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Europe 1933-1945
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Hitler became Chancellor
Hitler was able to do deals with other parties and he became Chancellor -
Hitler create an army
Days after Hitler came to power,he instructed the German general to end German disarmament and to create an army of the gratest possible strengh -
Hitler took complete control
After elections in March Hitler took complete control -
The Reichstag passed the "Enabling Law"
Democracy came to an end when the Reichstag passed the so-called "Enabling Law" -
The League and Japan
Even though the League did little Japan was not prepared to accept any criticism and left the League -
French industry
After 1933 Franch industry went through a great crisis -
Hitler withdraw Germany from the League of Nations
Hitler showed his contempt for the Versailles settlement by withdrawing Germany from the League of Nations -
Hitler took power
A return of unemployment and hard times caused a great upsurge in support of Hitler,and finally que took power -
Shipbuilding collapse
British yards were producing only 7 per cent of the amount produced in 1914 -
The Depression and France
The deep divisions between left and right in France between 1933-1936 stopped teh French government from standing up to Hitler -
The Soviet Union became memenber of te League
The Soviet Union became a member of teh League -
Hitler despised the League
Hitler had despised the League since it was set up.A year after he took power,Germany left the League -
Mussolini met French and British ministers
Mussolini met French and British prime ministers in teh Italian town of Stresa -
Abyssinia crisis
American reluctant to get involved was seen during the crisis over Abyssinia -
The British weakened the Stresa Front
The British government greatly weakened the Stresa Front -
Intent of a revolution
Communists parties across the world were ordered to stop trying to organise revolution -
Italian attacked
The Italian attacked on Abyssinia -
Conscrption
Hitler introduce conscription and began to increase massively the number of German soldiers -
Italy invade Abyssinia
Italy invaded and conquered Abyssinia in 1935-1936 -
Neutrality Act
A temporary Neutrality Act was passed in 1935 and this was made permanent in 1937 -
British Forgein Secretary talks with Prime minister of France
The British Forgein Secretary,tlks with the Prime Minister of France -
Mussolini thanked Hitler
Mussolini thanked Hitler and made it clear that he was happy for aan increase in German control over Austria -
Hitler defied the Treaty of Versailles
Hitler defied the Treaty of Versailles -
Italy won the war
Before the oil and petrol ban had started properly,Italy the won war -
Hitler marched German troops into the Rhineland
The positioning of German forces in this border area was forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles -
German air force
The German air fofrce was close to overtaking in size that of Britain -
Spanish Civil War
When the Spanish Civil War broke out Germany and Itlay sent help to the anti-government side -
Red Army
Purges reached the Red Army -
Austria crisis
Austria was in a state of crisis -
Austrian discovered a plot
It was discovered by the Austrians that there was a plot by Austrians Nazis to create chaos in Austria by killing the German ambassador -
Schuschnigg visited Hitler
Schuschnigg visited Hitler for crisis talks in Germany -
German invaded Austria
The German army invaded Austria -
Hitler crossed Austria
Hitler himself crossed into Austria -
France change government
There was a change of government in France -
Chamberlain said that Czechoslovakia would not be safed
He was sayivate that Czechoslovakia could not be safedng in pri -
Hitler met Henlein
Hitler told him to keep making demands that th Czechoslovak government could not possibly accept -
Hitler decided to smash Czechoslovakia
Hitler let his generals know that he had decided to smash Czechoslovakia by military action in the near future -
Britain defended Poland
The British government stated that Britain would stand by Poland in case of war -
Basis for the Treaty of Versailles
The Soviet Forgein Minister outlined the basis for a treaty to France an d Britain -
Public talks
Public talks between teh Western powers and the Soviets -
Military leaders meeting
British,French and Soviet military leaders met for talks in Liningrad -
Non-aggression Pact
The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was signed -
Second World War
It began when Germany invaded Poland -
Declarations of war to Germany
French and British governments declared the war on Germany -
Soviet forces crossed Polish
Soviet forces crossed the Polish frontier and took conrol of parti of eastern Poland -
Agreed to his proposal
Hiter was annoyed that Britain,France and Czechoslovakia had agreed to his proposals -
Munich Conference
The Munich Conference began -
Mussolini joined with Hitler
When it looked as if Germany was going to win the Second World War,Mussolini joined forces with Hitler and went to war against France and Britain -
German invaded the Soviet Union
Germany invaded the Soviet Union in an operation known to the German leaders as Barbarossa -
Italy invation
Italy itself had been invaded,Mussolini was overthrown by other fascists and imprisioned -
Americans invation
The Americans invaded the Philippines -
Mussolini death
He was captured and killed by anti-fascist fighters and his dead body wa sput on public display in Milan -
German forces surrender
The German forces finally surrender but the war continue against Japan -
Atomic bombs
Two atomics bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki