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Benito Mussolini
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Italian Fascist leader. In power as premier of Italy from dates above. -
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Josef Stalin
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Adolf Hitler
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Nazi dictator of Germany. -
Italian Invasion of Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini lead Italian troops in an invasion of Ethiopia (previously Abyssinia). Mussolini invaded Ethiopia to gain more mineral resources and create a territory that would provide jobs for unemployed Italians during the Great Depression. -
Occupation of the Rhineland
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Francisco Franco
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The Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War was a military revolt agaisnt the Republican government led by General Francisco Franco. 500,00 people died over the course of the war, and when it came to an end Franco became the dictator of Spain. -
Air Raid on Geurnica
German Junkers dropped bombs on Guernica, Spain as a trial bombing. The defensless village was left destroyed by the bombing, and many died. -
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Neville Chamberlain
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The Anschluss
Annexation by Hitler of Austria into the German Reich. -
Munich Conference
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Annexation of Czechoslovakia
Through the Munich Conference, Hitler was allowed to annex the Sudetenland and occupy it for a period of time. -
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The Holocaust
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the systematic mass slaughter of European Jews in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Hitler and Stalin (Germany and the Soviet Union) make a pact not to go to war with each other and invade Poland and divide it between them. -
Invasion of Poland
At 4:45 am German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opens fire and the invasion of Poland begins. Hitler belived that the British government would appease him but instead this event was the first military engagement of the war. -
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Winston Churchill
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Fall of France
France surrenders to Germany in June, and this leaves an inbalance of power in Europe. -
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Charles DeGaulle
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Formation of the "Free French"
General Charles De Gaulle broadcasts on the BBC an appeal for French citizesn to join the and fight agaisnt Germany. Thus, the Free French forces were formed. -
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Formation of Vichy France
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After France's defeat by Germany, Philippe Pétain is given control of France in the unoccupied part of southeastern France (Vichy). Eventually, France was liberated from the Vichy Regime. -
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Battle of Britain
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Formation of the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
On this day the Tripartite pact was signed. This pact formally allied Italy, Japan, and Germany. Preceeding this pact was the Anti-Comintern Pact and the Pact of Steel, but it was not until 1940 that all three powers signed the same pact. -
Erwin Rommel
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Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa is the name given to Hitler's (Germanys') invasion of the Soviet Union. This invasion ended in failure because Hitler's trooops were ill-prepared for the harsh Russian weather conditions and did not accept help from other non-Germans supporting their cause. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Battle of Midway
naval battle in which American planes based on land and on carriers defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
Soviets defend thier city of Stalingrad against German invasion. This battle prevented the movement of the Germans into the Soviet Union and marks a turning point in the war in favor of the allies. -
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El Alamein
British offensive deafeats German forces in Alamein, Egypt. British forces outnumbered the Germans two to one. -
D-Day
On this day 160,000 Allied troops traveled across the coastline of France to fight the Germans on the beaches of Normandy. Involved in the battle were 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircrafts. Through this, the Allies gained a foothold in Normandy. -
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Battle of the Bulge
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Iwo Jima
Island in the Pacific in which the U.S and Japan fought. The U.S hoped to get to Japan through Iwo Jima and end the war. -
V-E Day
The day of victory in Europe for the Allies in World War II. -
Atomic Weapons
In an effort to win the war, President Harry S. Truman allowed the first atomic bomb (Little Boy) to be dropped on the Japanese town of Hiroshima. -
V-J Day
The day Japan accepted the Allied surrender terms in World War II.
