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HOW DID AGGRESSIVE WORLD POWERS EMERGE, AND WHAT DID IT TAKE TO DEFEAT THEM DURING WWII? (ANSWER AS A GROUP WHEN TIMELINE IS COMPLETED)

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HOW DID AGGRESSIVE WORLD POWERS EMERGE, AND WHAT DID IT TAKE TO DEFEAT THEM DURING WWII? (ANSWER AS A GROUP WHEN TIMELINE IS COMPLETED)

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Aggressive world powers emerge after Japan invades Manchuria, breaking the peace agreement. Hence

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Breaking the Kellogg-Briand Pact, Japan wanted an empire so they took over Manchuria in 1931 when the league of nations condemned the aggression. Japan then withdraws from League of Nation, but Japan felt that the consequence was not significant because they did not want to be a part of the League of Nations anyways. Consequently, this gave Hitler a green light to break the Treaty of Versailles.

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HITLER GOES AGAINST THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES

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HITLER GOES AGAINST THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES

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In 1936 Hitler built up the German Military in defiance of the treaty. The allies adopted the policy of appeasement, giving in to the demands of an aggressor in order to keep the peace. Hitler keeps believing in his power.

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In 1938 Hitler wanted to join Austria and Germany together. Hitler had tried to force the Austrian chancellor to appoint Nazis to key cabinet posts. Hitler then used force to combined both countries. Some Austrians didn't agree with this so Hitler silenced the Austrians who opposed it.

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Hitler turned to Czechoslovakia. At first he wanted to give 3 million German people in Sudetenland autonomy.  France and Britain didn't want to fight Germany for Czechoslovakia, so British and French leaders searched for a peaceful solution. Hitler assured Britain and France that he would no longer expand his empire, so he annexed Sudetenland to Germany with permission from France & Britain.

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September 1938 British and French Leaders chose a policy of appeasement. British and French Leaders caved into Hitler's demands and then persuaded the Czechs to surrender the Sudetenland without a fight. Hitler then promised Britain and France that he would no longer expand his territory.

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In 1939 Hitler announced the Nazi-Soviet pact which bounded Hitler and Stalin to peaceful relations. Hitler and Stalin made an agreement secretly that if one of them was going to war the other did not have to and to divide up Poland and other parts of Eastern Europe between themselves. Hitler feared communism and Stalin feared fascism. By joining with Hitler, Stalin tried to protect the Soviet Union from the treaty of war with Germany and took any chance to gain more land in Eastern Europe.

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On September first 1939 the German forces invaded Poland. Two days after Britain and France declared war on Germany and World War II began.

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German troops poured into France, bypassing the Maginot line. Retreating British forces were soon trapped between the Nazi army and the English Channel. Hence, the British sent all available naval vessels, merchant ships, and even fishing and pleasure boats across the channel to pluck stranded troops off the beaches of Dunkirk. Despite German air attacks, the improvised armada ferried more than 300,000 troops to safety in Britain. This heroic rescue raised British morale.

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German forces headed south toward Paris. Italy declared war in France and attacked them from the south. Overrun and demoralized, France surrendered. On June 22, 1940, Hitler forced the French to sign the surrender documents in the same railroad car in which Germany had signed the armistice ending World War I. Following the surrender, Germany occupied northern France. In the south, the Germans set up a "puppet state," with its capital at vichy. Some French officers fled to ENgland and established a government-in-exile. Led by Charles de Gaulle, these "free French" worked to liberate their homeland. Within France, resistance fighters utilized guerrilla tactics against German forces.

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GERMANY LAUNCHES BLITZ (BATTLE OF BRTAIN)

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GERMANY LAUNCHES BLITZ (BATTLE OF BRTAIN)

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Late on September 7, 1940, German bombers first appeared over London. All through the night, relays of aircraft showered high explosives and firebombs on the sprawling capital. The bombing continued for 57 consecutive nights in a row and occasionally until the following May. These bombing attacks on London and other British cities are known as "the blitz". Much of London was destroyed, and thousands of people lost their lives. London did not break under the blitz. Defiantly, Parliament continued to meet. Citizens carried on their daily lives, seeking protection in shelters and then emerging to resume their routines when the all-clear sounded. Even the British king and queen chose to support Londoners by joining them in bomb shelters instead of fleeing to the countryside.

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Victorious throughout Europe, Hitler made a decision to begin invading Russia during the summer of 1941. This is called Operation Bararossa. For both Hitler and Stalin, the Nonaggression Pact of 1939 had been nothing more than a practical attempt to delay the unavoidable conflict between the two countries. Hitler took advantage of the treaty to insure a one-front war while he was battling on the west. Meanwhile, Stalin made use of the time to modernize his army to fight against Russia. The Nazi thought that Russia can be easily defeated within a few weeks. The Nonaggression Pact was broken on June 22, 1941, when Hitler launched an enormous attack across a long front ranging from Baltic Sea to Caspian Sea.

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German Tojo demanded a sudden attack. Early on December 7, 1941, Japanese airplanes bombed the American fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The attack took the lives of about 2300 people and destroyed battleships and aircraft. The next day, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt told the nation that December 7 was "a date which will live in infamy". He asked Congress to declare war on Japan. On December 11, Germany and Italy, as Japanese allies, declared war on the United States.

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Governments rationed food and stopped factories from making everyday household items and instead gave them jobs working on war efforts.
Women were put to work building ships, planes, ammunition, and even served in the armed forces as ambulance drivers, airplane deliverers, and message decoders.

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In 1942, Poland's government was in exile. The big three strategized to open a new battle on the other end of Germany to relieve pressure on the Soviet Union.

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Allies finally halted the armies in North Africa, and finally had them surrender in May 1943.

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In 1941 the Germans were stuck outside of Moscow an Leningrad. In 1942, Hitler tried to attack again, but only got as far as Stalingrad. It was very costly. Finally in January of 1943, Germany surrendered. By early 1944, Soviet troops entered Eastern Europe.

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Germans launched a massive counter attack against the allies this battle was called battle of the bulge. Both sides had huge casualties and the fighting lasted for 6 weeks. Hitler lost support during this time, the Soviets were advancing on erlin.

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June 6 1944, the allies launched a sup[rise invasion of Normandy in France 156000 English troops crossed the English channel to fight the Germans. In one day 2500 allies died. By august they made it to Paris and freed it from German control.

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1945 feb, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin met at the Yalta conference to discuss how eastern Europe could be protected from future aggression. They agreed that the soviet union would enter a war within three months of Germany's surrender. Germany would be divided into four zones British French American and Soviet. The Soviets were also promised and occupation zone in Korea.

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This is victory in Europe day and Hitler had been defeat and his Reich was in rubble. This was due to some bad military decisions. The Germans were defeated when they took Berlin.