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The allies forced the germans to sign the treaty of Versailles, which was very detrimental to germany.
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Mussolini and 30,000 facists march on Rome. King of italy gave Mussolini dictatorial power for 1 year.
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In mid-september of 1931, Japan takes Manchuria for its factories and natural resources. The leauge of nations appealed this action to prevent war.
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On this date the president of Germany named the leader of the Nazi Party, Adolf Hitler, chancellor.
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Hitler creates the Luftwaffe, a german airforce. This action was a violation of the treaty of Versailles but the league of nations merely condemned the action but took no action against it.
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Hitler deploys the german military in the Rhineland, a ten-mile wide stretch of land around the Rhine river, which was a direct violation of the treaty of Versailles.
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This date signifies the date that Hitler marched into austria and announced an Anschluss, or unification.
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THe Germans and the Russian signed a non agression pact that both forbid conflict between the Nazis and the Soviets and secretly drew plans on how eastern europe would be divided.
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France and Britain declare war on Germany shortly after the invasion of Poland.
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Poles fall within weeks of the invasion. Germany keeps the western half of Poland while Russia takes the eastern half.
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The span of fighting between the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Italy enters World War II and begins an assualt on southern france.
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The italians invade British-controlled egypt to block allied trade to Asia and Russia
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The Japanese bombed pearl harbor in Hawaii. The Japanese killed 2,300 americans, destroyed 160 aircraft and damaged 150 more, destroyed the U.S.S. Arizona and the U.S.S. Oaklahoma was capsized. A dozen ships were either beached or sunk.
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Nazi leaders meed and have a meeting which ultimately leads to the deportation of the jewish people to concentration camps.
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On June 6, 160,000 allied troops landed on Normandy beach.
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The allies counter the german offensive line in Ardennes, France. The name comes from the bulge of german territory on the war maps.
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On this day the german soldiers laid down their arms. The germans in Prague surrendered to the soviets and the germans in Berlin surrendered to the other Allies.
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The US dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Another nuke was dropped on Nagasaki 3 days later.
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On this date the Japanese, the final Axis Power, surrendered. This marked the end of 6 years of fighting.
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This day the japanese surrenedered to the allied powers. The United States then occupied Japan.
