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Paris Peace Conferrence
Was the formal meeting in 1919 and 1920 of the victorious Allies after the end of WW1 to set the peace terms for the defeated central powers.
18 Jan 1919 – 21 Jan 1920
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Treaty of Versailles
The primary treaty produced by the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 at the end of WW1 / brought WW1 to an end which mainly targeted Germany and made them take responsibility for WW1 and suffer consequences of their part in it
signed: 28 June 1919 effective: 10 January 1920
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Hitler Creates the Nazis
In July 1921 he took over leadership of the German Worker's Party (DAP), which he had joined in 1919, and changed it into the National Socialist German Worker's Party (the Nazi Party)
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The Putsch
8th-9th November 1923
Hitler and his followers staged the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich from November 8 to November 9, 1923 and had concocted a plot to seize power of the Bavarian state government (and thereby launch a larger revolution against the Weimar Republic -
Hitler went to prison
Hitler was arrested on November 11 1923 and went to prison because of his failed 'putsch'
Hitler was tried on February 26, 1924
In the trials of the putsch Hitler was convicted of treason and sentenced to five years in prison.
The nationalist party was banned
In 1923 the swastikas and storm troopers created by Hitler vanished
Released after 8 months for good behavior -
Mein Kampf
In 1924 he wrote Mein Kampf in prison which was filled with hatred and ideas of ruling the world
He outlined his ideology, experiences and plans for the Nazi Party in Mein Kampf and discussed his world view where he spoke about eradicating communism, crushing France and creating his Aryan race.
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The Great Depression
A period of severe economic hardship that was caused by a stock market crash in New York in 1929. It lasted until the late 1930s
When: August 1929 – March 1933
Effects:
• Banks shut down
• Cost of money changed
• Famine
• Homelessness was common
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Hitler wants to invade Poland
Hitler demanded return of territory in Poland and wanted to close the gap between the two parts of Germany split by the polish corridor and this would bring Lebensraum. They invaded on September 1st 1939 at 4:45 am. -
The Manchuria Invasion
The military had essentially taken over Japan's government and they invaded Manchuria for natural resources that they didn't have. They excused their invasion by saying that the Chinese had sabotaged the Manchurian railway, which Japan had control over. By February 1932, japan had conquered all of Manchuria and thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed. -
Japan is kicked out of the LON
China appealed to the LON for help and the LON sent a delegation to Manchuria to see what was happening. They reported back a year later and said Japan was in the wrong and Manchuria should be given back to China.
At a Special Assembly of the League (February 1933), 40 nations voted that Japan should withdraw. Only Japan voted against it.
It shows the league of nations was weak because they couldn't do anything, japan was still in Manchurian. -
Hitler becomes president
The Nazi Party gained a small number of seats in Reichstag, the German legislative assembly, in the late 1920s
The Great Depression provided the Nazi party with real opportunity
By 1932 the Nazi Party was the largest single party in the Reichstaf
January 19333 Hitler was appointed the Chancellor of Germany by President Hindenburg
After Hindenburg died in 1934 Hitler made himself Führer, supreme ruler, of Germany, on 2 August 1934, by combining his role as Chancellor with the role of President -
Anti-Comintern Pact
Japan signed an agreement with Germany called the Anti-Comintern Pact -
Hitler sends troops to the Rhineland
Hitler ordered German troops to enter the Rhineland.
Germany had political power over it however weren't allowed to base any troops there as it was a demilitarised zone.
Britain and France do nothing about this. -
China invaded
Japan invades China -
Meeting about the Sudetenland
After a meeting in September 1938, representatives from Britain, France, Italy and Germany met in Germany and allowed them to have the Sudetenland returned to Germany but said he couldn't invade the rest of it or demand claim of other disputed territory in Europe, which Hitler agreed to. -
Hitler takes over Austria
Hitler took control over Austria, France and Britain didn't do anything. -
Hitler wants the Sudetenland
In 1938 Hitler wanted the Sudetenland, a party of Czechoslovakia, should be returned to Germany and justified this demand by the fact that it had a population of around three million ethnic Germans -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
In March 1939, Germany invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia -
The Manhattan Project
1939-1946
The Manhattan Project was the code name for the American-led effort to develop a functional atomic weapon during World War II. -
Invasian of Poland
Invasion of Poland launched on 1 September 1939 -
Britain warns Germany
On September 2 Britain and France demanded that Germany withdraw by September 3 or face war. -
War is declared
At 11 p.m. on September 3, the British ultimatum expired
15 minutes later British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain went on national radio to solemnly announce that Britain was at war with Germany.
Australia, New Zealand, and India followed suit shortly thereafter.
At 5:00 p.m., France declared war on Germany. (because france and britain had an alliance they had to go to war when britain went to war. Because aus, new zealand and india were british colonies they also had to go to work -
Tripartite Pact
Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, which cemented the alliance of the Axis powers which were Germany, Italy and Japan -
Pearl Harbour
Japan attacked the American Naval base at pearl harbour in Hawaii on the 7th of December 1941 to destroy the ships that the Americans would use to intervein with Japan's attack on the pacific in an attempt to prevent American interference with their actions in the pacific -
US Declares War on Japan
The US declared war on Japan after pearl harbor -
Japanese Bases on New Guinea
March 1942, Japanese forces established bases on New Guinea to try and capture Port Moresby -
Wannsee Conference
In January 1942, at a meeting in the city of Wannsee near Berlin, leading Nazi officials identified a process to achieve a 'final solution to the Jewish question' -
The Fall of Singapore
Singapore surrendered to Japan on 15th February 1942
After the fall of Singapore Australia declared war on Japan as the defeat of the British base in Singapore meant there wasn't really anything stopping the Japanese advance into Australia and they realised they needed new allies -
Bombing of Darwin
19th of Feb 1942 Japan launched an assault on Darwin where 250 people were killed
There were a total of 97 air attacks on Northern AUS, killing approximately 900 allied troops and civilians -
Battle of the Coral Sea
(4-8 May 1942)
Battle of coral sea stopped Japanese from being able to get to port Moresby though sea, which is when they went onto the Kokoda trail -
War at Sydney Harbour
On 31st of May 1942, three Japanese midget submarines launched from a group of five larger submarines further away, entered Sydney harbour, sanking a ferry that was carrying military personnel and 21 people got killed before AUS forces sank the submarines
Several Sydney suburbs and Newcastle were shelled by two larger submarines that surfaced off the coast of Bondi -
Battle of Midway
(4-7 June 1942)
Battle of Midway was when Japanese naval forces tried to lure and trap US aircrafts to capture the Midway Islands but US code breakers intercepted the message and destroyed four Japanese aircraft carries and more than 200 aircrafts which weakened the Japanese and prevented supplied being taken to the Japanese forces in the region -
US firebombing campaign
Began with a series of major strategic firebombing campaign in late 1944 (dropping small bombs, not atomic, to start fires -
Potsdam conference
In July 1945 there was the Potsdam conference where the allies issued the Potsdam Declaration to Japan -
Japan running out of resources
Mid 1945 Japan as loosing the war as american had recaptured some countries, and Japan was running out of resources -
Battle of Iwo Jima
(19 February – 26 March 1945)
Land battle at Iwo Jima between Japan and US -
The Battle of Okinawa
(26 March – 2 July 1945)
Land battle at Okinawa between Japan and US labelled "The bloodiest battle in the pacific." -
The Bombing of Hiroshima
6 August 1945 an atomic bomb nicknames ‘Little Boy’ was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, a large, urban, industrial city that also served as a military storage area and an assembly point for troops and ideal spot to hit as would hurt the Japanese military
The bombing occurred at 8:15am on a Monday morning – the city’s residence has been given no warning. -
The Bombing of Nagasaki
On the 9 August – a second atomic bomb was dropped on the port of Nagasaki.
The people were issued warnings -
Soviet Union Joining War
The Soviet Union also prepared to enter the war in the Pacific, planning to declare war on Japan and invade the Japanese-occupied region of Manchuria on the 9 of August. These commanders were not aware of the Manhattan Project. -
Japan Surrenders
14 August – Japanese government surrenders, notified the Allies that it would accept the terms of the Potsdam Declaration, provided the Emperor retained full sovereignty of Japan (the right to rule independently and free of foreign influence). -
Formal Declaration signed
The formal declaration was signed on 2 September on a US naval ship, and the Allies occupied Japan from the date until 1952.
