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Paris Peace conference
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The Allied powers met at the palace of Versaille to create the Treaty of Versailles ending WWI. The Treaty Created the league of nations that was supposed to keep peace -
Nine power treaty
The nine power treaty was a treaty affirming the territorial and sovereirnty of china. -
Mussolini takes over Italy's Government
Mussolini marched with the fascists party and he used to be a secretary for the government -
Beer hall putsch
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Hitler leds a coalition force in an attempted ceup de ta which became known as the beer hall putch -
Kellog-Bryand pact
this pact was an aggrement to outlaw war -
U.S. Stock market crash
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Black Tuesday hit wall street as investors traded some 16 million shares on the new york stock exchange -
Japan invades Manchuri
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The Japanese Kwantuang army invaded Manchuri and fought off japanese troops in an attempt to take more terriotory -
Nazis reach a political majority in germany
The nazis are now the leading political party in germany. -
Hitler Becomes Germanys Chancellor
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Hitler was named the chancellor or Furer of the nationalist german workers party or the nazis -
Japan withdraws from the league of nations
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Japan has left the league of nations because they were blamed for the events at Manchuri -
Rohm purge
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With the help Adolf Hitler and the nazi party leader, purged the leadership of the nazi paramilitary formation -
Hitler openly announces his defiance to the Treaty of Versailles by militarizing/re-arming
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on this date hitler openly defys the treaty of versailles by sending troops into the rhineland -
First anti semitic law is passed in germany
The nazi government passed two new racial laws at their annual NSDAP Reich party congress in Nuremberg Germany these laws took german citizenship away from jews and outlawed both marriage and sex -
Italy invades Ethiopia
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The leader of italy Mussolini inaded Ethiopia in a attempt to spread their terriotory, this was the first aggressive act of Italy -
Hitler militarizes the Rhineland
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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler defies the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno pact by sending german troops into the Rhineland, which was a previusly demilitarized zone -
Germany annexes austria
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German troops march into Austria to annex this German-speaking nation into the Third Reich -
Franco becomes dictator of spain
Franco who comes from a military background and was known as the youngest general -
Rome-Berlin axis
A coalition formed between Germany and Italy in 1936, this was formalized in 1939 with the pact of steel which includes Japan -
Munich conference
a conference between germany, italy, france, and britain. to discuss what will happen to czchechoslavakia -
Hitler demands the Sudetenland
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Hitler demands the sudetenland from czhechoslavakia, first he tries by force but the czhechs resisted,later the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, and Britain. -
Molotov-ribbentrop pact
A german and russian diplomat met at molotov to discus terms on a non aggresion treaty -
Nazi invasion of poland
some 1.5 million german nazis invade poland along its 1,750 mile border with german controlled territory -
Battle of britain
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The germans begin bombing raids which will last a total of 3 and a half months -
Lend lease act
Franklin Roosevelt introduces the lend-lease program to Congress. The plan was intended to help Britain beat back Hitler's advance while keeping America only indirectly involved in World War II. -
operation barbarosa
over 3 million German troops invade Russia in three parallel offensives, in what is the most powerful invasion force in history. Nineteen panzer divisions, 3,000 tanks, 2,500 aircraft, and 7,000 artillery pieces pour across a thousand-mile front as Hitler goes to war on a second front. -
Pearl harbor bombing
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Just before 8 am hundreds of japanese fighters attacked the naval base in pearl harbor Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just 2 hours but it was devastating -
Wannsee conference
Nazi officials meet to discuss the details of the "Final Solution" of the "Jewish question." -
Battle of Midway
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This was an attempt from the Japanese military to completly destroy the american presence in the pacific, but their plan had back fired and they lost four aircraft carriers and a destroyer -
Doolittle raid
A wing of 16 B-25's attacks the japanese mainland lead by a decorated WWI veteren named James H.Doolittle -
Battle of Stalingrad
This was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad in the U.S.S.R. during World War II. Russians consider it to be the greatest battle of their Great Patriotic War, and most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict. 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 casualitys reaching 2 million -
D-day and operation Overlord
Now known as D-Day, future President Dwight D. Eisenhower, gives the go-ahead for a massive invasion of Europe called Operation Overlord. Back in America, President Franklin Roosevelt waited for word of the invasion's success. -
Operation Valkrye
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Hitler cheats death when a bomb that was hid inside a suitcase went off but failed to kill him. -
Battle of the Bulge
This battle was the last german offensive in an attempt to push through the american line. the battle was a victory but their were many loses on both sides -
Adolf hitler comits suicide
Hitler kills himself in his bunker by swallowing a cyanide pill and shooting himself in the head. -
V-E day
Millions of people took to the street to celebrate the end of WWII -
little boy dropped
A B-29 drops the worlds first atomic bomb on the japanese city of Hiroshima killing roughly 80,000. -
Fat man dropped
Another atomic bomb is dropped on the japanese city of nagisaki resulting in Japans unconditional surrendur -
V-J day
This day celebrates the formal surrender of the japanese to the united states -
Nuremburg trials
Twenty four nazi officials go on trial for attrocious war crimes against the allies -
Japanese war crime trials
Trials begin on 28 Japanese officers on trials against humanity and war crimes
