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Winter war
There was a plan by Churchill to stop Germany from gaining Swedish Iron from being Gained in Norway but Hitler had Norway overtaken and the Royal family must flee to live in Britain the remainder of the war. -
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Japan in Manchuria
Japan takes over Manchuria and in response, the league of nations forms a committee to decide the action that needs to be taken for this invasion. The committee decides two years later that Japan needs to leave Manchuria they decline this and leave the league of nations. Britain and France not wanting to go to war fail to realize they are showing other countries and powers who might want to push limits that it is possible to put one over of the large European powers. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Hitler becomes the elected leader of the largest political party in Germany. He will the Withdrawl Germany from the league of nations, Hitler wanted to keep in good faith that he was not a threat had signed four power pact with Italy, Great Britain, and France. This was a pact suggested by Mussolini to keep the peace. -
Russia join The League of Nations
Russia joined the League believing Nazi Germany to be a threat -
Hitler begins to build an Army
Hitler Began to build forces and stated a peacetime draft. going against terms of the Treaty of Versailles. League of Nations warn against but no major movement was taken. -
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Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War set the sides for the larger war to come. The had civil war with such opposite sides attempting to gain control Germany and Italy sent aid to the right side lead by Franco a Fascists groups known as the Nationalists Army. While Russia and many others in Europe set aid to the left side know was Republic army, the Communists side. The Fascists side came out on top in the end. -
Hitler places forces in Rhineland
Using Mussolini's attempt to ready his army to Invade Ethiopia so that France and Britain were and didn't move or seem to take notice of this blatant show of war to come. -
Germany gain Austria
Austria's government overthrown by those in it that are apart of the Nazi party leading to Austria being annexed to Germany. -
Policy of Appeasement With Sudetenland
France and Britain grant Germany Czechoslovakia to prevent war, they gain the outer edges of this land -
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Phony War
Although there was a declaration of war Britain was not prepared and no real war movement was made. -
German Soviet nonaggression pact
Russia feared with good reason after gaining Sudetenland and Austria that Germany would then look to Poland. Wanting to prevent War Russia and Germany came to an agreement to spilt up Poland. -
Invasion of Poland
Russia and Germany invade Poland -
WWII begins
Britain, New Zealand, France, Australia, Nepal, and South Africa. -
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Battle of Britain
Germany Bombs Britain due to strategic blackouts and many evacuations to save lives Germany fails to win and stops plans to ever invade London -
Churchill becomes Prime Minister
on this same day, Germany advances its troops. -
France falls to Germany
on the 22nd France proceeds to surrender and is divided between Germany and Italy. -
Germany invade Soviet
Germany had control or was allies with most of Europe and Britain was the only large contender in fighting them with the Soviet and Spain being neutral at the time. realizing invading Britain was out of the question as they were defeating the German in warfare. Hitler then turned to invade the Soviet, having surrounded Leningrad, besieged Moscow and Ukraine had been conquered. -
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Germany participated in total war
enlisting the works of slaves and women -
Battle El Alamein
German and Italy defeated by British forces. American troops landed nearby shortly after in Maracco and Algeria which was lead by Vichy troops who quickly switched sides to the allied forces. -
Soviet counterattacks
Soviet counterattacks and Germany surrenders the battle by January 1943 -
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Allied forces close in on Nazi Germans
Soviet had been advancing since July 1943 and reached Warsaw by August 1944, continued moving south until they reached American forces on the Elbe River. -
Italy surrenders
Axis powers had been driven out of N. Africa by Spring of 1943 and troops then turned toward Italy invading Sicily first, the people of Italy were tired from the war and there was a new head of government at the time who agree to the surrender. While some supporters rescued Mussolini and German forces were in Rome fighting continued in parts of Italy. -
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Troops land in Normandy
American and British forces landed at the beaches of Normandy slowly advancing until they reach Rhine and enter Germany in March of 1945. -
Hitler commits Suicide
while Soviet forces fight their way to Berlin Hitler takes his life effectively Surrendering Nazi forces in the war.
