ap euro unit 9 important timeline years

1919

treaty of versailles, league of nations founded. ends wwi, weak international peacekeeping body.

1922

mussolini’s march on rome. establishes fascist rule in italy.

1923

hyperinflation in germany, hitler’s beer hall putsch. economic instability, failed coup; hitler imprisoned.

1929

stock market crash. sparks the great depression, fueling extremism in europe.

1933

hitler becomes chancellor of germany, reichstag fire and enabling act. nazi dictatorship begins, hitler consolidates power.

1935-36

nuremberg laws, germany remilitarizes rhineland. strips jews of rights, violates versailles treaty.

1938

anschluss, munich agreement. germany annexes austria, GB and france appease hitler by giving him sudetenland.

1939

germany invades poland (sept 1), GB ad france declar war (sept 3). wwii begins.

1940

germany swiftly conquers western europe, battle of britain. germany fails to subdue UK.

1941

germany invades USSR (opperation barbosa), japan attacks pearl harbor. US enters war.

1942-43

battle of stalingrad (turning point). germany suffers massive defeat in the USSR.

1944

d-day (june 6). allies land in normandy, begin liberating europe.

1945

hitler commits suicide, germany surrenders, US drops atomic bombs on Japan, Japan surrenders. wwii ends.