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March on Rome
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mussolini-founds-the-fascist-party'party, Mussolini. "Mussolini Founds The Fascist Party - Mar 23, 1919 - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 11 Feb. 2016.</a>
On October 22, 1922, Mussolini led the Fascists on a march on Rome. https://goo.gl/8KTB6j -
Beer Hall Putsch
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/topics/beer-hall-putsch'HISTORY.com,. "Beer Hall Putsch - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.Com". N. p., 2016. Web. 25 Feb. 2016.</a>
Sometimes called the Pact of Paris for the city in which it was signed. The pact was one of many international efforts to prevent another World War https://goo.gl/t9z2f1
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
<a href='http://https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/kellogg'History.state.gov,. "The Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928 - 1921–1936 - Milestones - Office Of The Historian". N. p., 2016. Web. 25 Feb. 2016.</a>
It is sometimes called the Pact of Paris for the city in which it was signed https://goo.gl/TmSLAL -
U.S. Stock Market Crash
<ahref='http://http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/wwii/jb_wwii_subj.html'Americaslibrary.gov,. "Depression & WWII (1929-1945)". N. p., 2016. Web. 26 Feb. 2016.</a>
"Black Tuesday" is the day that the stock market crashed, officially setting off the Great Depression. https://goo.gl/NSsiZr -
Japan Invades Manchuria
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-declare-war-on-japan-invade-manchuria'Manchuria, Soviets. "Soviets Declare War On Japan; Invade Manchuria - Aug 08, 1945 - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 26 Feb. 2016.</a>
On September 18, 1945, the Soviet Union officially declares war on Japan, pouring more than 1 million Soviet soldiers into Japanese-occupied Manchuria, northeastern China, to take on the 700,000-strong Japanese army. https://goo.gl/Idlwyo -
Nazi's reach a political majority in Germany
<ahref='http://http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007669'Ushmm.org,. "Nazi Rule". N. p., 2016. Web. 26 Feb. 2016.</a>
January 30, 1933, bringing an end to German democracy. Guided by racist and authoritarian ideas, the Nazis abolished basic freedoms and sought to create a "Volk" community. https://goo.gl/S6ixPX -
Hitler becomes Germany's Chancellor
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-is-named-chancellor-of-germany'Germany, Adolf. "Adolf Hitler Is Named Chancellor Of Germany - Jan 30, 1933 - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 26 Feb. 2016.</a>
January 30, 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or fÜhrer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany. https://goo.gl/hKYt5A -
Japan Withdraws from the League of Nations
<ahref='http://http://www.johndclare.net/league_of_nations6_news.htm'Johndclare.net,. N. p., 2016. Web. 26 Feb. 2016.</a>
The Japanese delegation, defying world opinion, withdrew from the League of Nations Assembly today after the assembly had adopted a report blaming Japan for events in Manchuria. https://goo.gl/nwC5Mr -
First Anti-Semitic Law is passed in Germany
<ahref='http://http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007901'Ushmm.org,. "Antisemitic Legislation 1933–1939". N. p., 2016. Web. 26 Feb. 2016.</a>
Antisemitism and the persecution of Jews were central tenets of Nazi ideology. In their 25-point party program published in 1920, Nazi party members publicly declared their intention to segregate Jews from “Aryan” society and to abrogate their political, legal, and civil rights. https://goo.gl/blFY4U -
The night of the long knives (Rohm Purge)
<ahref='http://http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007885'Ushmm.org,. "Röhm Purge". N. p., 2016. Web. 26 Feb. 2016.</a>
Between June 30 and July 2, 1934, the Nazi Party leadership, on the order of Nazi Party Leader and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler, purged the leadership of the Nazi paramilitary formation, the Sturmabteilungen. The Nazi leaders took advantage of the purge to kill other political enemies. https://goo.gl/00uL15 -
Hitler openly announces to his cabinet he will defy the Treaty of Versialles
<ahref='http://http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/triumph/tr-rhine.htm'Historyplace.com,. "The History Place - Triumph Of Hitler: Nazis March Into The Rhineland". N. p., 2016. Web. 26 Feb. 2016.</a>
March 15, 1935, Hitler departed his mountain retreat and returned to Berlin. https://goo.gl/sOcfVf -
Creation of the Nuremberg Laws
<ahref='http://http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007695'Ushmm.org,. "The Nuremberg Race Laws". N. p., 2016. Web. 26 Feb. 2016.</a>
September 15, 1935, the Nazis announced new laws which institutionalized many of the racial theories prevalent in Nazi ideology. https://goo.gl/u7ilqE -
Italy invades Ethiopia
<a href='http://http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/ww2-italy-invades-ethiopia'Sahistory.org.za,. "WW2: Italy Invades Ethiopia | South African History Online". N. p., 2016. Web. 26 Feb. 2016.</a>
October 3, 1935, the League of Nations was faced with another crucial test. Benito Mussolini, the Fascist leader of Italy. https://goo.gl/5wfzUq -
Hitler Militarizes the Rhineland
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-reoccupies-the-rhineland'Rhineland, Hitler. "Hitler Reoccupies The Rhineland - Mar 07, 1936 - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 4 Feb. 2016.</a>
Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by sending German military forces into the Rhineland. https://goo.gl/QZ0YS6 -
Rape of Nanking
<ahref='http://http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/nanking.htm'Eyewitnesstohistory.com,. "The Rape Of Nanking, 1937". N. p., 2016. Web. 26 Feb. 2016.</a>
December 13, 1931, the Japanese occupied the Chinese province of Manchuria transforming it into a Japanese puppet state. It was the first step in Japan's drive to control all of China. Six years would elapse before the Japanese took the next step in their plan of conquest. https://goo.gl/AiZqFy -
Germany Annexes Austria
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-annexes-austria'Austria, Germany. "Germany Annexes Austria - Mar 12, 1938 - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 5 Feb. 2016.</a>
On March 12, 1938, German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. https://goo.gl/8Og2xO -
Munich Conference
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-appeased-at-munich'Munich, Hitler. "Hitler Appeased At Munich - Sep 30, 1938 - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 9 Feb. 2016.</a>
On September 30, 1938, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Edouard Daladier, and Neville Chamberlain sign the Munich Pact. https://goo.gl/0sDkjm -
Kristallnacht
<ahref='http://http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/knacht.htm'Historyplace.com,. "The History Place - World War II In Europe Timeline: November 9/10 1938 - Kristallnacht, The Night Of Broken Glass ". N. p., 2016. Web. 3 Mar. 2016.</a>
A massive, coordinated attack on Jews throughout the German Reich on the night of November 9, 1938, into the next day, has come to be known as Kristallnacht or The Night of Broken Glass. https://goo.gl/V1SAIy -
Hitler demands the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nazis-take-czechoslovakia'Czechoslovakia, Nazis. "Nazis Take Czechoslovakia - Mar 15, 1939 - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 9 Feb. 2016.</a>
On March 15, 1939, Hitler’s forces invade and occupy Czechoslovakia. https://goo.gl/fJAOCZ -
Einstein's letter to FDR
<ahref='http://http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/truman-ein39/'"WGBH American Experience . Truman | PBS". American Experience. N. p., 2016. Web. 31 Mar. 2016.</a>
Albert Einstein sent FDR a letter saying that he needs to start building some bombs of mass destruction. The reason he said to do that is so that they build them before Germany does. https://goo.gl/70IAaE -
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
<ahref='http://https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005156'Ushmm.org,. "German-Soviet Pact". N. p., 2016. Web. 3 Mar. 2016.</a>
The German-Soviet Pact, also known as the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact after the two foreign ministers who negotiated the agreement. https://goo.gl/ACuAAY -
Nazi invasion of Poland
<ahref='http://https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005070'Ushmm.org,. "Invasion Of Poland, Fall 1939". N. p., 2016. Web. 3 Mar. 2016.</a>
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. From East Prussia and Germany in the north and Silesia and Slovakia in the south, German units, with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes. https://goo.gl/w7gaOr -
Evacuation of Dunkirk
<ahref='http://https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation'Wikipedia,. "Dunkirk Evacuation". N. p., 2016. Web. 3 Mar. 2016.</a>
The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between 27 May and 4 June 1940, during World War II. https://goo.gl/P4O5GQ -
Battle of Britain
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-britain'HISTORY.com,. "Battle Of Britain - World War II - HISTORY.Com". N.p., 2016. Web. 9 Feb. 2016.</a>
In 1940, German and British air forces clashed in the skies over the United Kingdom https://goo.gl/hbxS8b -
France Surrenders
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/france-to-surrender'surrender, France. "France To Surrender - Jun 17, 1940 - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 7 Apr. 2016.</a>
Within three weeks, a large part of the British force, accompanied by some of the French defenders, is pushed to the English Channel and compelled to abandon the continent at Dunkirk. https://goo.gl/7Jmqud -
The tripartite Pact
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-tripartite-pact-is-signed-by-germany-italy-and-japan'The Tripartite Pact is signed Germany, and Japan. "The Tripartite Pact Is Signed By Germany, Italy, And Japan - Sep 27, 1940 - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 5 Feb. 2016.</a>
On September 27, 1940, the Axis powers are formed as Germany, Italy, and Japan become allies with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin. https://goo.gl/bKdYZc -
Lend Lease Act
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/lend-lease-act'HISTORY.com,. "Lend-Lease Act - World War II - HISTORY.Com". N. p., 2016. Web. 3 Mar. 2016.</a>
Proposed in late 1940 and passed in March 1941, the Lend-Lease Act was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. https://goo.gl/QgyOcv -
Operation Barbarossa
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa'Stalingrad, Battle. "Operation Barbarossa - World War II - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 5 Feb. 2016.</a>
On June 22, 1941, Adolf Hitler sent his troops eastward to commit a massive invasion on the Soviet Union. https://goo.gl/4TlZm8 -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
<ahref='http://http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/wwii/jb_wwii_pearlhar_1.html'"The Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor". Americaslibrary.gov. N. p., 2016. Web. 8 Mar. 2016.</a>
December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. https://goo.gl/Az5F1t -
The Wannsee Conference
<ahref='http://https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005477'Ushmm.org,. "Wannsee Conference And The "Final Solution"". N. p., 2016. Web. 3 Mar. 2016.</a>
January 20, 1942, 15 high-ranking Nazi Party and German government officials gathered at a villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." https://goo.gl/JSD5Tl -
Bataan Death March
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march'HISTORY.com,. "Bataan Death March - World War II - HISTORY.Com". N.p., 2016. Web. 9 Feb. 2016.</a>
On April 9, 1942, U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese. https://goo.gl/Oj0FcL -
Doolittle Raid
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/doolittle-leads-air-raid-on-tokyo'Tokyo, Doolittle. "Doolittle Leads Air Raid On Tokyo - Apr 18, 1942 - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 3 Mar. 2016.</a>
April 18, 1942, 16 American B-25 bombers, launched from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet 650 miles east of Japan and commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle, attack the Japanese mainland. https://goo.gl/XWSPB6 -
Battle of Midway
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway'"Battle Of Midway - World War II - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 8 Mar. 2016.</a>
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. https://goo.gl/WIYWPv -
Battle of Stalingrad
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad'Stalingrad, Battle. "Battle Of Stalingrad - World War II - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 8 Mar. 2016.</a>
The Battle of Stalingrad, was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad in the U.S.S.R. during World War II. https://goo.gl/r4bUqg -
Operation Torch
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allies-confer-secretly-about-operation-torch'Torch, Allies. "Allies Confer Secretly About Operation Torch - Oct 22, 1942 - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 8 Mar. 2016.</a>
1942, American Maj. Gen. Mark Clark meets in Algeria with French officials loyal to the Allied cause, as well as Resistance fighters, regarding the launch of Operation Torch, the first Allied amphibious landing of the war. https://goo.gl/5HIIKH -
Island Hopping
<a href='http://http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1671.html'"Island Hopping". U-s-history.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 8 Mar. 2016.</a>
After the Battle of Midway, the United States launched a counter-offensive strike known as "island-hopping," establishing a line of overlapping island bases, as well as air control. https://goo.gl/wXF4mv -
Operation Overlord and D-Day
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day'"D-Day - World War II - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 8 Mar. 2016.</a>
It lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. https://goo.gl/2NNxnr -
Operation Valkyrie
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/topics/july-plot'"July Plot - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 8 Mar. 2016.</a>
July 20, 1944, during World War II, a plot by senior-level German military officials to murder Adolf Hitler and then take control of his government failed when a bomb planted in a briefcase went off but did not kill the Nazi leader. https://goo.gl/hKI8a6 -
Discovery of Majdanek
<ahref='http://http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=136'Holocaust, Discovery, and C. Chen. "Discovery Of Concentration Camps And The Holocaust". WW2DB. N. p., 2016. Web. 8 Mar. 2016.</a>
August 31, 1944, the Soviet army marched near Lublin in Poland as their campaign westward continued. They came across the abandoned Majdanek concentration camp. https://goo.gl/4AYyz5 -
Battle of the Bulge
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge'Bulge, Battle. "Battle Of The Bulge - World War II - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 8 Mar. 2016.</a>
December 16, 1944, Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp. https://goo.gl/1s4nJ4 -
Hitler's Suicide
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide'Suicide, This, and Adolf suicide. "Adolf Hitler Commits Suicide - Apr 30, 1945 - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 9 Mar. 2016.</a>
April 30, 1945, holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. https://goo.gl/QrAI8l -
V-E Day
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe'Europe, Victory. "Victory In Europe - May 08, 1945 - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 8 Mar. 2016.</a>
May 8, 1945, both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine. https://goo.gl/7UTMVB -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki'Bomb, Coroner's. "Bombing Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki - World War II - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 8 Mar. 2016.</a>
August 6, 1945, during World War II, an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people. https://goo.gl/Tz6R2c -
The Nuremberg Trials
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/nuremberg-trials'"Nuremberg Trials - World War II - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 9 Mar. 2016.</a>
The Nuremberg trials were a series of 13 trials carried out in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1945 and 1949. https://goo.gl/Vu0c16 -
V-J Day
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day'"V-J Day - World War II - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 9 Mar. 2016.</a>
August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. https://goo.gl/ohVwHf -
Creation of the United Nations
<ahref='http://http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-united-nations-is-born'born, The. "The United Nations Is Born - Oct 24, 1945 - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 8 Mar. 2016.</a>
October 24, 1945, the United Nations Charter, which was adopted and signed on June 26, 1945, is now effective and ready to be enforced. https://goo.gl/e3KcnU -
The Japanese War Crime Trials
<ahref='http://http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japanese-war-crimes-trial-begins'begins, Japanese. "Japanese War Crimes Trial Begins - May 03, 1946 - HISTORY.Com". HISTORY.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 3 Mar. 2016.</a>
In Tokyo, Japan, the International Military Tribunals for the Far East begins hearing the case against 28 Japanese military and government officials accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during World War II. https://goo.gl/ry7e2b -
The beginning of the Cold War
<a href='http://https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War'Wikipedia,. "Cold War". N.p., 2016. Web. 5 Feb. 2016.</a>
Historians do not fully agree on the dates, but 1947– 1991 is the most used. The term "cold" is used because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the two sides, although there were major regional wars. https://goo.gl/MktxIl