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Meiji Restoration begins
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Russo-Japanese War
Japan attacks Russia, beggining the Russo-Japanese War -
End of Qing Dynasty
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Japan Declares War on Germany
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Japan issues 21 Demansa to China
encourages growth of nationalism and anti-Japanese sentiment in China -
Sinking of RMS Lusitania
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Exclusion Act
Results in growth of Japanese resentment against Western cupcakes -
Zhang Zuolin Assasinated
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The Great Depression
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Manchurian Incident
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Jiangxi Soviet
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Manchukuo puppet state established
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Reichstag elections
Nazis emerge as largest party -
Adol Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany
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Reichstag Fire
Communists blamed -
Night of the Long Knives
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Hindenburg dies
Hitler combines the positions of president and chancellor -
Nuremberg Laws introduced
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Anti-Comintern Pact
Anti-Comintern pact signed between Japan and Germany -
Nanjing Massacre begins
Also the Rape of Nanjing. -
Munich Agreement
Munich meeting between Hitler, Chamberlain (Britain), Galadier (France) and Mussolini (Italy). Germany was allowed to acquire Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia as part of the general policy of 'appeasement' taken on Germany until WWII -
Kristallnacht
November 9-10. Anti-Jewish pogrom -
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Also the German-Soviet Non-Agression Pact. Guaranteed that each nations would not take hostile action towards each other, as well as interfere with local conflicts and either's enemies (e.g the Sino-Japanese War) -
Germany invades Poland
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Great Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Lend-Lease Act begins
1941-1945. USA economic programme supplying materials to nations in WWII -
Germany invades Societ Union
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Japan-Soviet Neutrality Pact
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Pearl Harbour Attacks
Japan bombs Pearl Harbour, triggering the USA's participatoino in WWII -
Wannsee Conference
Final Solution -
Battle of Midway
June 3-5 -
Tehran Conference
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D-Day
Allies launch an attack on German forces in Normandy. -
Yalta Conference
Feb 4-11 -
Adolf Hitler commits suicide
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Germany signs instrument of surrender
Germany signs instrument of surrender, officially ending WWII in Europe; Pacific War continues in Asia -
Potsdam Declaration
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Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
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Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
USA drops atomic bombs on the cities Hiroshima (August 6th) and Nagasaki (August 9) at the lack of Japanese surrender -
Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki
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Japan surrenders and accepts terms of Postdam Declaration
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Allied Occupation of Japan begins
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North Korea invades South Korea
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US-Japan Mutual Security Treaty signed
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Occupation of Japan ends
US-Japan Mutual Security Treaty goes into effect -
Cuban Revolution
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John F. Kennedy becomes US president
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Bay of Pigs invasion
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Cuban Missle Crisis begins
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SALT I signed
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty -
Berlin Wall falls