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Treaty that ended WWl accidentally started WWll; gave cause for the start of WWll -
President Paul von Hindenburg named Adolf Hitler chancellor of Germany
People: Hitler; Paul von Hindenburg -
Hitler withdrew Germany from the league when they refused Germany´s bid to build its military equal to that of other major powers
People: Adolf Hitler -
Laws that deprived Jews of rights designed by Hitler
People: Adolf Hitler -
Italy invaded Ethiopia to boost Italian national prestige, which was wounded by Ethiopia´s defeat of Italian forced at the battle of Adowa which saved Ethiopia from Italian colonisation.
People: Mussolini -
Coalition formed in 1936 between Italy and Germany informally linking the two fascist countries
People: Germany; Italy (later Japan) -
Military conflict primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan
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Hitler wanted to unite all Germans in one nation
People: Hitler -
German troops marched into Austria to annex the German speaking country for the Third Reich
People: Hitler -
Germany invaded Poland to regain lost territory and ultimately rule their neighbor to the east
People: Hitler -
In response to Germany´s invasion of Poland, France and Great Britain declared war on Germany
People: Albert Lebrun; Winston Churchill -
Agreement between Germany, Japan, and Italy; it created a defense alliance and was largely intended to deter the US from entering the conflict
People: Joachim von Ribbentrop; Galeazzo Ciano -
Tripartite Pact
People: Germany; Japan; Italy -
Japan staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, decimating the US Pacific Fleet
People: Emperor Hirohito; Isoroku Yamamoto -
UK, US, French, and Canadian troops attacked German forces on the coast of northern France; largest military naval, air, and land operation ever
People: Eisenhower; Sir Arthur Tedder -
German armed forces surrendered unconditionally in the west
People: Alfred Jodl; Karl Donitz -
Germany surrendered unconditionally surrendered its military forces to the allies
People: Winston Churchill -
The first ever atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by the US -
The second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki by the US -
Japan surrendered, ending WWll
People: Mamora Shigemitsu; President Truman -
The Japanese officially surrendered, finally bringing WWll to an end.
People: Mamora Shigemitsu; Douglas MacArthur