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Italy invades Ethiopia
Ethiopian king asks the League of Nations for help, The league will seek penalties for violating international law, no power to enforce these penalties. 1936 Italy conquers Ethiopia. -
Neville Chamberlain
became prime minister of Britian -
Hitler's Goal
bring all German speaking people into the Third Reich(German State). Hitler begins building military, Germany annexes(taking over) Austria -
Non-agression act
Hitler announces nonaggression act w soviet union know as the nazi-soviet pact. did not like each other yet knew they needed eachother. -
war declared
september 1939, germany invades poland, two days later, britain and france delcare war -
Americas response
stayed neutral, didn't want to get in anyhting because we were in a depression -
three axis
germany, italy japan -
Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
Hitler in the Treaty of Munich (Sept 1938),marched into Czechoslovakia -
start of ww2
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Hitler invades Poland
Hitler invades Poland -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
Britain and France declared war on Germany. Neville Chamberlain broadcast the announcement that the country was at war -
Chamberlain resigns
Winston Churchill became the new head of the wartime coalition government -
Italy enter war on side of Axis powers
Italy’s motive for entering the war was the hope of rich pickings from the spoils of war -
Pearl Harbor
Japanesse attacked the US pacific fleet at Pearl Harbou -
Britain and US declare war on Japan
Britain and the United States declared war on Japan -
D-Dayy
allies launched an attack on Germany’s forces in Normandy, Western France -
Death of Roosevelt
President Roosevelt died. He was succeeded by President Truman -
Hitler commits suicide
committed suicide in his bombproof shelter together with his mistress -
German forces surrender
German forces in Italy surrendered to the Allies -
Japanese surrender
The Japanese unconditionally surrendered to the allies ending the second world war -
End of WW2