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Stock Market Crashes
On October 29, 1929 billions of dollars were lost and 15 million people became unemployed. Black Tuesday caused all stock prices fell completely as well as the start of the Great depression. -
Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany
Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazis. became chancellor of Germany. Hitler turned Germany into a military dictatorship. -
Seizing land
Hitler seized countries such as Austria, Czechoslovakia, Britain and France. Hitler believed that all members of the German race belonged in one country. -
Kristallnacht
Violence towards the jews broke out in the streets of Third Reich. This night is known as the night of Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken Glass”. It is named after the broken glass from the store windows. -
Non-Aggression Pact
Germany and the Soviet Union signed the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which both the countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
Invasion of Poland
German tanks conquered Poland in less than a month. The Nazis were unexpected, ruthless and quick. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a military campaign in WW2 when the air force defended the UK against the German air force attacks from the end of June 1940. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in a surprise attack.The bombs ruined all the American military planes, and killed over 2,000 soldiers, sailors, and civilians. -
D Day
The Normandy landings were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. -
End of WWII
World War II ended once Japan announced that it would end the fighting, and signed the articles of surrender on September 2, 1945.
