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Mass Unemployment
"Mass unemployment and economic depression led to bitter poverty in Germany, Britain, Japan, Italy, and the United States, as well as other countries around the world." -
Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
"In 1933, Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazis, became chancellor of Germany. Known as der Fuhrer (the leader), Hitler built up the military forces in Germany, in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Most, but not all, Germans believed that Hitler brought strength and courage back to their country, as well as prosperity." -
"Night of Broken Glass"
"On the night of November, 9, 1938, violence aimed specifically at the Jews broke out in the streets of the Third Reich. Police and many German civilians stood by while Nazi mobs destroyed thousands of synagogues and Jewish businesses and homes." -
France fallen to the Nazis
"On June 14, 1940, the red, white, and black swastika flag flew over Paris. France had fallen to the Nazis." -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor was where the U.S. Pacific fleet was headquartered. Hundreds of Japanese bombers devastated 18 American navy ships, including the USS Arizona and other battleships. The bombs ruined all the American military
planes, and killed over 2,000 soldiers, sailors, and
civilians. -
War Production Board (WPB)
"In January 1942, one month after the United
States joined World War II, Congress created the
War Production Board (WPB). This agency
oversaw the conversion of industrial production
from peace time to the requirements of war time." -
D-Day
The D-Day invasion was a masterful
coordination of Allied land, sea and air power.
"The night before the attack, the Allies dropped
paratroopers behind the German lines. With this
advance force on French soil, airplanes and
battleships bombarded the German defenses,
while some 4,000 ships landed troops and
supplies on the Normandy beaches." -
Estimated Kill
"The Nazis murdered more than 6 million Jews from all over Europe. It is astonishing to think the by 1945, two out of every three Jews in Europe had been killed." -
Hitler dies
Hitler kills himself in his bunker due to the Allied forces eventually ruling over him. -
The first atomic drop
"While President Truman was at the Potsdam
Conference, he received news of the successful
test of a revolutionary weapon. Unlike Roosevelt,
Truman did not know much about this new,
deadly, invention. But at Potsdam, Truman
learned that the first atomic bomb had been
exploded in Almagordo, New Mexico, on July 16,
1945." -
Atomic Destruction in Japan
"On August 6, 1945, an
American airplane named the Enola Gay dropped
the atomic weapon on Hiroshima, an industrial
center in Japan. A four-square mile area was
completely incinerated and 80,000 civilians
perished."
