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Locarno Conference
demilitarization of Rhineland, Germany admitted into League of Nations -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
outlawed offensive war -
Mukden Incidents
Japs attack Manchuria, League is discredited -
Hitler named Chancellor of Germany
The German Faust has made Mephistopheles the head of the government. -
Night of the Long Knives
Hitler secures support of the Army by purging the SA, army swears obedience to Hitler -
Great Purge Begins
Stalin has Party Secretary Sergei Kirov murdered in Leningrad, then uses it to begin great purge -
Mussolini invades Ethiopia
The failure of League sanctions discredits the League, and is a triumph for Mussolini -
Germany re-militarizes the Rhinelamd
Germany denounces the Locarno Treaty and German troops reoccupy the Rhineland -
Spanish Civil War
war symbolized for many the struggle between democracy / socialism and fascism -
Rome-Berlin Axis formed
2 fascist states embrace -
AntiCominter n Pact
Germany and Japan sign the Anticomintern (Anti Communist International) Pact that states that Russia was their enemy -
Stalin’s purge of his military
The result is a profound disorganization of the Red Army -
Incident at the Marco Polo Bridge
Jaos invade China, US policy towards them remains open door -
Hoßbach Conference
Hitler outlines Germany's need for living space in the East. -
Panay Incident
Japanese aircraft attack and sink the US gunboat Panay on the Yangtze River -
Anschluß
Germany announces Anschluss, the annexation of Austria -
Munich Agreement
France and Great Britain guarantee the new borders--surely a great comfort to the Czechs, who have still not been invited to the party: Lots of appeasement -
Germany absorbs Moravia, Bohemia, and Slovakia
CHamberlain realizes that Hitler has deceived him -
Great Britain guarantees Poland
public attitude in the West is that Hitler simply cannot be trusted -
Sitzkrieg orPhony War
The Germans refine their plans; the Allies waste their opportunity. -
Mussolini invades Albania
Britain and France offer Greece and Rumania guarantees of independence -
Battle of Khalkin Gol
The Japanese invade Soviet territory at Khalkin Gol, but soviets hold their own -
Pact of Steelsigned
Hitler tells his generals that Poland must be attacked and destroyed as soon as possible -
Nazi-Soviet Non- Aggression Pact
The Nazi-Soviet Pact makes war in Europe unavoidable. Satalin comes out a winner with massive short term rewards -
Germany invades Poland
Britain and France declare war on Germany. Stalin invades Poland Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia on Sept. 17. -
Stalin invades Finland
Stalin wishes to push the Finnish border farther away from Leningrad -
Germany invades Denmark and Norway
The German blitzkrieg begins. Fearing a British invasion of Norway, Hitler decides to strike first. -
Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain
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Germany invades Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg, and France
Germany invades Holland and Belgium, which are neutral, and France. TheAllies believe they are facing the Schlieffen Plan all over again -
Destroyers for Bases Deal
FDR trades 50 over-age destroyers desperately needed by the British for naval/air bases in the West Indies -
Battle of Britain
CHruhill: If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands -
Rome-Berlin- Tokyo Axis formed
European and Pacific wars are now linked. There is, however, no real coordination of war effort -
Mussolini invades Greece
Mussolini pursues his dream of Mare Nostrum -
FDR re-elected for a 3rd term
The enormous US war making capacity begins to be mobilized -
Lend Lease Act
The Lend-Lease Act to assist anyone resisting aggression is passed. Initial beneficiaries are primarily Great Britain and China. -
US occupies Greenland bases
U.S. occupies Greenland and extends range of naval patrols. U.S. seizes all Axis shipping in U.S. ports. The same day, Hitler addresses his generals on the subject of war with Russia. -
Hitler invades Yugoslavia and Greece
Hitler invades Yugoslavia and Greece. His purpose is to bail out Mussolini and to secure his southern flank for the invasion of Russia -
Russo- Japanese Non- Aggression Pact
Japan concludes a nonaggression pact with Russia, ignorant to Hitler -
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler addresses senior commanders and tells them they would wage a "race war without pity." -
US occupies Iceland
U.S. occupies Iceland and extends North Atlantic patrols still further -
Japan occupies Indochina
Japan invades Indochina, in part to cut China's supply line of Lend-Lease aid FDR freezes Japanese assets and embargoes oil and scrap iron sales to Japan -
Greer incident
German U-boat torpedoes a US destroyer: US fighting undeclared war in North Atlantic -
Pearl Harbor
Within days, Japan attacks Hong Kong, the Philippines, and invades Malaya -
Germany and Italy declare war on the US
The German declaration of war against the U.S. is a colossal blunder: Hitler's big mistake