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Paris Peace confrence
The “Big Four” would dominate the proceedings that led to the formulation of the Treaty of Versailles, a treaty that articulated the compromises reached at the conference. -
Nine Power Treaty
Nine-power Treaty, February 6, 1922, a treaty signed at Washington, D.C. The signers were China and the United States, Great Britain (for the British Empire), Japan, Italy, France, Belgium, Portugal, and the Netherlands, who agreed to respect the sovereignty, independence, and territorial and administrative integrity of China. -
Mussolini takes over Italy's Government
Benito Mussolini, an Italian World War I veteran and publisher of Socialist newspapers, breaks with the Italian Socialists and establishes the nationalist Fasci di Combattimento, named after the Italian peasant revolutionaries, or "Fighting Bands," from the 19th century. -
Beer Hall Putsch
On November 8–9, 1923, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party led a coalition group in an attempted coup d'état which came to be known as the Beer Hall Putsch. They began at the Bürgerbräu Keller in the Bavarian city of Munich, aiming to seize control of the state government, march on Berlin, and overthrow the German federal government. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
The Kellogg-Briand Pact was an agreement to outlaw war signed on August 27, 1928. Sometimes called the Pact of Paris for the city in which it was signed, the pact was one of many international efforts to prevent another World War, but it had little effect in stopping the rising militarism of the 1930s or preventing World War II. -
U.S. Stock Market Crash
On October 29, 1929, Black Tuesday hit Wall Street as investors traded some 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors. In the aftermath of Black Tuesday, America and the rest of the industrialized world spiraled downward into the Great Depression (1929-39) -
Japan Invades Manchuria
In the 1930s, the Japanese controlled the Manchurian railway. In September 1931, they claimed that Chinese soldiers had sabotaged the railway, and attacked the Chinese army. By February 1932, the Japanese had conquered the whole of Manchuria. Thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed. -
Nazis reach a political majority in germany
Used racsism to promote nazi ideals -
Hitler becomes Germany's Chancellor
Adolf Hitler was appointed as the chancellor of Germany by President Paul Von Hindenburg. This appointment was made in an effort to keep Hitler and the Nazi Party “in check”; however, it would have disastrous results for Germany and the entire European continent. -
Japan Withdraws from the League of Nations
The Japanese delegation, defying world opinion, withdrew from the League of Nations Assembly today after the assembly had adopted a report blaming Japan for events in Manchuria. -
Nazi's reach a political majority in Germany
After the elections of March 5, 1933, the Nazis began a systematic takeover of the state governments throughout Germany, ending a centuries-old tradition of local political independence. Armed SA and SS thugs barged into local government offices using the state of emergency decree as a pretext to throw out legitimate office holders and replace them with Nazi Reich commissioners. -
First Anti-Semitic Law is passed in Germany
Antisemitism and the persecution of Jews were central tenets of Nazi ideology. In their 25-point party program published in 1920, Nazi party members publicly declared their intention to segregate Jews from “Aryan” society and to abrogate their political, legal, and civil rights -
Hitler Purges nazi opposition
Hitler had come to power in January 1933 and immediately started, piece by piece, tearing up the Weimar constitution, squashing opposition and ridding Germany of democracy. -
Hitler Purges Nazi opposition
hitler ordered all the killings of all the nazi leaders who didnt agree with him -
Hitler Openly announces his defiance to the treaty of Versailles
Hitler’s had said in Mein Kampf (1924) that he would abolish the Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty had said he could only have an army of 100,000 men. Hitler built up his army in secret, then, in 1935, he openly held a huge rearmament rally. -
Italy invades Etheopia
In 1935, the League of Nations was faced with another crucial test. Benito Mussolini, the Fascist leader of Italy, had adopted Adolf Hitler's plans to expand German territories by acquiring all territories it considered German. Mussolini followed this policy when he invaded Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) the African country situated on the horn of Africa. Mussolini claimed that his policies of expansion were not different from that of other colonial powers in Africa. -
hitler milertizes Rhineland
Under the terms of Versailles, the Rhineland had been made into a demilitarised zone. Germany had political control of this area, but she was not allowed to put any troops into it. Therefore, many Germans concluded that they did not actually fully control the area despite it being in Germany itself. -
Rome-Berlin Axis
coalition between italy and germany -
Germany Annexes Autria
german troops march into austria to annex the german-speaking nation -
HItler Demands the sudentenland from czechoslovakia
Leaders of Nazi Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy signed an agreement that allowed the Nazis to annex the Sudetenland -
Munich Confrence
Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia. -
Franco becomes dictator of spain
he was a strong right wing dictator -
molotov-ribbentrop pact
agreement between Great Britian and Russia to not attack each other -
Non- Aggression Pact
an agreement between russia and germany to not attack each other -
nazi invasion of poland
Germany invated poland and defeated within a couple of weeks -
Battle of brittain
a long bombing campain against Great Britain -
Lend Lease Act
The US would send money and weapons to countries that would defend us -
Operation barbarossa
the german invasion against russia -
Pearl Harbor
japanese attack an american naval base and in response america declares war on japan -
Wannsee Conference
Nazi came up with the idea to kill all the jews in Europe -
Doolittle Raid
An air attack and on of the first attack with and airsoft carrier -
battle of Midway
Large Naval Batle in the Pasific, U.S won -
Battle of Stalingrad
successful defence of stalingrad by the U.S.S.R -
D-Day/ Operation overlord
the huge allied attack on france that started puting the war in favor of the allies -
Valkyrie
A Failed assassination toward Hitler carried out by his own officers -
Battle of the Bulge
HItler tried to split allied lines but he was not successful -
Hitler Commits suicide
Hitler goes into a bunker and kills his wife and himself instead of being captured -
VE Day
victory of Europe the officail surrender of German forces -
Little Bpy
Dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It was the first nuclear weapon used in a war. -
Fat Man
Dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. It was the second nuclear weapon used in a war. -
VJ Day
The day thst Japan surrenderd -
Nuremberg Trials
A lot of trails convicting nazi war crimes -
Japanese War Trails
Trails against Japanese military leaders for war crimes
