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It ended World War I and took land away from Germany. Most experts believe that it was the cause of World War II.
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Benito Mussolini becomes a fascist leader. Fascism is when a dictatorship is favored. He ruled until July 25th, 1943.
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Japan seized the Chinese territory to get natural resources in order to build a Japanese empire. The League of Nations told them to stop and Japan withdrew it’s membership.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd president of the United States. He is in office until April 12th, 1945.
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Adolf Hitler wanted there to be a genocide. A genocide is the attempt to destroy an entire ethnic or religious group. He wanted to kill all of the Jewish people. Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Third Reich. He ruled until April 30th, 1945. One of Adolf Hitler’s most famous quotes was, “Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.”
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The Ethiopians were attacked and resisted, but they were no match for Italian weapons. The League of Nations agreed to stop the sale of weapons to Italy, but not all of the nations agreed.
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Under the Treaty of Versailles, Germany could politically control Rhineland but they could not put troops there. German troops broke the treaty and went in to Rhineland.
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When he became the Prime Minister, he governed by using the policy of appeasement. The policy of appeasement is making concessions to the dictatorial powers in order to avoid conflict. He believed that by agreeing to some of Adolf Hitler’s demands and also some of Benito Mussolini’s demands, he could avoid a war.
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A soldier went missing and Japan blamed China for abducting him. Japan had already ordered an attack by the time the soldier showed up.
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Under the Treaty of Versailles, a union between Austria and Germany was not allowed. However, Hitler sent troops in to Austria.
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The German Army took over Sudetenland.
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Organized violence such as Jewish synagogues, businesses, cemeteries, schools and homes were destroyed. The next day 30,000 Jews were arrested for being Jewish, and more restrictive laws on Jews and Jewish businesses began.
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Germany invaded Poland and their planes bombed cities. The attacks came without warning or declaration of war.
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Germany invades Czechoslovakia and took full control.
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Massive bombings of London using war planes
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Winston Churchill took the place of Neville Chamberlain when he resigned in Britain. Some of his most famous quotes were: “A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.” and also, “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” Winston Churchill rules and is in power until 1945.
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United States remain neutral in the war, but give supplies to the Allies.
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Japan launched a surprise attack on the American military base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. More than 2,400 people are killed and many ships and planes were destroyed.
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The United States declared war against Japan after they attack and bomb Pearl Harbor.
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American forces began to recapture Japanese-held islands.
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The Germans invaded the Soviet Union. After advancing, the Germans stalled outside Moscow and Leningrad so Hitler went south and tried to take Stalingrad.
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Russian troops and freezing winters cause the Germans to surrender.
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Russian troops and freezing winters cause the Germans to surrender.
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Allied troops broke through German defenses and advanced to Paris. They freed France from German control.
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Adolf Hitler led the Nazis into killing 6 million Jews. They did this by either mass open air shootings, extermination camps, worked to death, starved to death, diseases, and also death marches.
