WWII and the early cold war

By Blessing_23

  • Treaty of versaillies

    Allied Powers created a Treaty after which blamed Germany for the war and made Germany pay reparations, Germany went into an economic depression which leads to the rise of the Nazi party to take over, who promises to improve Germany

  • Treaty of Versailles

    the Treaty of Versailles was the primary treaty produced by the Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I

  • Election of 1932 (Germany)

    the Nazi Party, which for the first time became the largest party in parliament but without winning a majority.

  • The Neutrality Acts (1930)

    Between 1935 and 1937 Congress passed three "Neutrality Acts" that tried to keep the United States out of war, by making it illegal for Americans to sell or transport arms,

  • Annexation of Austria

    German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich
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    Munich Conference (1938)

    during which the leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia

  • Hitler invades Poland

    the German army under Adolf Hitler launched an invasion of Poland that triggered the start of World War II (though by 1939 Japan and China were already at war).

  • Hitler invades Soviet Union

    Hitler invades the Soviet Union

  • Lend Lease Act (1941)

    , this act set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed "vital to the defense of the United States."

  • Pearl Harbor (December 7 1941)

    The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise preemptive military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941.

  • Executive Order 9066

    President Roosevelt, encouraged by officials at all levels of the federal government, authorized the internment of tens of thousands of American citizens of Japanese ancestry and resident aliens from Japan.

  • Rosie the Riveter (1943)

    Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of World War II, representing the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies.

  • Korematsu v. United States (December 1944)

    In Korematsu v. the United States, the Supreme Court held that the wartime internment of American citizens of Japanese descent was constitutional.

  • D-Day Invasion

    the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany's control.