Outbreak of World War II - Quick Revision Sheet
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Key dates
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1925 | Locarno: Germany and France respect the Rhine frontiers |
| 1928 | Kellogg-Briand Pact |
| 1931 | Japan seizes Manchuria |
| 1935 | Saar plebiscite; Italy invades Ethiopia |
| 1 September 1939 | Germany invades Poland |
| July-October 1940 | Battle of Britain |
| 7 December 1941 | Pearl Harbour |
| 4-7 June 1942 | Battle of Midway |
| 6 June 1944 | Date fixed for the invasion of France |
| 6 and 9 August 1945 | Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| 1842 | Treaty of Nanking |
| 12 February 1912 | Edict of Abdication ends the Manchu dynasty |
| 1934 | Long March; Tydings-McDuffie Act |
| 4 July 1946 | Philippines independent |
| 1949 | People's Republic of China; Indonesia independent (December) |
Persons
| Person | Remember for |
|---|---|
| Chamberlain | Appeasement, Munich |
| Haile Selassie | Emperor of Ethiopia |
| De Gaulle | Free French army |
| MacArthur | US forces in the Pacific, 1942 |
| Eisenhower | Supreme commander of the Allies |
| Badoglio | Replaced Mussolini; surrender of Italy |
| Hung Hsiu-chuan | Taiping leader |
| Sun Yat-sen | Kuomintang; three principles |
| Mao Tse-tung | Long March; People's Republic |
| Sukarno | Indonesian Nationalist Party; President |
| Aguinaldo | First president of the Philippine republic |
| Quezon | President of the Philippines 1935-1941 |
Terms
- Appeasement: buying peace at any cost.
- Blitzkrieg: the lightning strike.
- Holocaust: genocide of about six million Jews.
- Lend-Lease: US aid to the opponents of Fascism.
- Taiping: great peace. Boedi Oetomo: High Endeavour.
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