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Great Depression Begins.
The great depression started when the Stock Market crashed on October 24, 1929. This day is also know as Black Tuesday. -
Hitler Becomes Chancellor
President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler leader of the Nazi party and chancellor of Germany. -
Night of Broken Glass
The night of broken glass was a massive attack on jews on Nov. 9 1938. Over 250 synagogues were burned, over 7,000 Jewish businesses were trashed, dozens of jews were killed. The night became known as Kristallnacht which translates to night of broken glass. It was named this because of all the glass that littered the streets after the attack. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Hitler made a pact with Stalin, this pact was a promise not to go to war with eachother and a promise to split poland after invading. -
Germany invades Poland
Hitler was seeking to regain lost territory and to rule poland. German forces came from everywhere.. land and air. -
Blitzkreig was used in Germany.
The blitzkreig strategy used extensive bombing to destroy enemys communication lines, air capacity, railroads, etc. After german forces pushed their way threw, they destroyed anyother resistance. -
Germany uses blitzkrieg on Great Britian
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Lend Lease Act
The Lend-Lease act permitted FDR to transfer arms or any other defense materials to other countries if needed in defense of the united states. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack on a military base in Hawaii by the Japanese. This attack pulled the U.S into World War 2. -
D-Day
The turning point of world war 2 because it was the first major allied victory. On d-day allied forces fought germany's troops on the beaches of Normandy to liberate northern France. -
Yalta Conference
At the Yalta Conference, FDR, Churchill and Stalin all met to discuss postwar world and future war progress. Stalin was promised land lost to Japan. All the agreements made in this conference were supposed to be kept secret. -
VE day.
VE day is also known as Victory in Europe day. This was the day the Nazi's surrendered its armed forces. -
Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Little boy was the codename for the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945. It was dropped in hopes to end WW2. -
Atomic bomb on Nagasaki
This was the last major act of World War 2. A few days after the atomic bomb was dropped, Japan surrendered. -
United Nations Established
