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hitler
adolf hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party. -
benito mussolini becomes head of the Italian government.
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The Beer Hall Putsch.
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league of nations
Germany admitted to League of Nations. -
stock market crash
the wall street stock market crashed -
Japan invades Manchuria
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Japenese troops seize Chinese territory; Manchurian incident.
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Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the Pacific.
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Germany invaded Poland
Germany invaded Poland which started ww2 -
Scapa Flow
Germans bomb Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland -
Italy enters the war
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battle of britian
The Battle of Britain comprised four phases:
1. During July Hitler sent his Luftwaffe bombers to attack British ports. His aim was also to assess the speed and quality of response by the RAF.
2. During August the attacks on shipping continued but bombing raids were concentrated on RAF airfields.
3. The Blitz - From September 7th the city of London was heavily bombed. Hitler hoped to destroy the morale of the British people.
4. Night Bombing - With the failure of daylight bombing raids Hitler -
Hungary joins the Axis
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Italy invades Greece from Albania
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A Soviet counteroffensive drives the Germans from the Moscow suburbs in chaotic retreat.
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pearl harbor
Japan makes a surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii declaring war on Britain and the United States -
Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States.
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Soviet troops liberate Kiev
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Allied troops land successfully near Anzio, just south of Rome.
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d-day
The allies launched an attack on Germany's forces in Normandy, Western France. Thousands of transports carried an invasion army under the supreme command of general Eisenhower to the Normandy beaches. The Germans who had been fed false information about a landing near Calais, rushed troops to the area but were unable to prevent the allies from forming a solid bridgehead. For the allies it was essential to first capture a port. -
The Soviets launch a massive offensive in eastern Byelorussia
The Soviets launch a massive offensive in eastern Byelorussia (Belarus), destroying the German Army Group Center and driving westward to the Vistula River across from Warsaw in central Poland by August 1.
