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Chancellor of Germany: Hitler
On this date, Paul von Hindenburg named Hitler chancellor of Germany.this helped hitler rise to power to rule Germany.
info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-is-named-chancellor-of-germany
Photo: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/adolf-hitler-super-junkie-drugs-veins-collapsed-norman-ohler-blitzed-thousands-injections-a7346111.html -
Germany invades Poland: Trigger for WW2
on this day, Hitler went to pass the Polish boarders and invaded the country. this is what officially started WW2 and forced other countries to interfere.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland
photo: https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005070 -
Winston Churchill becomes leader of the british
On this day, Winston Churchill becomes the leader of the British government. he was named prime minister when Chamberlain signed the Munich Pact to let Germany take the Part of Czechoslovakia.
info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/churchill-becomes-prime-minister
Photo: http://ww2history.com/key_moments/Western/Winston_Churchill_becomes_PM -
Italy enters WW2
italy entered the war on June 10th, 1940. they entered to help their side which was the axis powers because they were less.
info: https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005177
Photo: https://www.reference.com/history/role-did-italy-play-world-war-ii-a09a72f30eea70df -
Battle of Britain
This battle happened exactly one month later when the Italians decided to join the war with the axis powers. German and British air powers fought over the United Kingdom so it destroyed a part of it.
Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-britain
photo: https://sites.google.com/a/wwsu.org/wwii-book-hums-8th-grade/war-in-europe/the-battle-of-britain -
Axis powers break non-aggression pact
The non-aggression pact was an agreement between between the Nazi's and the soviet union. this said that they would have peace for 10 years, but the Germans invaded the soviet union 2 years in.
info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact
Photo: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/triumph/tr-pact.htm -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
on this day, the Japanese attacked pearl harbor very early in the morning.they destroyed 20 battleships, 300 airplanes, and killed 2,000 people, and 1,000 wounded.
info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
photo: https://www.britannica.com/event/Pearl-Harbor-attack -
Bataan Death March
on this date, the americans surrendered in Lazon so their soldiers took a 65-mile march to the prison camps. they surrendered to Japan.
info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march
photo: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/albert-brown-oldest-survivor-world-war-ii-bataan-death-march-dies-105-article-1.949837 -
battle of Coral sea
this was a four day battle between Japan and America. this was a air force battle and the Japanese tried to attack American ports.
info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-coral-sea
photo: https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Coral-Sea -
Battle of Midway
this was an air and naval battle between the Japanese and the Americans where the Americans were outnumbered by the Japanese. though they were outnumbered, the destroyed japan and destroyed what was known as the "invincible army".
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-midway-begins
Photo: https://www.texvet.org/postings/battle-midway-survivorssurviving-family-members -
Battle of Stalingrad
this battle was between the Germans the USSR in Stalingrad, Russia. the Russians successfully defended their land against the Germans and this was one of the bloodiest battles in history.
photo: https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Stalingrad
info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad -
Italy surrenders to allies
on this day, General Dwight Eisenhower publicly announced that Italy are surrendering.one month after they surrender, they declare war on Germany and they joined the allied powers.
info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italian-surrender-is-announced
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D-day
on D-day, 150,000 soldiers that are british, american, and canadian forces go to normandy in france. they fight germany and they defeat them. this was starting to being called the end of the war.
photo: https://www.army.mil/d-day/
info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
1st liberation of concentration camps
on this day, the Russians entered Mjadanek concentration camp in Poland and freed all the jews that were in their. this was the first of the freeing of many Jews.
info: https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007724
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liberation of Paris
After 4 years of being ruled and occupied by the Nazi's, Paris is freed by the Americans and some of their army. Hitler wanted to burn Paris before it was liberated but he couldn't.
info and photo: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/paris-liberated -
Battle of Bulge
this battle was the last major attack the Germans would do before the war ended. they had 250,000 soldiers fighting and they wanted to move the allied nations back from the boarders of France to Belgium.
info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-the-bulge
photo: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/paris-liberated -
Battle of Iwo Jima
the Americans went to the coast of an island in Japan with battleships and air force. after a month of fighting, the US wipes out the 23,000 soldiers defending the island.
info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima
photo: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
Death of FDR
on this day Franklin D. Roosevelt died after being president for four terms and left Harry S. Truman as president while still being in WW2 and with a very powerful force.
info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-dies
Photo: https://antiqueantiqueinformation.knoji.com/questions/have-a-newspaper-dated-april-13-1945-with-roosevelts-picture-and-announcing-his-death-also-pictures-of-roosevelt-stalin-and-churchill-in-it-/ -
Death of Hitler
On this day, Hitler goes somewhere underground and shoots himself with a pistol so he dies. this meant that Germany had to finish the war without their leader and creator.
info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide-in-his-underground-bunker
Photo: https://www.google.com.eg/search?q=death+of+hitler&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj5s9SUrYrTAhVnJ8AKHT6zCb0Q_AUIBigB&biw=1271&bih=836#imgrc=xCigtsqQbEvDRM: -
Germany Surrenders
In Reims, France, Alfred Jodl signs the official paper that says that Germany will officially surrender in WW2. this man wanted only the west side to surrender, but Dwight Eisenhower insisted that both sides surrender.
info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-surrenders-unconditionally-to-the-allies-at-reims
photo: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/151433606190416830/ -
Atomic Bomb #1
The first atomic bomb hit Hiroshima by the Americans. about 100,000 people were killed by the bomb.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-first-atomic-bomb-test-is-successfully-exploded
photo: https://www.trumanlibrary.org/teacher/abomb.htm -
Atomic Bomb #2
on this day, the second American atomic bomb hits Nagasaki. this bomb kills about 60,000 people.
info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-nagasaki
photo: http://history105.libraries.wsu.edu/fall2014/2014/08/29/atomicbombs/ -
Japan Surrenders
After having two cities destroyed by two atomic bombs, on this day, Japan officially surrenders and ends WW2. There air force and naval army was basically destroyed.
info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japan-surrenders
Photo: https://www.pinterest.com/explore/japan-surrenders/
