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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 after WWI. -
Nine Power Treaty
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The Nine Power Treaty was a treaty affirming the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China as per the Open door policy. It was signed in Washington, D.C. -
Mussolini takes over Italy's Government
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Due to bad economy because of WWI. Mussolini rose as a leader and took over Italy. He did a march to control the government in Italy -
Beer Hall Putsch
It was Hitler's attempt to overthrow the Weimar governent of Erbert and establish a right wing nationalistic one in its place. Hitler and 600 Stormtroopers went in the back of the hall. It is said Hitler once said "The national revolution has broken out, the hall is surrounded -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
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The Kellogg Briand Pact was an agreement to outlaw war. It was one of many international efforts to prevent another World War. It had little effect on stopping the militarism in the 1930's or preventing World War II. -
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 in a single day. This effected the whole world because the money had no value. -
Japan Invades Manchuria
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This was Japans first attempt in taking over eastern China. Their goal was to rule the whole eastern half of Europe. The League of Nations did nothing to help Manchuria when they were being attacked. -
Nazi's reach a political majority in Germany
The Nazi's became the majority political party in germany. they did this at an election and ended up being the majority.
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Hitler is appointed Germany's Chancellor
Hitler was appointed chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg. This was made as an effort to keep Hitler and Nazi's " in chech".
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Japan Withdraws from the League of Nations
Japan was mad about the attack on Manchuria. They left the League of nations because they didn't work well.
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Rohm Purge
Ernst Rohm was one of Hitler's friends. He was part of the SA which was a group Hitler didn't like. Hitler killed Rohm and other members of the SA.
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Nuremberg Laws
Nuremberg laws were anti-Jewish statutes. They were made by Germany removing Jewish influences from Aryan society.
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Italy invades Ethiopia
Italy invaded Ethiopia because they wanted more land.
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Hitler openly defies the Treaty of Versailles
The remilitarization of the Rhineland was an event where Hitler openly went against the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations didn't do anything against Hitler.This event is a turning point because Hitler now knows that he could openly defy the League of Nations, and Hitler's power increased as well. -
Hitler Militarizes the Rhineland
Hitler sends troops into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone. Rhineland is a buffer zone in between france and germany. It is on the Rhine river.
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Rome-Berlin Axis
Coalition formed in 1936 between Italy and Germany. An agreement formulated by Italy’s foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano informally linking the two fascist countries was reached on October 25, 1936. The term Axis Powers came to include Japan as well. -
Germany Annexes Austria
On March 12 German troops march into Austria to annex the german speaking nations for the third nations.
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Hitler demands the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia
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Munich Conference
The Munich Conference was a meeting where Hitler demanded the Sudetenland from Czechoslovkia. British leader Neville Chamberlain tried to talk Hitler out of it but gave it to him in the end. Czechoslovakia was not invited.
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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
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Nazi invasion of Poland
Germany sends a lot of troops on all frontiers of Poland trying to take over them.
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Franco becomes Dictator of Spain
Fransico Franco was the youngest general in the military for Spain. He was 33 when he bacame the general in the 1920's. Then he became the dictator of Spain.
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Battle of Britain
This was one of the most famous battles in WWII. This battle was between Germany and Britain.
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Lend Lease Act
It provided that the president could ship weapons, food, or equipment to any country whose struggle against the Axis assisted U.S. defense.
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Operation Barbarossa
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Pearl Harbor Bombing
President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy." On that day, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. -
Wannsee Conference
15 Nazi members and German leaders met at an important meeting at an expensive villa called Wannsee. They met to discuss the " final solution to the Jewish question in Europe."
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Doolittle Raid
The first U.S. air bombing on Japenes islands in WWII.Immediately after Pearl Harbor bombing President Roosevelt took action in sending in fighters. Doolittle recieved the medal of honor.
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Battle of Midway
decisive episode in the struggle for naval hegemony in the Pacific Ocean, fought in June 1942. As a result of the Battle of the Coral Sea, which had taken place a month earlier, Japanese Pacific expansion had been temporarily halted. -
Battle of Stalingrad
successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in the Russian S.F.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 marked the turn of the war to favour the allies. -
D-Day and Operation Overlord
Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy. This successful action signalled the beginning of the end of the Second World War: it was the first stage in the liberation of western Europe and a major step towards the defeat of Nazi Germany. The campaign was code-named Operation Overlord. -
Operation Valkyrie
It was the plot to kill Adolf Hitler. In fact itself was agreed by Hitler.
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Battle of the Bulge
the last major Nazi offensive against the Allies in World War Two. The battle was a last ditch attempt by Hitler to split the Allies in two in their drive towards Germany and destroy their ability to supply themselves.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide
Hitler shot himself and his wife also shot herself at the same time Hitler did. He likely shot himself just after taking cyanide.
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V-E Day
Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities put out flags and banners celebrating the defeat of the German war machine.
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Little Boy dropped
Was one of two nuclear bombs dropped on Japan. It was the smaller of the two and still had great devistation.
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Fat Man dropped
Dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, it was the second nuclear weapon used in a war.
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V-J Day
Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II.
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Japanese War Crime trials
International Military Tribunals for the Far East begins hearing the case against 28 Japanese military and government officials accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during World War II. -
Nuremberg trials
was a set of laws that restricted things Jews could do.
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