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WWII Timeline
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Kristallnacht
Nazi Party leader, Adolf Hitler launches a massive coordinated attack on the Jewish Community. This attack's significance to the United States joining World War ll is, that the United States did not want someone, such as Hitler, to spread their radical views onto others. This gave them another reason to joihn the war. -
Mussolini rose to power in the wake WWII
He supported Facism, but at the beginning supported socialism. He also allied himself with Adolf Hitler, who soon talked mussolini into a short war. -
Hitler invaded Poland
His invasion on Poland soon became the "blitzkrieg" strategy. Hitler claimed it was a defensive move for the nazi party. The polish army was defeated within weeks. -
Albert Einstein
President Roosevelt friended Albert in an attempt to build an atomic bomb to help out during the war. Also known as the Manhatten Project. -
Pearl Harbor
The Imperial Japanese Nazy launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, its naval vessels, and its citizens. The significance of the attack in relation to the project question is, the United States had a reason to enter World War ll. Kamikaze - Japanese Aircrafts that attacked Pearl Harbor, would suicide crash into the naval carriers and building around and on the island. The only significance this has to the project question is, that the United States joined due to the cause of Pearl Harbor. -
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Manhattan Project
The United States built a bomb that splits a atom, thus causing nuclear destruction on a massive scale. The signifcance of the Manhattan Project to the project question is, Japan would not surrender, so the United Stated bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki to convinve them. -
Dwight Eisenhower
Dwight was a military man, he had a big influemce with D-Day and served as a supreme allied commander in Europe during WWII -
George S. Patton Jr.
Led the 7th Army in its invasion of sicily and was the head of the 3rd Army during late summer.He was a big and powederful leader with leading armies.