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july 1923 |
treaty of lausanne (turkey) new peace treaty which meant turkey regained its sovereignty and some territory |
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january 1924 |
macdonald becomes PM first labour PM after baldwin's small conservative majority proves to be ungovernable macdonald disapproved of the great war |
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february 1924 |
britain recognises the soviet government in 1922 the communists were victorious, forming the soviet union with the unification of the russian, transcaucasian, ukrainian and belorussian republics |
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august 1924 |
dawes plan attempt to solve the reparations problem and return some stability to the german economy (usa, italy, france, britain and belgium) |
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oct 1924 |
baldwin becomes PM again conservatives win landslide majority labour becomes the 2nd party in british politics |
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1925 |
locarno conference agreements that mutually guaranteed peace in western europe |
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1926 |
germany joins the league of nations germany got into the league of nations causing them to get international recognition, but exposing their weakness |
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1929 |
macdonald becomes PM again labour returns to power, but did not forsee the economic recession caused by the wall street crash |
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august 1931 |
national government formed in GB formed in an attempt to rescue the country from economic turmoil effectively a conservative government with a labour PM |
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september 1931 |
japanese troops begin military operations in manchuria japan had technically performed an act of war against the league there was no response out of fear for war |
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february 1932 |
import duties act introduction of a general tariff of 10% on most imports- designed to protect british industry |
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october 1932 |
lord lyttons report on the manchuria situation both chinese and japanese condemned- chinese for anti japanese propaganda and japan for being the agressor |
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january 1933 |
hitler becomes chancellor in germany hitler is appointed chancellor by hindenburg |
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october 1933 |
germany leaves the disarmament conference and league of nations hitler justifies this act with the claim that germany would not be treated as an equal- the conference fell apart as a result |
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march 1935 |
hitler announces german rearmament although the germans had been ignoring the terms of the ToV for years, this was a diplomatic challenge to GB, france and the USA which they failed |
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june 1935 |
anglo german naval agreement ratio based agreement that stated that germany could only build up to 35% of GB's capital ships |
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october 1935 |
italy invades abyssinia italy were given free reign because france were afraid of the german threat |
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november 1935 |
general election the change of government made very little difference to policies |
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march 1936 |
german troops reoccupy the rhineland hitler's justification: franco-soviet alliance was a threat to germany hitler's gambling paid off as the allies took no action |
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july 1936 |
spanish civil war begins the monarchists were fighting the newly elected republic government |
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may 1937 |
chamberlain becomes PM was prepared to go to great lengths to avoid war |
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july 1937 |
start of the japanese-chinese war chinese opposed the expansion of japanese influence on its territory |
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march 1938 |
hitler annexed austria the anschluss: unification of austria and germany, with the help of the popularity of the austrian nazi party |
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september 1938 |
munich conference settled the sudetenland dispute- czech land returned from germany |
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march 1939 |
the end of czechoslovakia hitler's troops invade czechoslovakia they do so successfully |
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march 1939 |
GB guarantee to poland claimed GB would come to the aid of poland if they became victims of an unprovoked attack |
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april 1939 |
britain introduces conscription britain began to increase its military capacity by preparing for the possibility of war |
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may 1939 |
pact of steel between germany and italy military and political alliance |
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august 1939 |
the nazi soviet pact non agression pact between the USSR and germany agreeing to split poland and not go to war with one another |
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1 september 1939 |
germany invades poland hitler fabricated a lie suggesting a german radio station on the border of poland was attacked by poles |
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3 september 1939 |
britain and france declare war on germany chamberlain was hoping for a last minute reprieve because he was anxious about france's commitment to the war |
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september 1939 |
germany defeats poland britain was not yet ready for war the USSR then attacked the east making britain helpless to aid poland |
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april 1940 |
german forces overrun denmark and norway denmark surrenders almost immediately norway was taken after britain was forced to go into france |
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may 1940 |
churchill becomes PM followed the norway campaign, which was a disaster |
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june 1940 |
fall of france the germans invaded through the ardennes after sending a decoy through belgium |
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aug-sep 1940 |
battle of britain massive attack on britain by the luftwaffe and defence by the raf |
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march 1941 |
US lend lease to britain the USA claimed to be neutral but they continued to provide military and financial aid to the allies |
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june 1941 |
germany invades USSR operation barbarossa: 150,00 soviet soldiers killed in week 1 |
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december 1941 |
pearl habour, USA joins the war followed US demands that japan withdraw from french indo china, the froze japanese assets and imposed an oil embargo |
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december 1941 |
hitler declares war on the USA germany joined the japanese war against the USA in the hope that they would help defeat russia later on |
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feb 1942 |
fall of singapore singapore was part of the british empire and when it fell it became apparent that the japanese were a force to be reckoned with |
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november 1942 |
battle of el alamein rommel vs montgomery in egypt |
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january 1943 |
german surrender at stalingrad brings an end to five months fighting |
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january 1943 |
casablanca conference roosevelt and churchill met in casablanca and agreed that the axis powers must unconditionally surrender agreed on allied landing in sicily: mainly encouraged by churchill |
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july 1943 |
allied occupation of sicily followed the successful african campaign 38 days later they had won sicily and planned to move into mainland italy |
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september 1943 |
allied invasion of italy monty leads troops in italy, where they surrender. mussolini is rescued by the germans and put in charge of northern italy |
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november 1943 |
tehran conference roosevelt, churchill and stalin coordinate their military strategy against germany and japan |
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june 1944 |
allied invasion of france D Day (operation overlord) |
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february 1945 |
yalta conference churchill, roosevelt and stalin meet in crimea: decided france should get a slice of germany, free elections in liberated europe etc |
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april 1945 |
deaths of roosevelt, hitler and mussolini hitler's suicide and mussolini's execution |
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may 1945 |
german surrender USA were calling the shots in the war at this point; they prevented the british troops pushing on berlin before the soviets |
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july 1945 |
potsdam conference truman, stalin and attlee many disagreements, truman announces development of new weapons (A bomb) decisions made on the occupation of germany |
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august 1945 |
atom bomb dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki US retaliation for pearl habour had the approval of attlee and churchill |
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august 1945 |
japanese surrender heavy losses in the US A bomb attacks |
