and occupation of eastern poland. -
Auschwitz
The auschwitz concentration camp complex was the largest of its kind established by the nazi regime, it included three main camps all three camps used prisoners for forced laborl one of them also functioned for an extended period as killing center. the camps were located approximately 37 miles west of krakow. -
Phony War
'phony war' is the name given to the period of time in world war two from September 1939 to April 1940 when, after the blitzkreig attack on poland in September 1939, seemingly nothing happened -
Germany Invades Denmark and Norway
On this day in 1940, german warships enter major norwegian ports, from narvik to oslo, deploying thousands of german troops and occupying norway. at the same time, german forces occupy copenhagen, among other danish cities -
Battle of Britain Ends
The battle of britain was a military campaign of the second world war. when the royal air force defended the united kingdom against the german air force attacks from the end of june 1940 -
France falls and Germany controls Paris
On this day in 1940, Parisians awaken to the sound of German accented voices announcing via loudspeakers that a curfew was being imposed for 8 p.m. that evening as German troops enter and occupy Paris. the collapse of france just six weeks after hitlers initial assault ripped up the balance of power in europe -
Operation Sea Lion
Operation SeaLion was a Nazi Germanys code name for the plan for an invasion of the united kingdom during the battle of britain in the second world war. -
North African Campaign
The north african campaign of the second world war took place in north africa from june 10 1940 to 13 may 1943. it included campaigns fought in the libyan and egyptian deserts -
Britain defeats Germany in Operation SeaLion
On september 17 1940 german plains came to britain for the war, due to the short time of flying and the bad climate the germans lost against the british. the british were also the only ones with radar on their plains -
Germany Invades The Soviet Union
Under the codename operation barbarossa, nazi germany invaded the soviet union on june 22 1941 in the largest german military operation of WWII -
Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
Just before 8 am on December 7, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the american naval base at pearl harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. the barrage lasted just two hours, but it was devastating: the Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 american naval vessels, including eight enormous battle ships and more than 300 airplanes. more than 2000 american soldiers and sailors died in the attack and another 1000 sere wounded. -
Battle of Midway Ends
Six months after the attack on pearl harbor, the united stated defeated japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of world war II. thanks in part to major advances in code breaking the united states was able to preempt and counter japans planned ambush of its few remaining aircraft carriers, inflicting permanent damage on the Japanese navy. an important turning point in the pacific campaign the victory allowed the united state and its allies to move into an offensive position. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
The world war II battle of guadalcanal was the first major offensive and decisive victory for the allies in the pacific theater. with japanese troops stationed in this section of the soloman islands, us marines launched a surprise attack in august 1942 and took control of an airbase under construction. both sides endured heavy losses to their warships contigents. however the japanese suffered a far greater loss. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The battle of Stalingrad was the successful soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad in the U.S.S.R during world war II. It stopped the German advance into the soviet union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the allies. the battle of Stalingrad was one of the bloodiest battles in history, with combined military and civilian casualties of nearly 2 million -
D-Day
during the WWII the battle of normandy which lasted from june 1944 to august 1944, resulted in the allies liberation of western europe from nazi germanys control. codenamed operation overlord, the battle began june 6 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 coasts of frances normandy region -
Germany Surrenders
on this day in 1945, the german high command in the person of general alfred jodi, signs the unconditional surrender of all german forces, east and west, at reims, in northwestern france. -
Hiroshima
on august 6, 1945 during world war II an american b-29 bomber dropped the worlds first deployed atomic bomb over the japanese city of hiroshima. the explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80000 people and tens of thousands more would die later. -
Nagasaki
on this day in 1945 a second atom bomb is dropped on japan by te united states at nagasaki resulting finally in japans unconditional surrender -
Japan Surrenders
the surrender of imperial japan was announced on august 15 and formally signed on september 2, 1945 bringing the hostilities of world war II to a close
