World war II

First concentration camp

Mar 12, 1933

Nazi SA (Sturmabteilung) guards oversee prisoners who are carrying a tub near the entrance to the Oranienburg concentration camp in 1933. The SA was eventually replaced by Himmler's SS as the concentration camp system expanded to house an ever increasing number of political opponents and Jews, arrested and imprisoned without a trial or any right of appeal. The first camps included; Dachau in southern Germany near Munich, Buchenwald in central Germany near Weimar, and Sachsenhausen near Berlin in

1939 World war II starts

Sep 1, 1939

In 1939 World War II starts.

pearl harbor hit

Dec 7, 1941

Japan bombs pearl harbor

German vessel disguised as a British

Feb 17, 1942

German vessel disguised as a British merchantman is reported sunk by a U-boat off Azores.

Japanese forces land

Feb 21, 1942

Japanese forces land on the Portuguese Island of Timor. Japanese troops having suffered heavy casualties over the past few weeks from battle and disease, begin to slacken their pressure in Bataan. President Quezon of the Philippines leaves for Australia in a US submarine.

First atomic bomb

Aug 6, 1945

First atomic bomb was dropped.The bomb killed as many as 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 in Nagasaki by the end of 1945,roughly half on the days of the bombings. Amongst these, 15 to 20% died from injuries or illness attributed to radiation poisoning.

Second atomic bomb

Aug 9, 1945

The second atomic bomb was dropped.The bomb killed as many as 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 in Nagasaki by the end of 1945,roughly half on the days of the bombings. Amongst these, 15 to 20% died from injuries or illness attributed to radiation poisoning.