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World War II Dates Flashcards

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Germany invades Poland

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September 1st, 1939

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Beginnings of the Great depression

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1929

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Japan occupies Manchuria

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1921

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Hitler comes to power in Germany

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1933

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Japan and Germany leave the League of Nations

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1933

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Hitler makes military service obligatory

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1935

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Italy invades Ethiopia

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1935

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Germany remilitarizes the Rhineland

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1936

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Coalition of Italy and Germany (Rome-Berlin Axis)

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1936

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Start of the Spanish Civil War

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1936

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Anti-Comintern Pact

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1936

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Start of the Sino-Japanese War

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1937

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Germany takes over Austria and Sudetenland

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1938

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Italy invades Albania

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1939

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Pact of Steel

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1939

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German-Soviet non-aggression Pact

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1939

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Soviet Union attacks Finland (M, Y)

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November 1939

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Germany invades Norway and Denmark (M, Y)

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April 1940

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Germany invades and occupies the Netherlands and Belgium (M-M, Y)

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May-June 1940

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France is defeated

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June 1940

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Soviets take over the Baltics (M,Y)

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August 1940

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Germany takes over Yugoslavia and Greece (M,Y)

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June 1941

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Germany invades the USSR (M,Y)

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June 1941

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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor and ‘Murica enters the war (M,Y)

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December 1941

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Battle of El Alamein (M-M, Y)

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October-November 1942

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Italy troops withdraw from Ethiopia (M, Y)

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May 1943

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German defeat in Stalingrad, Russia (M,A)

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February 1943

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Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy (M-M,Y)

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June-August 1943

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Italian King Victor Emmanuel III fires Mussolini, who is arrested (M,Y)

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July 1943

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D-Day in Normandy (D,M,Y)

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June 6th 1944

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German counteroffensive in the Ardennes, France (M,Y)

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December 1944

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Allies land in Japan (M,Y)

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February 1945

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Germany troops withdraw from Italy (M,Y)

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April 1945

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Germany Surrenders (M,Y)

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May 1945

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US bombs Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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August 1945

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Japan surrenders

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September 1945

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Yalta Conference (M, Y)

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February 1945

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San Francisco Conference (M-M, Y)

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April-June 1945

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United Nations formed (M-M,Y)

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April-June 1945

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Conference of Potsdam (M-MY, Y)

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July-August 1945

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Nuremberg Trials (M,Y-M,Y)

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November 1945-September 1946

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Paris Peace Treaties (Y-Y)

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1946-1947

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