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Kristallnacht
During the German Kristallnacht, 7500 Jewish businesses
are looted, 191 synagogues are set afire, nearly 100 Jews are killed, and many are sent to concentration camps.It was known as the night of broken glass. -
Stalin and Hitler Sign Nonaggression Pact
Germany and the Soviet Union agree to a nonaggression pact.
Stalin is free to strengthen their western frontier, and Hitler free to attack Poland. -
Germany invades Poland
This officially starts the war. -
France and Britain declare war on Germany
It's in response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany. -
Canada declares war on Germany.
Canada still had ties with the British and they wanted to help them out in the war agaisnt Germany. -
Germany invades the Soviet Union
Hitler suggested in Mein Kampf that he would invade the Soviet Union because the German people needed Lebensraum or living space. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. The U.S. decides to enter the war. -
Midway Battle
The importance of Midway Battle in 1942 was the Japanese and the US battling for a little island between the US Hawaii and Japan called midway. It took 3 days and the U.S. sunk 4 Japanese carriers. -
Dieppe Raid
The Canadians had trained for 3 years. They had no protection so the german artillery had wiped most of them out. This was important because it was the first major defeat for them. -
Churchill and Roosevelt Plan
Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt meet in Casablanca in North Africa to plan attacks on all fronts. -
Russians traps Germany
The Russian Red Army traps and captures German armies that had invaded the Soviet Union. -
Italy Surrenders
The Italians officially surrendered to the Allied
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Allies Assemble
They met in England and they prepared for D-Day. -
D-Day
Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily fortified
French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. -
Normandy and Brittany
Allied troops take large portions of Normandy and Brittany causing the Germans to retreat. -
Big Three in Yalta
The Allied powers meet in Yalta to negotiate Soviet dominance in Eastern Europe. -
Hitler commits suicide
Hitler committed suicide shortly before the end of the battle of
britain. It caused most of europe to surrender and ended the holocaust. -
Germans Surrendered
The German army signs a surrender. -
VE Day
Western Allies crossed the Rhine and over took western Germany. -
VJ Day
Japanese surrenders.
