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Japan Invades Manchuria
The significance of this was this was when Manchuria was invaded by the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan right after the Mukden Incident. The Japanese created Manchukuo which was a puppet state and this lasted until the end of World War II. -
Hitler Renounces the Provisions of the Treaty of Versailles
The significance of this was that he had a policy of rearmament. Hitler never liked the Treaty of Versailles and always wanted to get rid of it. -
Italy Invades Ethiopia
The significance of this was that it exposed the weakness of the League of Nations because it was unable to control Italy as a whole. This was resukted ub the annexation of Ethiopia to the new colony of Itlaian East Africa. -
Germany Re-Occupies the Rhineland
The significance was that by compliance of Germany, Rhineland would be occupied by Allied troops for a period of 15 years. -
Spanish Civil War
The significance of this was that the war ened with the victory of the conservative Nationalists, the democratic government being overthrown, and many Spaniards leaving to Southern France. -
Franco Becomes Dictator of Spain
The significance is that after WWII, he managed to maintain control in Spain by putting the enemies in concentration camps, and imprisoning them while making them do forced labor. -
Anschluss in Austria
The significance was that this was one of the first major steps that started the Greater German Reich by Adolf Hitler. This included all od the ethnic German and lands and territories that the German Empire had lost after WWI. -
Munich Agreements
The signficance of this was that Czechoslovakia wasn't invited to this agreement which made them angry and called it the Munich Dictate. -
Britain Signs a Pact with Poland
The significance was that the United Kingdom pledged to support of itself and France to guarantee Polish indpendence. This was in response to Nazi Germany's defiance of the Munich Agreement and the occupation of Czechoslovakia. -
Nazi-Soviet Nonagression Pact is Signed
The significance was both countries agreed to remain neutral so that neither nation was attacked by a third party. Although this pact was broken on June 22, 1941 when Germany invaded the Soviet Union. -
Germany Invades Poland
The significance was that it resulted in Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing Poland completely. This marked the start of World War II in Europe. -
Britain and France Declare War on Germany
The significance of this was that this was the start to WWII. It was Prime Minister Chamberlin that announced to Britain that they were in War with Germany. -
Hitler Invades France
The significance was that it took Nazi Germany only a month to reach Paris and invaded Belgium along the way which was where the French defenses were located. -
Battle of Britain
The significance was that Germany didn't achieve in destroying Britain's air defences and was considered its first major defeat and a turning point in World War II. -
Rome-Berlin Axis Pact
The significance was that this was specifically to exclude the Soviet Union that the three nations agreed upon for the next 10 years. It was established by the Axis powers of WWII. -
Operation Barbarossa
The significance was that this failure led to Hitler's demands for future operations in the USSR to occupy the Soviet territory. It was the largest military operation in history in manpower and casualities. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The significance was that this was a complete shock to the Americans and led America directly into Worls War II. The next day, The U.S. declared war on Japan. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
The significance was that the Allies managed to stop Japanese expansion and the fleet carriers were destroyed which led to U.S. victory in the Battle of Midway. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The significance was that it was the largest battle on the Eastern Front and it was marked by brutality and disregard for military and civilian casualties. There were nearly 2 million casualties. -
Allied Victory in Africa
The signficance was that the Japanese lost a series of naval battles and the European Axis troops were defeated in North Africa. -
Allied Conference in Tehran
The significance was thatChurchill discussed how Britain wanted to restore Poland as an independent country while Britain wasn't bothered by this because they didn't want any inter-allied tension. -
D-Day
The significance was that this was when the Allied forces invaded Normandy in operation overlord during WWII. This resulted in a decisive allied victory along Normandy France. -
Battle of the Bulge
The significance was that it left many German units depleted and there were 610,000 men committed and 89,000 casualtires for the Americans. It was the largest and bloodiest battle that was fought in Waorl War II. -
Allied Conference in Yalta
The significance was that everyone agreed European countries and the Axis could create democratic institutions of their own choice and the right of all people to choose the form of government under where they live. They also agreed on free elections. -
Germany Surrenders
The signficance was that this was known as the Victory in Europe Day. The legal instrument of surrender established the armistice which ended World War II in Europe. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The significance was that these bombings killed 90,000-166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000-80,000 in Nagasaki. Six days after the bombing, Japan surrendered to the Allies which officially ended WWII. -
Separate East Germna Government Established
The significance of this was that there was a federal republic established and was declred fully sovereign. -
Allied Conference in Potsdam
The significance was that there were reprations made between Stalin and Churchill and the Soviet Union was now able to seize prperty from conquered nations with limitations.
