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15 Events leading up to, during and after World War II
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Hitler Violates Treaty of Versailles
Hitler having become the Fuhrer of Germany, needed to rebuild the country after its loss in world war 1 so he started by rebuilding the military giving many people government jobs and boosting the economy of the country -
Nuremberg race laws September 15 1935
The Nazi Country placed a law stripping the rights of any German Jew or person of Jewish decent this caused major panic in the population as the hid and were scattered due to people becoming violent towards the people -
Italian forces Invades Ethiopia
Due to an incident in the Italian Somaliland it gave Mussolini a reason to intervene and take over Ethiopia. However it wasn't much of a fight as the Ethiopian army's where poorly equipped and untrained . -
Axis powers (Germany and Italy)
With Germany's army growing exponentially and other fascist countries supporting Hitler the countries decided to form an alliance signing the Rome-Berlin Axis Treaty to show they have each others backs in case of an attack from another country. -
Germany and Japan form alliance
Japan starts an alliance with Germany by signing the Anti-Comintern pact showing an alliance with the country and adding another country to Germany's Axis. -
Annexation of Austria Hungary
WIth growing tensions between the German and Jewish people Hitler sought to recover his homeland lost to Germany's loss of world war I, The people of Austria Hungary welcomed himwith open armsletting the country become part of germany -
German Invasion of Poland
On September 1st 1939 Germany's army marched into Poland starting the invasion of neighboring countries the reasons for attacking where need for more land and people for his army so he could march east and take over europe -
Battle of britian begins
The germans had taken all of europe except for Great Britain and had started the siege of britain with planes flying in and out constantly bombing the city -
Bombing of pearl Harbor
The Japenese Air force attacked the U.S. Naval base causing more than half of the U.S. Navy at the time to end up under water -
Battle Of Midway
Considered a major turning point in the pacific theater the American Victory in the Philippines against the Japanese Armies -
Stalingrad
The battle of Stalingrad was an offensive to capture the Russian city of Stalingrad. The fighting lasted around six weeks with the total casualties ranging 2 million. The battles where horrible as they where mostly taking place in the winter months causing many casualties to due freezing temperatures. -
D-Day Invasion
American, British and Canadian troops landed on Normandy beach, France. During operation Overlord as it was called with 156,000 troops from the allies landing on the beaches with an estimated 10,000 deaths. -
Battle of the Bulge
The last offensive of the Germans lasting six weeks with over 100,000 casualties coming from the united states. People described the aftermath as if it was a land ravaged by many tornadoes and horrible tragedy -
Bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.
Under the ideals of unconditional surrender the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima -
Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan.
To end the war swiftly America dropped the second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki under the ideal of unconditional surrender. This not only left the city in shambles but caused the U.S. to help rebuild the country -
