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History GCSE
Peace Treaties
Locarno Treaty
1925
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Germany accepts borders
Britain + Italy promise to defend France
Germany + France will go to L.N. to settle future disputes
Germany admitted into L.N.
Kellogg-Briand Pact
1928
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War condemned
All countries promise to settle future dispute by peaceful negotiations
HOWEVER: no consequences put in place for those who break promises
League of Nations
Germany Enters
1926
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USSR Joins L.N.
1934
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Italy Leaves
1937
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USSR Voted Out
1939
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Only 7/15 vote for USSR to be kicked out (+3 were added the day before by Britain!)
Manchuria
Mukden Incident
September 1931
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South Manchuria Railway 'attacked by Chinese'
Japan invades in response
Puppet Government Set Up
February 1932
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Pu Yi (last Chinese Emperor) becomes head of a puppet government set up in Manchukuo by the Japanese
Lord Lytton's Report
September 1932
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Lord Lytton's report strongly condemns the Japanese
Japan Announces Invasion + Report Approved
February 1933
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Japan announces plan to invade more of China
All but Japan approve Lord Lytton's report
Japan Withdraws From L.N.
March 1933
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Japan Invades Jehol
April 1933
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Abyssinia
Wal-Wal Incident
December 1934
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Abyssinian + Italian soldiers have a dispute at Wal-Wal (80km into Abyssinia)
Negotiations with L.N.
January 1935 - October 1935
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During this period Mussolini ships army to Africa and drums up support for war within Italy
Stresa Pact Signed
April 1935
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Britain, France +Italy
strong condemnation of German rearmament
commitment to stand united against Germany
L.N. Report on Wal-Wal Incident
4 September 1935
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Neither side can be held responsible
Italy to be given a small amount of land as compensation
Italian Invasion of Abyssinia
October 1935 - May 1936
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Economic sanctions:
arms ban
all imports from Italy banned
rubber, tin + other metal exports to Italy banned
all loans to Italy banned
NO OIL BAN
Hoare-Laval Plan Leaked
December 1935
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Hoare = British F.M.
Laval = French F.M.
Plan to give 2/3 of Abyssinia to Italy in return for stopping the invasion
Hitler
Germany Leaves L.N.
1933
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Anschluss Attempted
1934
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Anschluss with Austria attempted but blocked by Italy
Mussolini doesn't Germany to get stronger + Italy to look weak
Conscription Reintroduced
1934
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Anglo-German Naval Treaty
1935
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Germany allowed to expand its navy to 35% of Britain's fleet
France not consulted
Germany Openly Rearms
1935
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Saar Plebiscite
1935
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Saar plebiscite overwhelmingly supports being part of Germany
prestige boost for Hitler
Saar contains lots of coal and steel industry
German Involvement in Spanish Civil War
1936 - 1937
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Why?
Provides a distraction to Hitler's central Europe ambitions
Ideology - Fascism vs. Communism
Hitler thought General Franco could be a potential new ally
Allows Hitler's airforce to test out new machinery and to gain experience
Rhineland Remilitarised
7 March 1936
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Hitler remilitarises the Rhineland. Troops given orders to withdraw at any sign of French resistance
Rome-Berlin Axis
October 1936
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Stresa Front completely destroyed
Anti-Comintern Pact Signed with Japan
November 1936
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Italy joins Anti-Cominterm Pact
1937
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German Troops Enter Austria (Anschluss)
March 1938
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Hitler Plans to Absorb the Sudetenland into Germany
May 1938
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The Munich Agreement
29 September 1938
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Britain, Germany, France + Italy
No discussions with the Czechs or the USSR
Parts of Czechoslovakia Occupied
1 October 1938
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Germany - Sudetenland
Hungary - Ruthenia + other border areas
Poland - Teschen
Germany Prepared for War
1939
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Warships - 95
Aircraft - 8,250
Soldiers - 1,000,000
Rest of Czechoslovakia Invaded by Germany
March 1939
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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
August 1939
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Molotov - Soviet F.M.
Ribbentrop - Nazi F.M.
Cold War
Yalta Conference
February 1945
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Agreed:
Churchill, Roosevelt + Stalin
USSR ----> Japan (after Hitler defeated)
Germany (+Berlin) to be split into 4 sections
Free elections for Eastern European countries
Not Agreed:
Western edge of Russia's border
Poland's government - London vs. Lublin Poles
Hitler Defeated
May 1945
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Potsdam Conference
July 1945
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Agreed:
Trial of leading Nazis as war criminals
Repatriation of Germans
Not Agreed:
Truman blocks Stalin's demand for reparations
Truman blocks USSR occupation of Japan
Stalin blocks US + British involvement in E. Europe
Truman Doctrine Announced
March 1947
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Marshall Plan Announced
June 1947
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$13bn
16 West European countries
Cominform Set Up
September 1947
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Draws together all the Communist parties of Europe
Includes Communist parties of France + Italy
Cominform Set Up
October 1947
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Communist Takeover of Czechoslovakia
February 1948
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Last remaining remaining democratic Eastern European country
Cabinet = 1/3 communist, 2/3 non-communist
Berlin Blockade
June 1948 - May 1949
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2 million tons of supplies flown in
275,000 flights
2.5 million West Berliners kept fed + warmed
Germany Fully Split Up
1949
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West Germany = German Federal Republic
East Germany = German Democratic Republic
Molotov Plan
1949
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Soviet equivalent of Marshall Plan
NATO Set Up
April 1949
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Soviet Development of Atomic Bomb
September 1949
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