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Weimar Republic Established in Germany
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Washington Naval Conference
The Washington Naval Conference was a conference held by president Harding to discuss interests in the Pacific Ocean and East Asia between the U.S. , Japan, China, France, Britain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Portugal. -
4 Power Treaty
This was a treaty signed by the United States, Great Britain, France and Japan at the Washington Naval Conference to maintain a peace in the Pacific and restrict advancement. -
5 Power Treaty
This treaty controlled tonnage of each navy’s warships and was signed by the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France, and Italy. -
9 Power Treaty
This was a treaty that affirmed the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China as per the Open Door Policy. -
Joseph Stalin became leader of the USSR
After the death of Lenin, Stalin rose to power. -
Benito Mussolini Became the Leader of Italy
Benito Mussoline was sworn in as Prime Minister of Italy -
Dawes Plan
The Dawes Plan was an attempt to solve war reparations from Germany by the Triple Entente. -
Adolf Hitler Wrote Mein Kampf
While in prison, Hitler wrorte Mein Kampf which expressed his political views and ideas of how he was going to rule Germany. -
Hirohito became the Emperor of Japan
Hirohito became the Emperor of Japan. -
Pan American Conference
The sixth Pan American Conference was held in Havanna, Cuba and President Calvin Coolidge gave his "adress before the Pan American Conference". -
Kellog-Briand Pact Signed
This pact was signed by United States, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Japan and stated that war would not be the solution for conflicts. -
Stock Market Crashed in the U.S.
Stock Markets in America crashed completely. -
Japan invaded Manchuria
Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. -
Stimson Doctrine
This policy was sent to Japan and China and was a polocy of non-recognition of international territorial changes that were executed by force. -
The Holocaust Began
It began when Hitler came in to power. -
Adolf Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany. -
The New Deal Started
These were a series of programs created by FDR in response to the Great Depression. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt became President of the United States
FDR was elected President of the U.S. -
London Economic Conference
This was a meeting of representatives of 66 nations to organize a coordinated international attack on the global depression. -
U.S. formally recognized the Soviet Union.
Roosevelt ended almost 16 years of American non-recognition of the Soviet Union. -
Tydings-McDuffie Act
This was a law which provided for self-government of the Philippines and for Filipino independence from the United States after a period of ten years. -
Reciprocal Trade Agreement
This act allowed for the negotiation of tariffs between the United States and other countries (specifically Latin America). -
Adolf Hitler Becomes Leader of the Nazi Party
Hitler was now leader of the Nazis. -
Nuetrality Acts
These acts were passed by the United States Congress in the in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War II and they were made to keep the United States out of a conflict. -
Italy invaded Ethiopia
This war exposed the inherent weakness of the League of Nations. -
Germany reoccupied the Rhineland
Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by sending German military forces into the Rhineland and gaining it back. -
Adolf Hitler Defied the Treaty of Versailles
Hitler defied the Treaty of Versailles by building up his army, and gaining back the Rhineland. -
Francisco Franco Led a Fascist Revolt in Spain
The Spanish Civil War broke out as a result of Franco's revolts. -
Rome-Berlin Axis
The facist countries of Italy and Germany decided to become allies. -
Japan Invavded China
Japan invaded China and started the Sino-Japanese War. -
Quarantine Speech
The Quarantine Speech was given by Roosevelt in Chicago that stated how Americans should react to agressor nations. -
Rape of Nanking
This was an act of mass murder and rape committed by Japanese troops against Nanking during the Second Sino-Japanese War. -
Anschluss
The annexation of Austria into the expanding German empire by nazi troops. -
Hitler Hosted Munich conference
Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, French Daladier, and British Prime Minister Chamberlain sign the Munich Pact. -
Adolf Hitler took the Sudetenland
German troops marched in to the Sudentenland and took over. -
Hitler took over the Sudetenland
The German Army marched into the Sudetenland and took over. -
Kristallnacht
This is also called the Night of the Broken Glass and was a pogrom against jews in Nazi Germany and Austria -
Hitler took Czechoslovakia
German troops marched in to Czechoslovakia and took over under the terms of the Munich Agreement. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact Signed
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met together and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact stating that the two countries would not attack each other. -
Germany Invaded Poland (Blitzkrieg)
One week after Hitler signed the Molotov Ribbentrop pact with the Soviet Union, he and his troops invaded Poland due to building up tensions. -
Sitzkrieg Begins
The Phony War was a "sitting war" between Germany and the Allied nations. -
Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of GB
inston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain. -
Auschwitz Death Camp Opened
This camp was opened and used to kill jews. -
Allies Evacuate Dunkirk
This was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France. -
Vichy Government Established in France
The Franco-German Armistice of June 22, 1940, divided France into two zones and one of those zones was the Vichy regime. -
Battle of Britain
It was an air battle between Germany and Great Britain that resulted in a turning point in the war due to the victory of The Royal Airforce. -
Destroyers for Bases Deal
Britain was desperate for American destroyers to fight off attacks from the Germans and agreed to give America several bases in return for destroyers from the United States Navy. -
Tripartite Pact Signed
It was signed by representatives of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy , and Imperial Japan in Berlin, Germany and established the Axis Powers of World War II. -
Election of 1940
The election took place during World War II in Europe and at a state where the United States was emerging from the Great Depression. Roosevelt won and proceeded into his third term. -
Four Freedoms
goals articulated by Roosevelt in the Four Freedoms speech where he proposed four fundamental freedoms which were freedom of speech, freedom of worship,freedom from want, amd
freedom from fear. -
Lend-Lease Act
This policy allowed the distribution of supplies and materials to the Allied nations from the United States Government. -
Operation Barbarossa
This was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II in which about four million soldiers of the Axis powers invaded the USSR. -
Atlantic Charter
This was a policy statement issued that defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. -
Office of Price Administration
This administration was established within the United States government to control money and rents after the outbreak of World War II. -
Shoot On Sight Orders
President Roosevelt issued an order to the U.S. Navy to shoot German or Italian warships in the west Atlantic immediately when spotted. -
Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor
Japan launched a surprise military strike against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. -
The U.S. declared war on Japan
After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt declared war on Japan and gave his Infamy Speech. -
War Production Board
This agency of the United States government ,that was established by FDR,supervised war production during World War II. -
Hitler enacted the final solution
The final solution was a plan to sexterminate the Jewish people in Nazi-occupied Europe. -
Double V
This campaign fought for equal treatment between races in the war. -
Nisei were interned in relocation centers in the U.S.
Roosevelt signed an act which stated that all Japanese in America were to be put in to internment camps. -
Bataan Death March
This march was the ransfer by Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war . -
Doolittle Raids Over Japan
This was the first air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu island during World War II which demonstrated that Japan itself was vulnerable to American air attack. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
This was a major naval battle in the Pacific Ocean fought between Japan and America that was the first to use aircraft carriers. -
Manhattan Project
President Roosevelt signed an order creating a secret project to develop the nuclear weapon after Einstein warned him of the new development in physics. -
Battle of Midway
The United States Navy attacked and defeated the Japanese Navy and created a turning point for the war going on in the Pacific. -
Island Hopping Campaign
The island hopping strategy was used by the United States to expedite the war in the Pacific Ocean. -
Washington Conference
The Second Washington Conference was held to discuss how the Allied countries could aid the Soviet Union -
Battle of El Alamein
This battle marked the upbringing of the North African campaign between the forces of the British Empire and the German-Italian army. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
The Battle of Guadalcanal was a military campaign fought on the island of Guadalcanal and was the first major battle by the Allied Forces against Japan in World War II. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This was a major battle in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad. -
Operation Torch
This was the name given to the Allied invasion of French North Africa by combined forces of Britain and America. -
Casablanca Conference
This conference was held in Casablanca, Morocco between the United States, Great Britain, and France to plan the next phase for the war in regards to the Allied Europena strategy. -
Good Neighbor Policy
Policy built to improve relations with the nations of Central and South America -
Cost-Plus system
Contract by the government directly involved with the Office of War Mobilization to pay a manufacturer the cost to produce an item with a garanteed percentage. -
Rosie the Riveter
Rosie was a cultural icon of the United States during World War II that represented the rise of power of women and how they were working in facotries that produced munition and war supplies -
Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act
The Act allowed the federal government to seize and operate industries under strikes that would interfere with war production. -
Allies landed in Sicily
During Operation Husly,the Allies took Sicily from the Axis Powers -
Tehran Conference
This was a meeting between U.S. President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Churchill, and Soviet Premier Stalin in Tehran, Iran to discuss opeing a second front against Nazi Germany. -
Operation Overlord (D Day)
Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France to fight Nazi Germany and hopefully put a hault to the war. -
Gen. MacArthur Returned to the Phillippines (Leyte Gulf)
Forces under the command of General Douglas MacArthur,fought against the Imperial Japanese Army in the Philippines. -
Kamikaze Pilots Appear in the Pacific
Japanese suicide pilots attacked the U.S. -
Battle of the Bulge
This battle was a major German offensive campaign launched through the Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II. -
FDR's 4th Term
Because the war was going so well, Roosevelt was elected in to office for a fourth term. -
Yalta Conference
This was a World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union in order to discuss Europe's post-war reorganization -
Battle of Iwo Jima
This was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. -
Battle of Okinawa
Allied forces invaded the island of Okinawa and fought the Japanese . -
Mussolini was Executed
Partisons killed Mussolini and then put his body on display in Italy. -
Hitler Committed Suicide
Realizing that he had lost Hitler shot himself. -
Germany surrendered
Germany officially surrendered to the Allies. -
V-E Day
This is the public holiday celebrated to mark Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
united Nations Charter
This was foundational treaty of the international organization that was signed in the United States,by 50 of the 51 original member countries. -
MacArthur's "I shall return" speech
MacArthur talks about how he escaped the Japanese and how he is ready to go back in to battle them again. -
Potsdam Conference
The Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States gathered to decide how to administer punishment to the defeated Nazi Germany -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
The United States drops the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki
On this day a second bomb was dropped on Japan by the United States which resulted in the surrender of Japan. -
V-J Day
This was the day that Japan surrendered. -
Japan Surrendered
After being bomber by the United States twice, Japan surrendered. -
Nuremberg Trials
There were a series of military trials by the Allied forces after World War II in the city of Nuremberg that were held to state the consequences for war criminals.
