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Holly Derenne: Events that Lead to WWI

  • Bolshevik Revolution

    Bolshevik Revolution

    Overthrew the Russian Provisional Government and gave power to the local societs.
  • Paris Peace Conference

    Paris Peace Conference

    This was to establish the terms of peace after World War I.
    Included the "Big Four"
  • Treaty of Versailles Signed

    Treaty of Versailles Signed

    Ended World War I officially.
    Formed teh League of Nations
  • Washington Naval Conference

    Washington Naval Conference

    Lasted until February 6th 1922.
    The world's largest naval powers gathered to discuss naval isarmament and ways to relieve growing tensions in East Asia
  • Rapallo Treaty

    Rapallo Treaty

    Reestablished normal relations between Germany and Soviet Union.
    Strengthened economic and military ties.
  • Benito Mussolini comes to Power in Italy

    Benito Mussolini comes to Power in Italy

    Sworn in on the 31st, ruled through April 28th, 1943 as the 40th Prime Minister of Italy.
    lead the Blackshirts in a sneak attack on Rome.
  • England Refuses to Renew its Alliance with Japan

    England Refuses to Renew its Alliance with Japan

    Renewal of alliance was refused
  • Beer Hall Putsch

    Beer Hall Putsch

    Hitler's attempt to overthrow the Weimar government of Evert and establsihs a right wing nationalistic one in its place.
  • Dawes Plan

    Dawes Plan

    Was accepted on August 10th.
    To collect war reparations devt from Germany
  • Mein Kamph Publsihed

    Mein Kamph Publsihed

    A blueprint for Hitler's agenda for a 3rd Reich and exposition of the nightmare that will envelope Europe.
  • Stalin Comes to power in Russia

    Stalin Comes to power in Russia

    Schemed his way into power using his position as general Secretary and a series of ruthless political moves.
  • Stock Market Crash

    Stock Market Crash

    Known as the worst day in stock history: "Black Tuesday"
    many peole lost life savings, companies were ruined, faith in banks was destroyed.
  • French Begin Constructing the Maginot Line

    French Begin Constructing the Maginot Line

    It is a series of outposts.
    French government gave a grant of 3 billino francs for building
  • Japan Invades Manchuria

    Japan Invades Manchuria

    In hopes of gaining more natural resources to support their massive expansion and militarization
  • Ukrainian Famine

    Ukrainian Famine

    Permeditated by Soviet Union
    Undermine nationalistic pride of Ukrainian people
  • Hitler Made Chancellor of Germnay

    Hitler Made Chancellor of Germnay

    His rise in prominence spurred by the German peoples' frustration with the economic conditions and the wounds left by defeat in Great war.
  • First Concentration Camps Established

    First Concentration Camps Established

    Established soon after Hitler was appointed chancellor
  • Stalin Begins Military Purges and the Great Terror

    Stalin Begins Military Purges and the Great Terror

    Great Terror eliminated many key figures in government
    purgest dismissed or executed most of Communist Party "Old Guard"
  • Hitler Declared himself Vice Chancellor and Guhrere of Germany

    Hitler Declared himself Vice Chancellor and Guhrere of Germany

    Became supreme leader of the Germand people
  • Night of Long Knives

    Night of Long Knives

    Saw the wiping out of the SA'S leadership and others who had angered HItler in recent past in Nazi Germany
  • US Neutrality Acts

    US Neutrality Acts

    Acts intended to precent the US from being drawn into war
  • Berlin Olympics

    Berlin Olympics

    Games were brief. Interlude in Germany's escalaign campaign against the Jewish Poplation.
  • Rape of Nanking

    Rape of Nanking

    Episode of mass murder and rape committed by Japanese troops against Nanking during the second Sino-Japanese War
  • Hitler Invades Austria

    Hitler Invades Austria

    Austria became part of teh German Greater Reich and Austrian Jews lost rights almost immediately
  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference

    Leaders of Great Britain, France and Italy agreeded to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia.
  • Hitler Invades Sudetenland

    Hitler Invades Sudetenland

    Gaines control by proclaiming himself champion of ethnic Germans (Most of Sudetenland)
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    wave of violent anti-jewish pogroms
  • Hitler conquers rest of Czechoslovakia

    Hitler conquers rest of Czechoslovakia

    German Wehrmacht moved into the remainder of Czechoslovakia .
  • Enigma Machine used in Britain

    Enigma Machine used in Britain

    Used to decipher German Signals
  • Einstein Writes a letter to FDR on teh possibility of Atomic Weapons

    Einstein Writes a letter to FDR on teh possibility of Atomic Weapons

    warning FDR of the possibility of constructing "extremely powerful bombs of a new type"
  • Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

    Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

    Hitler did not want to fight a war on two fronts
    made with Soviet Union; they would handle things amicably and split Poland
  • Hitler Invades Poland

    Hitler Invades Poland

    German forces bombarded Poland from land and air as Hitler seeked to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland
  • Britain and France Declare War on Germany

    Britain and France Declare War on Germany

    In response to the Poland invasian
  • WInter War between Finland and Russia

    WInter War between Finland and Russia

    a direct result of Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact.
    to determine who woudl have more rights in teh influence of Eastern Europe.
  • Scandinavian Wars

    Scandinavian Wars

    Germany invaded Denmark and Norway on teh same day
  • Nazi occupation of Norway

    Nazi occupation of Norway

    German army quickly swept through Norway and established rule in one month
  • Winston Churchhill comes to power in England

    Winston Churchhill comes to power in England

    Helped inspire British resistance
    Led Britain as Prime Minister until victory over Nazi Germany had been secured
  • Desert Campaigns in Africa Begin

    Desert Campaigns in Africa Begin

    The campaign was fought between the Allies and Axis powers
  • Defeat of French Army by the Nazis

    Defeat of French Army by the Nazis

    Resulted in a division of France
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    Name given to WWII air campaign waged by German air force agains UK
  • Hitler Launces Operation Bararossa

    Hitler Launces Operation Bararossa

    The invasion of Russia
    most powerful invasion in history. Over 3 million German troops
  • Nazi Final Solution Developed

    Nazi Final Solution Developed

    Plan to exterminate Jewish population
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Surprise military strike conducted by the imperial Japanese Navy
  • FDR Aigns Executive Order 9066, beginning Japanese Internment

    FDR Aigns Executive Order 9066, beginning Japanese Internment

    Authorizing secretary of war to prescribe certain areas as military zones
  • Manhattan project Begins

    Manhattan project Begins

    research and development project that produced teh first atomic bombs
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    considered the decisive battle of the war in the Pacific
  • Nimitz and MacArthur begin island hoppin in the Pacific

    Nimitz and MacArthur begin island hoppin in the Pacific

    to capture Pacific Islands one by one
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    Invasion of Normandy, France
  • Operatioin Market Garden

    Operatioin Market Garden

    Unsuccessful allies military airborne operation
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

    German offensice campaign
    Became costliest battle for the US
  • US Victory at Iwo Jima

    US Victory at Iwo Jima

    American soldiers raised the American Flag as a symbol of victory
  • Death of FDR

    Death of FDR

    Dies from massice cerebral hemorrhage
  • Hitler commits Suicide

    Hitler commits Suicide

    shot himself
    remains were set on fire becuase of his wishes
  • Surrender of Germany

    Surrender of Germany

    Unconditional surrender of all German forces
  • First Successful test of atomic bomb

    First Successful test of atomic bomb

    tested in Alamogrodo, Mexic
  • US drops atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasazi

    US drops atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasazi

    Bombs casued numerous deaths
  • Surrender of Japan

    Surrender of Japan

    Brought the hostilities of war to close