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The great depression begins
The great depression started with the wall street crash of 1929 as Black Tuesday where the economic crisis went worldwide. -
Treaty of Munich
Hitler, Chamberlain, Daladier of France and Mussolini of Italy met in Munich and agreed that Hitler should have the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia. -
Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
Despite the assurances given by Hitler in the Treaty of Munich he marched into Czechoslovakia and occupied the country. -
Blitzkrieg
Hitler launched his blitzkrieg against Holland and Belgium. Rotterdam was bombed almost to extinction. -
Chamberlain resigns
Neville Chamberlain resigned after pressure from Labour members for a more active prosecution of the war and Winston Churchill became the new head of the wartime coalition government. Chamberlain gave Churchill his unreserved support. -
D-Day
The allies launched an attack on Germany’s forces in Normandy, Western France. -
Paris liberated
The French capital of Paris was liberated from the Germans. -
German forces surrender
German forces in north west Germany, Holland and Denmark surrendered to Montgomery on Luneburg Heath. -
Churchill loses election
Churchill loses election Winston Churchill lost the election to Clement Attlee’s Labour Party. -
World war 2 ends
The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced on August 15th and officially signed on september 2nd 1945 bringing the war to an end.
