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Treaty of Versailles
Event that led to WWII, -
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The Great Depression
An event that led to WWII, causes of this event is the stock market crash, collapse of world trade, government policies; bank failure, and collapse of the money supply -
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Germany violation
Germany violated Treaty of Versailles with conscription and remilitarizing the Rhineland. -
Munich Pact
France and Britain allowed Hitler to take the Sudetenland if he would demand no more territory 6 months later, he broke his promise and took all of Czechoslovakia. -
Non-Aggression Pact
Germany signed the Non-Aggression Pact with Russia saying that Russia would not interfere in Poland if Germany wouldn't interfere in the Baltic states. -
the homefront
mobilized itself for total war production almost overnight once the nation entered the war and an immediate conversion of peace time -
Doolittle Raid on Tokyo
planes would bomb Tokyo and then land in China and Russia. It shows the US is capable of striking the Japanese mainland. -
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US supplies
US became allies biggest ornaments supplier and plants produced millions of planes, tanks, jeeps, and junk. -
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The Pacific Theater
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Lend Lease Act
This act set up a system that allowed us to lend supplies to any nation deemed. -
War Bonds
During WWII the US issues war bonds which is a debt issued by the government to finance military operations during war and went on market May 1st. -
Pearl Harbor
purpose was to stop the US from interfering with their invasion plans. -
FDR declares war
FDR asks congress to declare war against Japan Germany and Italy responded by declaring war against the USA -
Battle of the Guadalcanal
Using Guadalcanal and Tulagi as bases to soon capture or neutralize the major Japanese base. -
Battle of the Bulge
Allies were caught off guard by a last offensive attack by the Germans at what would become the Battle of Bulge. -
D-Day
Allied troops landed on the coast of Normandy to liberate Europe & defeat Germany. -
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the battle of okinawa
US defeats Japan on Okinawa and Japan loses 100,000 soldiers. Only step left is for the invasion of the Japanese mainland. -
Germany's defeat
The Germans surrendered and the war in Europe was over. Date celebrated as VE-day for victory in Europe -
atomic bombs on mexico
First atomic bomb explodes in the New Mexico desert to prove atomic bombs work. -
atomic bomb
the atomic bomb is dropped on the japanese city of Hiroshima. Plane named Enola Gay took off from the Island of Iwo Jima. -
Paris Peace Treaty
Series of treaties between the Allied powers after WWII,. -
The Battle of Midway
Japan hoped to defeat the US Pacific Fleet and use Midway as a base to attack Pearl Harbor..