1942- The “Final Solution” officially announced, kill all European Jews, ghettos being emptied as Jews are moved to camps, the US, GB, and SU acknowledge that Germany is killing Jews
1943- Warsaw Ghetto, Jews revolted against Nazis, held out for a month, eventually lost
1944- Hitler takes over Hungary, those Jews sent to camps and killed
1945- Hitler’s defeated, war ends, death camps emptied, many survivors put in displaced persons camps until they find somewhere to go
1947- Israel established
Joseph Stalin- very respected, went to school to become a priest, 5 year plans to increase output, collectivization took over farms and nationalization took over factories, killed anyone he didn’t trust
Kellogg- Briand pact- 60 some countries signed petition to outlaw war as a settle of disputes
Japan depends on imports; high tariffs made it hard to get stuff, military decided to go to Manchuria, League of Nations didn’t do anything to prevent it
Good Neighbor Policy- become better neighbors with Latin America
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