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Bolshevik Resolution
Russians seized control of government. -
Paris Peace Conference
Discuss post-war world. -
Treaty of Versaillies Signed
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Washington Naval Conference
slow/stop down possibly dangerous arms race -
Rapallo Treaty
agreement signed between Germany and Russia which renounced all territorial and financial claims -
England Refuses to Renew Alliance with Japan
Officially terminated alliance with Japan. -
Beer Hall Putsch
fail attempt by Hitler with other leaders to seize power -
Dawes Act
solve repairations -
Mein Kamph Published
Hitler's autobiography -
Benito Mussolini Comes to Power in Italy
Became prime minister and set a dictatorship. -
Stalin Comes to Power In Russia
Became ruler -
Stock Market Crash
billions of dollars lost, wiping out investors on Wall Street -
French Began Constructing the Maginot Line
Defense against Germany -
Japan Invades Manchuria
Japan invaded. -
Ukrainian Famine
Man made genocide killing millions -
Hitler Made Chancellor of Germany
By president to keep him and the Nazi party "in check" -
First Concentration Camp Established
Improsioning political opponents, homosexuals, jews, and johavah's witnesses -
Stalin Begins Military Purges and The Great Terror
Campaign and a period of extreme violence -
Night of Long Knives
Hitler ordered bloody purge against his own by assassinating hundreds of Nazis -
Hitler Declares Himself Vice Chancellor and Fuhrer of Germany
President Hindenburg died -
US Neutrality Acts
FDR signs -
Berlin Olympics
summer olympics -
Rape of Nanking
City was burned and male prisoners were massacred -
Hitler Invades Sudetenland
Nazis took control -
Hitler Invades Austria
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Munich Conference
Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to let Germany annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia -
Hitler Conquers the Rest of Czech
decided Czechoslovakia's fate -
Krystallnacht
"Night of Crystal" which was a series of attacks against Jews -
Enigma Machine Used in Britain
code-encrypton machine -
Einstein writes a letter to FDR on possiblities of atomic weapons
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Nazi Soviet Anti-Aggression Pact
Nazi Germany and Soviet Union met and signed the pact which meant they could not attack each other -
Hitler Invades Poland
Defeated Polish Army within weeks of invasion -
Britain and France Declare War on Germany
Because of the invasions on Poland, Britain and France overran nation declare war on Germany -
Winter War Between Finland and Russia
Direct result of Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact -
Nazi Occupation of Norway
Swept through to establish their rule -
Winston Churchill Comes to Power in England
Became prime ministor -
Desert Campaigns In Africa Begins
Nazi Germany was aligned itself with Italy and declared war upon France and United Kingdom -
Defeat French Army by the Nazis
Nazis came and invaded -
Battle of Britain
first battle that was mostly in the air -
Hitler Launches Operation Barbarossa
Germany invaded Russia in three parallel offenses -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacked Navy base in Hawaii -
FDR signs Executive Order 9066
ordered removal of resident enemy aliens -
Nimitz and McArthur Begin Island Hopping In Pacific
Striked at enemies weak points -
Battle of Midway
Naval battle fought over and near tiny US pacific base -
D-Day
Fight against Nazi Germany including US troops -
Operation Market Garden
Largest airborne unseccessful allied military operation in the Netherlands and Germany -
Battle of the Bulge
Surprise attack from Germany in Europe -
US Victory of Iwo Jima
US won and flew the flags -
Death of FDR
cerebral hemorrhage -
Manhattan Project Begins
creating first atomic bombs -
Hitler commits suicide
shot himself. -
Surrender of Germany
signed by 3 officers -
First successful test of atomic bombs
ended Manhattan project by successfully testing in New Mexico -
US drops bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Surrender of Japan
tired of defeats
