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Adolf Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles
Adolf Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party seized full power in Germany, promising vengeance against the Allied nations that had forced the Treaty of Versailles on the German people. -
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Allies vs. Axis
Allied Powers: USA, Great Britain Soviet Union, China
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Adolf Hitler speaks publicly
The USA Boulder Dam was completed which provided power and water needs to the growing city of Las Vegas and later will be changed to the Hoover Dam. Adolf Hitler spoke publicly at Karlsruhe, Germany. -
Negotiations over Sudetenland
Great Britain Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain went to Germany to negotiate with Hitler about his claim on Sudetenland, ethnic German regions in Czechoslovakia. The French Rime Minister and Mussolini participated in the negotiations as well. -
Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact
Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact, stunning the world, given their diametrically opposed ideologies. The two dictators were both playing for their own political needs. -
WWII begins
Hitler invades Poland after Poland failed to fulfill Hitler's demand to return areas taken from Germany after WWI. Britain and France, honoring their commitments to Poland, declared war on Germany; World War II had started. -
The German-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Demarcation
The German-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Demarcation was signed by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union after their joint invasion and occupation of Poland. Several secret articles were attached to the treaty that allowed for the exchange of Soviet and German nationals between the two occupied zones of Poland, th redrawing of parts of the central European spheres of interest, and also stated that neither party would allow on its territory any "Polish agitation" directed at the other. -
Hitler begins his Western offensive; Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister
Hitler begins his Western offensive, sending his forces into Holland and Belgium. On this same day, having lost the support of the Labour Party, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigns; Winston Churchill accedes to the office, becoming defense minister as well. -
Hitler gains victory over France.
Hitler gained victory over France. -
Germany invades Russia
More than 3 million German troops invade Russia in three parallel offensives, known as the most powerful invasion in history. This invasion was known as Operation Barbarossa. -
The attack on Pearl Harbor
After imposing embargoes on Japan-bound supplies, the U.S. insisted that the Japanese clear out of China, offering to renew trade relations on a limited basis. The Japanese chose to fight rather, resulting in the attack on Pearl Harbor, which killed more than 2,300 Americans. A total of 12 ships sank or were beached in the attack and 9 additional vessels were damaged. More than 160 aircraft were destroyed
and more than 150 others damaged. Four days later the U.S. declared war.
