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treaty of versailies
fficially ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers
2 important people- U.S. Pres. Woodrow Wilson, French Premier Georges Clemenceau -
hitler appointed german leader
Hitler’s emergence as chancellor on January 30, 1933, marked a crucial turning point for Germany and, ultimately, for the world. His plan, embraced by much of the German population, was to do away with politics and make Germany a powerful, unified one-party state. -
nuremburg laws
Description- The Nuremberg Laws were antisemitic and racist laws that were enacted in Nazi Germany at a special meeting of the Reichstag convened during the annual Nuremberg Rally of the Nazi Party
2 important people- Hitler -
italy invades ethiopia
Description-an armed conflict that resulted in Ethiopia's subjection to Italian rule. Often seen as one of the episodes that prepared the way for World War II, the war demonstrated the ineffectiveness of the League of Nations when League decisions were not supported by the great powers
2 important people- Pietro Badoglio and Stanley Baldwin. -
rome berlin axis treaty
Description- Coalition formed in 1936 between Italy and Germany. An agreement formulated by Italy's foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano informally linking the two fascist countries
2 important people- Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler -
japan invades china
Description- The Chinese were defeated and Japan created a new puppet state, Manchukuo; many historians cite 1931 as the beginning of the war.
2 important people- Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek -
hitler invades austria
Description- 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.
2 important people- Otto Skorzeny and Hitler -
hitler invades the sutanland
Description- Hitler threatened war over the issue of the Sudetenland. On the 29 – 30 September 1938 the British, Italian, French and German leaders met in Munich to discuss the issue. The Allies agreed to concede the Sudetenland to Germany in exchange for a pledge of peace. This agreement was known as the Munich Pact.
2 important people- Hitler and Chamberlain -
hitler invades poland
Description- Germany's blitzkrieg approach was characterized by extensive bombing early on to destroy the enemy's air capacity, railroads, communication lines and munitions dumps, followed by a massive land invasion with overwhelming numbers of troops, tanks and artillery.
2 important people- hitler -
france/ GB declares war on germany
Description- in response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany.
2 important people- Albert Lebrun and Winston Churchill -
triparite pact
Description- agreement concluded by Germany, Italy, and Japan on September 27, 1940, one year after the start of World War II. It created a defense alliance between the countries and was largely intended to deter the United States from entering the conflict.
2 important people-Joachim von Ribbentrop and Galeazzo Ciano -
germany/ japan pact
escription- agreement concluded by Germany, Italy, and Japan on September 27, 1940, one year after the start of World War II. It created a defense alliance between the countries and was largely intended to deter the United States from entering the conflict.
2 important people- Joachim von Ribbentrop and Galeazzo Ciano -
attack on pearl habor
Description- The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii
2 important people- Isoroku Yamamoto and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
D day
Description- D-Day is the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. The best known D-Day is during World War II, on June 6, 1944—the day of the Normandy landings—initiating the Western Allied effort to liberate western Europe from Nazi Germany.
2 important people- J.D. Salinger and James Doohan -
germany surrendurs
Description- After heavy fighting, Soviet forces neared Adolf Hitler's command bunker in central Berlin. On April 30, 1945, Hitler committed suicide. Within days, Berlin fell to the Soviets
2 important people- U.S.S.R. leader Joseph Stalin and General Alfred Jodl -
VE day
Description- Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany’s unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945, marking the end of World War II in Europe
2 important people- General Jodl and Winston Churchill -
bomb on hiroshima
Description- On August 6, 1945, the United States became the first and only nation to use atomic weapons during wartime when it dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Approximately 80,000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast, and another 35,000 are injured. At least another 60,000 would be dead by the end of the year from the effects of the fallout.
2 important people- Paul Tibbets and Harry S. Truman -
bomb on nagasaki
Description- a second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan’s unconditional surrender.
2 important people- Paul Tibbets and Harry S. Truman -
VJ day
Description- is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end.
2 important people- General Douglas MacArthur and japanese foreign minister, Mamoru Shigemitsu -
japan surrenders
Description- The Allied naval blockade of Japan and intensive bombing of Japanese cities had left the country and its economy devastated
2 important people-Mamoru Shigemitsu