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End of WW I
World War I ends at Le Francpot -
Rise of Mussolini
Became Italian Prime Minister in 1919
Ruled until 1943 -
Rise of Stalin
Revolutionist for the Bolsheviks in 1917
Eventually became leader of the Soviet Union after Vladimir's death in around 1922 -
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Great Depression
Starts with the stock market crash(Black Tuesday)
Ended due to the preparation for WW II -
Rise of Hitler
Became Chancellor/dictator of Germany
Leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party -
Germany starts to expand
Germany started to expand to Rhineland & Austria after Hitler takes power in 1933 -
Munich Agreement
A pact to avoid an outbreak of war; gave Czechoslovakia to Germany without consulting Czechoslovakia -
Allies declare war
The allies declared war after Germany invaded Poland -
Non Aggression Pact with USSR
Germany and the USSR decided to not take any military charge against each other.
-Germany could invade Poland
-USSR could build up military
-Secret plan to divide Europe -
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Poland is invaded
Germany invades Poland using Blitzkrieg -
Attacks on Jews
Nuremberg Laws: laws to limit Jews natural rights
Kristallnacht: Nazis coordinated an attack on Jews and their property on November 9, 1939 -
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France invaded
Germany invades northern and Vichy France after invading Poland.
-attacked from the north and south
-attacked at the south Ardennes Forest which were undefended -
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Battle of Britain
Great Britain was the only allied nation to stand unconquered
-GB was led by Winston Churchill at the time
-Germany planned to destroy the Royal Air Force; Britain had radar
-14000 civilians were killed -
Japan begins to expand(Pacific Theater)
In 1941 Japan starts to invade SE Asia
Due to this US banned the sale of oil to Japan -
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Holocaust
Germans persecuted and killed millions of Jews.
Final Solution - the deliberate mass destruction of Jews
They also persecuted many other groups of people including poles, slavs, homosexuals, disabled people, and more. -
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Russia is invaded
Operation Barbarossa
Germany breaks the USSR Non Aggression Pact -
Pearl Harbor
-2,400 Americans died
-200 aircrafts destroyed
-all 8 battleships sunk or damaged -
US enters war
FDR and Congress declare war on Japan -
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Battle of the Coral Sea(Pacific Theater)
The US stops the expansion of Japan; first aircraft carrier battle -
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Battle of Midway(Pacific Theater)
The US breaks Japan's code using the Navajo code talker.
The Us destroys Japanese aircraft carriers -
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Battle of Stalingrad(European Theater)
-one of the largest cities in the Soviet Union; neither Hitler nor Stalin wanted to surrender until the remaining German soldiers are finally captured
-The turning point of the war in Europe -
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Battle of the Philippines(Pacific Theater)
The US took the Philippines back - Douglas Macarthur led the army -
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Battle of the Bulge(European Theater)
This battle was fought on the border of France nad Germany; Germany was forced to retreat -
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Battle of Iwo Jima(Pacific Theater)
Fought on land 2 x 4 miles wide -
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Battle of Okinawa
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Germany Surrenders
-Adolf Hitler commits suicide -
Postdam Declaration
The US declared to Japan to either surrender or face mass destruction. -
Hiroshima(Pacific Theater)
It was the first bomb dropped - 70,000 people died -
Nagasaki(Pacific Theater)
It was the second atomic bomb dropped - 65,000 people died -
Japan surrenders(Pacific Theater)
Known as VJ Day