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23 Cards in this Set
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Start and end of WWII |
1st Sep. 1939 - 2nd Sep. 1945 |
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Treaty of Versailles |
28th Jun. 1919 |
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When did USA join WWII (also Pearl Harbour Attack) |
7th Dec. 1941 |
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WWI Armistice |
11th Nov. 1918 |
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WWI Start and End |
28th July 1914 - 11th Nov. 1918 |
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Invasion of Poland |
1st Sep. 1939 |
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Nationalist Socialist German Worker's Party establishment |
1920 |
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Hitler suicides |
30th April 1945 |
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France liberated from Germany |
August 1944 |
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Hitler was sworn in as the Chancellor |
1933 |
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Bombing of Darwin |
19 Feb. 1942 |
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Fall of Singapore |
10 Dec. 1941 |
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Great Depression |
24 Oct 1929 |
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Germany Surrenders |
7th May 1945 |
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Why was the League of Nations formed? And when was their first meeting? |
To maintain world peace and preventing further wars, 16 Jan. 1920 |
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Big Three (British PM) |
David Llyod George - Germany shouldn't be treated too harshly and should be given time to recover, France shouldn't be able to claim Rhineland |
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Big Three (French PM) |
George Clemenceau - France should be allowed to take Rhineland to prevent Germany from attacking, wants Germany to pay for damage reparations caused in France |
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Big Three (American Pres) |
Woodrow Wilson - didn't want any secret treaties, countries must reduce their weapons and armed forces, one nation shouldn't be able to govern another, all countries must belong to the League of Nations |
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Roaring Twenties |
Everyone made the most of life, economic boom, women allowed in the workforce |
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Great Depression |
Couldn't afford crops so farmers starved, diseases, low wages, profits dropped 1000% (10 times in debt), high unemployment ,some voted for Hitler outraged at the government, rise in taxes, |
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Inpact of Paris Peace Conference (on Germany) |
Pay reparations, limited its army, banned Germany from the League |
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Impact of Treaty (on Germany) |
Lost land, population, coalfields, iron and steel industries, limited army forces and banned conscription, wouldn't be able to endanger other countries anymore, reparations |
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Impact of League (on Germany) |
Was excluded so wasn't able to negotiate or discuss terms, leading to conflict |
