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Treaty of Versailles
Peace settlement after World War I. The treaty was signed at the Versailles palace near Paris. Made By the big 3, Woodrow wilson, clemenceau, David Lloyd George. The treaty split germany into different sections and gave them to other nations. -
Japan invades Manchuria
let by Emperor Hirohito, debatably the starting point of the war. Manchuria was invaded by the Kwantung army of the empire of Japan in an attempt to control the entire province. and eventually all of east asia. Japanese occupy it until the end of the war. -
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Italy invades
starting point as facist Italy invades, conquers, and annexes Ethiopia. Led by Benito Mussolini. following german desires of expanding germany. invasion of ethiopia was to increase Italian national prestige. -
Germany/Italy treaty
Nazi Germany and facist Italy sign a treaty of cooperation on october 25th. on November 2nd the Rome-Berlin axis announced. -
japan treaty
Nazi Germany and imperial Japan sign anti-comintern pact directed against the Soviet Union and the international communist movement. -
Munich peace conference
Held in Munich Germany a treaty to give czech to Germany . The Munich peace conference was a failed act of appeasement from Europe to Germany. The act permitted the annexation of Czech which was mainly inhabited by ethnic Germans. -
Kristallnacht
Kritsallnacht also known as the night of broken glass, was a series of attacks on the jewish population of Nazi Germany. Jewish homes and buildings were pillaged and vandalized by the citizens of Germany. The attacks started after the assasination of Ernst Vom Rath by a German born polish Jew. -
Germany Invades Poland
The invasion of Poland was also known as the september campaign, or the Poland campaign. Poland was invaded by Germany, U.S.S.R, and small slovak forces and sparked WWII. The invasion began one week after the molotov-ribbentrop pact. -
Battle of britain
The battle of Britain is a battle launched by Germany's Air Force against Brtish troops. The Entire Fight was Airbourne and one of the first major battles to be fought by air. Germany had launched the attack to destroy or deminish british air force units. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is a U.S naval base in Hawaii. During WWII while the U.S was neutral in the war the Japanese imperial general headquarters launched a Surprise attack in an attempt to eliminate the possibility of the U.S entering the war. The attack changed the public view of thousands and sparked a sense for justice, the U.S soon declared war on Japan. -
Korematsu v U.S
Korematsu was of japanse ancestry and evaded the required relocation being forced upon all Japanese Americans. Korematsu claimed the forced reloaction was uncoinstitutiional and said it violated the 14nth ammendment. The courts ruling claimed it was necessary, -
Stalingrad
The battle of stalingrad took place in southwestern Russia. The battle was a German invasion in hopes of taking the city. The initial attack was lufwaffe bombing but soon lead to house to house fighting. The small Russian forces remaining soon forced the German resistance to cease and was one of the major turning points for allied forces during WWII -
D-Day
The Allied invasion of Normandy, also known as Operation Neptune or D-Day was an assualt to take Normandy thats consisted of two stages airbourne assualts and then naval landings. Future President Dwight Eisenhower took part in this battle. -
potsdam peace conference
A conference held in Postdam Germany, The conference consisted of Soviet Russia, The United Kingdom and the United states. The three super powers came together to decide the punishment of the deafeated nazi Germany -
Hiroshima
Hiroshima was the first japanese city to have an atom bomb dropped on it. Hiroshima was hit by "little boy". After the atom bombs were dropped japan soon surrendered to the U.S.
