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Atlantic Charter
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WW1 Ends
WW1 ended on the 1 of Nov 1918, WW1 was a worldwide war between the Allies; Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States, and the Central Powers; Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty that ended WWII, it also limited the power Germany had with its army and other powers. It had 15 parts with 440 articles that set the bounds for Germany's power. Hitler soon after his rise to power he abolished all of the bounds and refused to pay the reparations from the Dawes Plan and the Young Plan. -
League of Nations
the League of Nations was an intergovernmental councel founded after the first worldwar -
U.S Stock Market Crash
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Japan Invades Manchuria
Japanese troops began invading Manchuria on the 18th of September 1931 and stopped on the 27th of febuary 1932, They began invaded Manchuria due to their lacking land space within their finite nation. Japanese troops took roughly 200,00 square kilometres claiming it as part of the Japanese empire. -
Hitler become Chancellor of Germany
Hitler became Chancellor of Germany on the 30th of Jan 1933. He was initially refused Chancellor but he negated with former Chancellor Franz von Papen who convinced the German National People’s Party to elect Hitler as Chancellor of Germany. -
German occupation of the Rhineland
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Rape of Nanking
Rape of Nanking was a mass murder and rape against the people who lived in Nanjing, China. These murders and rapes were completed by Japanese troops. Between 20,000 and 80,000 women were sexually assaulted, an estimate of 150,000 male war prisoners were killed, and in addition nearly 50,000 male civilians. -
Munich Conference
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German invasion of Poland
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Nazi-Soviet Pact
The Nazi-Soviet Pact also known as the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was a pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union as a nonaggression agreement and also an economic agreement, It stated the neither Germany nor Russia could attack one another and that Germany would trade some manufactured goods for Russia's raw materials. -
Great Britain and France declare war
Great Britain and France declared war on Germany, following the invasion of Poland by Germany. Both Great Britain and France allied with Poland. -
Rome-Berlin Axis
The Rome-Berlin Axis was an alliance between Nazi-Germany and Dictator ruled Italy. This happened after Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy had a fallout with France and Britain, Hitler saw this as a perfect opportunity to form an alliance with Benito Mussolini / Italy -
Fall of France
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Winter War
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Pearl Harbour Attack
The Pearl Harbour Attack was a surprise attack by the Japanese government on Pearl Harbour which was a naval base in hawaii. -
Battle of Midway
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Tehran Conference
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Battle of Stalingrad
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Invasion of Sicily
Allied forces invaded Sicily after pushing axis powers out of north Africa. -
Normandy Invasion
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Battle of the Bulge
Nazi forces pushed allies forces back to a point making a bulge within the western front. -
Yalta Conference
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Nuclear Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Near the end of WWII, The United States bombed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima & Nagasaki on the 6 and 9 of Aug 1945, The U.S used an atomic bomb on the 2 cities. The explosion wiped out approximately 90% of the population in Hiroshima killing 80,000 people; later on, tens of thousands died of radiation exposure, on 6 Aug 1945. 3 days later yet again the U.S dropped another bomb on Nagasaki killing approximately 40,000 people. Then on 15 of Aug the Emperor, Hirohito, announced Japan's surrender -
Germany Surrenders
German surrendered after allies were closing in on from the east and west. -
Japanese surrender
the Japanese surrendered on the 2nd of Sep 1945,after the bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki the nation was on ruins and were no longer able to fight
