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World War 2
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Japan Invades Manchuria
When Manchuria was invaded by the Kwantung Army, then following the Mukden Incident. -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president in 1932. By March there were 13 million unemployed, and almost each bank was closed. In his first 100 days he proposed a recovery to bring relief to the unemployed and those who could loose their houses and farmers that could loose their land. -
The Persecution
After Hitler gained power he ordered non aryans to be taken out of their government jobs, this was one of the first moves for racial purity. The persecution then later turned into the Holocaust. -
Prohibition Ends
Since the pohibition ended, people were able to legally produce and sell beverages like they used to. Thus the government could tax the alcohol and gain profits. -
Hitler
Hitler becomes the leader of Germany after making Germany a single party dictatorship. Hitler wanted to make Germant a fascist state. -
Stalin Begins Great Purge
The Great Purge was a campaign that involved political repression in the Soviet Union led by Joseph Stalin it ended in 1939. -
Chinese Communists flee in the Long March
The Long March was a retreat by the Red Army which is the Communist Party of China to evade the Kuomintang army. There were many Communist armies in the south that had escaped to the north and west parts and ended in the year 1935. -
Germany Re-Occupies the Rhineland
The Rhineland is an area of Germany that borders France. It is very economically important to Germany. -
Spanish Civil War Start
The Spanish Civil War was led by General Franco who succeeded in overthrowing the republican government. During the war it became an battleground for fascists and socialists from all countries. -
Italy and Germany form axis powers
Germany, Japan, and Italy were the nations that formed a pact and fought against the Allied forces. -
Hindenburg Distaster
During attempting to secure the aircraft at Lakehurst, the aircraft sburst into flames. It was probably caused from a spark ignited by its hydrogen core. It was completely destroyed within seconds. Thus led to 13 passengers, 21 crewmen, and 1 civilian member of the ground crew that lost their lives and and the survivors of the devistation remained to have major injuries. -
German union with Austria
German troops forced their way into Austria demanding a union to be formed. When it was announced a union was complete the United Stated and the rest of the world did nothing. -
Kristallnacht
Nazis attacked and raided jewish buisnesses, houses, and jewish relious buildings. The streets were covered in glass from the broken windows from shops, shattered glass was everywhere. The raid left 100 jews killed and 30,000 jews were arrested and synagogs were burned. -
Spanish Civil War End
The war ended with the victory of the conservative Nationalists, they wanted to overthrow of the democratic government. Thus left many Spanish with no where to go, so many fled to refugee camps in Southern France. -
Blitzkrieg in Poland
Germany raided Poland with bombs from Germany's airforce. They bombed military bases, airfields, cities, and railroads. Also Germany crossed the Poland border with rushing tanks that caused a lot of confusion and destruction. -
Hitler Invades France
Germany invaded France and the contries located lower on the map. -
President Roosevelt is elected for the 3rd time
The election was fought in the midst of World War II, the United States was recovering from the Great Depression aswell. Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democratic, broke the tradition and ran for president again and was elected for a third time. -
United States Enters WW2
The United States to enter WW2 since the Japenese bombed Pearl Harbor. It killed many Americans and they didn't want another disaterous attack to happen again. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japenese attacked without warning on Oahu, Hawaii. There were 3,000 casualties, in addition the destruction of air and sea crafts. -
Doolittle's Raid
Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle led a raid on Tokyo and various Japenese cities, 16 bombers were sent to the attack. -
The Battle of Midway
The US gave orders to send torpedo planes and dive bomber to attack japenese planes that were found. By the end of the battle the japenese lost 4 aircraft carriers, a cruiser, and 250 planes. It was said the the americans "avenged pearl harbor". -
D-Day
The invasion of western Europe by Allied forces on the coast of France, at 6:30am. -
The Allies launch a masive invasion of Europe
They launched the attack because there was already a second front in Italy, and the Axis forces were already on the defensive side. -
Battle of the Bulge Start
The Battle of the Bulge was a German offense, through the Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium, and France and Luxembourg on the Western Front. -
Roosevelt is elected for a fourth term
He was the only president to serve three terms and it was astonishing for him to serve a fourth. Three months after his inauguration to be president, he died. Roosevelt spent 13 years being president which lead to the passing of the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, that limited future presidents to only two years in office. -
Battle of the Bulge End
The Americans suffered about 75,000 casualties, but the Germans lost 80,000 to 100,000. America had retaken all ground they had lost. -
Roosevelt Dies
Roosevelt was posing for a portrait in Warm Springs, Georgia and had an unexpected stroke and passed away that night. He did not live to see V-E day. -
Germany Surrenders
General Alfred Jodl signed the surrender for the German military. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Allies of World War II conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. -
Congress passes the Social Security Act
The Social Security Act was to limit, what were seen as dangers, including old age, poverty, unemployment, and the burdens and conflicts of widows and children that do not have parents.
