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The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. -
leader or führer of the National Socialist German Workers Party, as chancellor of Germany. -
Hitler withdrew Germany from the League of Nations when it refused Germany's bid to build its military to a level equal to that of the other major powers. -
The aim of invading Ethiopia was to boost Italian national prestige, which was wounded by Ethiopia's defeat of Italian forces at the Battle of Adowa in the nineteenth century. -
The Nuremberg Laws were antisemitic and racist laws that were enacted in Nazi Germany. -
Rome-Berlin Axis, Coalition formed in 1936 between Italy and Germany. An agreement formulated by Italy's foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano informally linking the two fascist countries. -
Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria in 1931. -
The Sudetenland was desired by Germany not only for its territory, but also because a majority of its population were 'ethnically' German. -
German troops invade Austria and incorporate Austria into the German Reich in what is known as the Anschluss. -
Germany invaded Poland to regain lost territory and ultimately rule their neighbor to the east. -
In response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany. -
the Axis powers are formed as Germany, Italy and Japan become allies with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin. -
Tripartite Pact, agreement concluded by Germany, Italy, and Japan. -
The attack killed 2,403 service members and wounded 1,178 more, and sank or destroyed six U.S. ships, -
Due to warring ideologies, tussles between the Soviet Union and its allies, and the legacy of the First World War, Germany actually surrendered twice. -
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end. -
The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
The U.S Dropped a bomb on the Nagaski -
Japan surrendered because the Soviet Union entered the war. -
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end.