Europe between 1933 and 1945

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/30/1933	Hitler became Chancellor	Aldo he didnt get the right mayority he can deal with other parties and became chancellor.
02/01/1933	End German disarmament and create an army strengthfull	Hitler instructed the German general, von Fritsch, to end German disarmament and create an army of the greatest possible strength
03/01/1933	Hitler won elections	He won elections and took complete control
03/23/1933	Enabling law	Democracy came to an end when the reichstag passed the "enabling law"
07/01/1933	Tanks were being produced
10/01/1933	Germany away for the League of Nations	Hitler showe his contempt for the Versailles settlement by withdrawing Germany from the League
10/01/1933	Dismiss disarmament conference	Hitler dismiss the Disarmament Conference that had been meeting at Geneva from 1932
01/01/1934	Aircraft and warships were being produced
01/01/1935	Hitler introduced conscription	Hitler introduced conscritption and began to increase massively the number of German soldiers
10/03/1935	Italian attack on Abyssinia	THe Italian attack on Abyssinia began.
03/07/1936	Ocupation of the Rhineland	Hitler ordered GErman troops to march into the Rhineland. Hitler ordered to withdraw if French troops attack, this was a very risky movement, perhaps if French attacked, war could have been different.
05/01/1936	Italy won the the Italian-Abyssinian war
07/15/1936	Sanctions against Italy were ended	all the sanctions aganist Italy were ended.
02/12/1938	Schuchnigg visited Hitler	Schuchnigg was badly treated at this meeting. Hitler shouted at him for 2 hours. He said that Germans must join the Austrian government and be given the control of the law and order.
03/09/1938	Schuschnigg announced there will be a plebiscite	Schuschnigg made one last desperate attempt to keep Austria independent. The lowest age of voting was 24, so young nazis cant vote. Hitler invaded before the plebiscite.
03/11/1938	The german army invaded Austria	In Vienna 76000 people were arrested in aftermath of the invasion.
03/12/1938	Hitler crossed into Austria	He went to his own home town of Linz where he was greeted by cheering crowds.
03/28/1938	Hitler met Henlein	There were 3 million German speakers in Czechoslovakia and the local nazi leader, Konrad Henlein, claimed that the sudeten Germans were not treated fairly. Hitler met Henlein and told him to keep making demands, hoping to make a crisis.
05/30/1938	Hitler let his generals know that he will smash Czechoslovakia
09/15/1938	Treatment of the Sudetenlands	Chamberlain met Hitler at Berchtegaden. Hitler complained to him about the treatment of the Sudeten Germans. Chamberlain agreed that the Sudentenland have to be anexed to Germany.
09/24/1938	South Africa neutrality	THe South African parliament voted in favour of neutrality if war broke out between Germany and Britain.
09/29/1938	Munich Conference	Britain and France agreed to give Hitler the Sudetenland
10/01/1938	HItler invade Chzeckolsovakia	German troops marched unnposed into the Sudetenland. The Czech president, Benes, was forced to go into exile
10/01/1938	South Africa and Australia neutrality	Chameberlain was told that the South African and Australian governments would not give military support if war broke out.
04/17/1939	Litvinov proposal	The Soviet Foreign Minister, Lirvinov, outlined the basis for a treaty to France and Britain. This would have involved all three promising to defend the existing borders of the states of Eastern Europe form German attack.
08/12/1939	British, French and Soviet military leaders met in Leningrad	The Soviets asked the British and the French if they could esure a right passage for Soviet troops through Polish and Romanian territory. They said no. Soviet generals were exasperated by this.
08/20/1939	Letter from Hitler to Stalin	Hitler wrote a personal letter to Stalin offering high level talks in Moscow.
08/23/1939	The Nazi-Soviet pact	Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister arrived Moscow with full power to negotiate and sign a non-agression treaty. Stalin was particularly interesed in the "secret protocol", in which the Soviet Union was offered control of Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Belarrus and Ukraine.
09/01/1939	Germany invaded Poland	The Second World War began. Britain and France pledged to defend Poland.
09/03/1939	British and French declare war on Germany	The French and the British governments declared war on Germany. They could do very little to stop a German victory in Poland, by the end of this month Polish resistance had collapsed.
09/17/1939	Soviet forces took control of part of eastern Poland	Soviet forces crossed the Polish frontier and took eastern Poland. This was part of the deal that Hitler made with Stalin. He also moved troops into the Baltic states of Latvia. Lithuania and Estonia.
06/01/1940	Mussolini joined forces with Hitler	Mussolini thought the war was coming to an end, so he joined forces with Hitler so to get some rewards.
06/22/1941	Hitler invades the Soviet Union	Germany invaded the Soviet Union in an operation known as Barbarossa. They penetrated inside The Soviet Union capturing jet cities.
12/07/1941	Japan attacked the naval base of Pearl Harbour	This led The Usa into the war. TheUsa joined forces with Britain, in order to defeat Japan, Germany and Italy. The Americans made the difference and was the determining factor or defeating Germany, Italy and Japan.
07/06/1942	Battle of MIdway	The Usa army stopped the Japanese one in Midway Atoll. (paciffic ocean)
07/21/1942	Germany attack Urss, again	Hitler joined his army in the south and tried to get the southern city of Stalingrad.
09/27/1942	Battle of Stalingrad	The Soviet forces launched a counter attack in November and The German army was surounded. The batle of Stalingrad was a crucial event. It proved thet the Red Army could beat the German army. After Stalingrad Germany was on the defensive and the war began against Hitler.
10/10/1942	Battle of Alamein	The Germans were defeated by the British army in the Battle of Alamein. By may 1943 the Germans and Italians had been completely driven out north of Africa.
08/10/1943	British and Americans landed in Italy	The British and the American forces landed to Italy in 1943. The Germans, gave resistance in order to keep the British out of Italy.
06/06/1944	D day	The Americans invade Normandi, France (conquered by the nazis) and reached Paris by August. This batler is remember as one of the most "bloody" ones.
06/10/1944	Germans abandoned Leningrad	The Germans abandoned Leningrad. By the summer of 1944 the Germans were in Retreat across the Soviet Union
12/01/1944	Germans attack Belgium	Hitler attack the Ardenes, Belgium. The German attack was finally turned back.
04/01/1945	Germany collapsed	German power collapsed. The Soviets captured Berlin and Hilter comitted suicide
04/28/1945	Mussolini was killed	He was captured and killed by anti-fascist fighters.
05/08/1945	Germany surrender	THitler comitt suicide so the Germans finaly surrendered, but the war continued for Usa against Japan that offered a huge resistance.
08/06/1945	Atomic bobms of Hiroshima and Nagasaki	For the Usa, trying to invade the Japanese islands through water would significate a huge lose of soldiers. They had developed a new weapon, the atomic bomb. In august 1945 two atomic bombs were dropped in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
08/14/1945	Japans surrenders	After the two bombs, Japan was devastated and forced to surrender, and the Second World War ended.
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
10/01/1939 to 04/01/1940	Phoney war	Hitler was planing the attack on France. British and the French tried to weaken Germany by stopping German trade in the sea, They tried to cut off the supply of iron from Scandinavia. So France. Britain and Germany have a little fight.
05/01/1940 to 05/31/1940	The fall of France	Hitler struck west, Belgium, The Netherlands and France were invaded and defeated by German forces and a British army was forced to leave the continent.
08/01/1940 to 09/30/1940	Battle of Britain	The German airforce, the Luftwaffe, set out to win control of the air over Britain. This was the first stage of the invasion plan. German planes bombed military sites, factories, and London. The British airforce, the RAF. fought back and controlled the situation and force Hitler to put off his plans over Britain