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Mussolini takes power in Italy
He was angry about the Treaty of Versailles so he created a new political party called facism. He was a good public speaker and used violence. -
U.S. Stock Market Crashes
Because of buying on margin, overproduction and too many consumers relying on credit the stock market crashed. -
Japan seizes Manchuria
Shows the weakness of Japan's Government because they didn't listen and it shows the streghth of Japans nationlists. -
FDR is elected president
Americans placed lots of the blame on Herbert Hoover for what was going on in America. So Americans especially Democrats were eager to elect FDR. -
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
This marked a crucial turing point for Germany and the world. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Italy had some harsh feelings with Ethiopia because of events in the past which got stirred up when Mussolini came to power. Also showed weakness of the League of Nations. -
U.S. Neutrality Act
It was meant to prevent the nation from being drawn into war as it had been in 1917. -
Hitler defies the Treaty of Versailles
As Hitler began to gain power he began to build an army which defied the Treaty of Versailles. He also violated the treaty by sending troop into Rhineland. -
France militarizes the Rhineland
French decide to take action with their artillery, hoping the Nazi government would fall within a week. Hitler intuition proved to be correct that they would win, and the risk was worth it. -
Civil War erupts in Spain
The Civil War was triggered by events in Madrid. Within days, Spain was divided in two: a "Republican" or a "Loyalist" Spain. -
Japan invades China
From 1937 to 1941 Japan and China faught and China had help from Germany, Soviet Union and the United States. -
Anschluss
Hitler was from Austria so he dreamed of uniting the nations, so he tried to force the Austrian government to agree to Anschluss union with Germany. Also another violation of Treaty of Versailles. -
Munich Conference
This was an agreement permitting the Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland.The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich. -
Kristallnacht
Also called the night of broken glass Kristallnacht was a series of attacks on jews in nazi germany and parts of austria. At the end of the night there was broken glass everywhere. -
Phony war
Allied Leaders expected Germany to attack the winter of 1939-1940 but they didnt so the period of inaction is called sitzkrieg or phony war. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
The greement committed the Soviet Union to provide food products as well as raw materials to Germany in exchange for furnished products such as machinery from Germany. During the first years of the war,agreement helped Germany withstand the Bristish blockade. -
Germany Invades Poland
Hitler had a German dress in Polish uniform and be shot at the border of their states. The next morning Germany claimed they had been attacked by poland using the man as proof and then invaded Poland. -
Miracle at Dunkirk
Germans trapped allied soilders at Dunkirk. Allied ships and hundreds of civilian boats took nearly 340000 troops off the coast and carried them to Great Britain. -
Churchill is Elected Prime Minister in England
Churchill took the lead in warning about Nazi Germany and in campaigning for rearmament. -
France Surrenders
After the Battle of Britain, France was divided into a German occupation zone in the north and west, and an unoccupied zone in the south. -
Battle of Britain
The air camaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom/ The objective of the campaign was to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force. -
Japan seizes French Indo-China
Japan didn't want China to import arms and fuel through French Indo-China. -
Lend-Lease Act
Allowd the nation to send weapons to Great Britain regardless of the ability to pay. -
Atlantic Charter
The agreement said the shared goals of the United States and Britain in opposing Hitler and his allies. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
American leaders knew Japan wanted war but where? They thought Japan would attack American bases in the philipines or British territory in southeast asia, but the last place they expected was Pearl Harbor.
