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Great Depression
Today was the day that the stock market crashed. This crash was the first big event that pushed America into the Great Depression. This day is oftne refered to as Black Tuesday. -
Britain’s appeasement of Germany
Their appeasment lasted from 1930-1939. It was motivated by paece and neither country being ready for war. -
Japan conquers Manchuria in northern China
In 1931 Japan conquered Manchuria in northern China. This was a big step for Japan because it was their first sign of expanding their territory. -
Roosevelt first elected president
Roosevelt being elected as president was very important for America. It would be him who would lead the U.S. through most of the war time. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
In 1933, Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. The President of Germany asked him to take the position. Hitler was popular among the people at the time. -
First Nuremberg Race Law Passed
The first Numremberg laws prohibited Jewish households from having German maids under the age of 45, prohibited any non-Jewish German from marrying a Jew, and outlawed sexual relations between Jews and Germans. -
Hitler & Mussolini form the Rome-Berlin Axis
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Japan Joins the Axis Power
The axis was joined by Japan in 1936. The axis was an alliance between Germany, Japan, Italy, Albania, and East Prussia. -
Japan invades China
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Germany invades Austria
In 1938, Germany invaded Austria. Many civilians were forced either to go into hiding or follow Hitler. -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht, or the night of broken glass, was a night where nazis set fire to Jewish synagogues and Jewish businesses. -
Germany & Soviet Union have a nonaggression pact
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Germany invades Poland
Britan and France were forced to declare war after Germany ignored there aultimatums of German trooops being withdrawn from Polland. This invation caused World War 2. -
Germany invades Denmark, Norway, Belgium, and France (Vichy France)
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1. German air force (Luftwaffe) bombs London and other civilian targets in the Battle of Britain
For the Battle of Britain, Germans were trying to control the channel so to control the channel they had to take over the air. It was one of the most popular battles of World War 2. -
Tuskegee Airmen
Tuskegee Airmen was an experiment to see if African-Americans could be trained to fly. The African-Americans were proud to be the first ones in the airforce. -
Rosie the Riveter
Rosie the Riveter was a symbol and a posterchild for women going to work. She showed that a women coud do it all. Rosie was a worker and a woman, and that is what society wanted ladies to be in the time of war. -
Japanese-American incarceration
Japanese-American incarceration began after Pearl Harbor. Americans became worried about all Japenesse imigrants after the Japs bombed us. Since we were to worried, we locked them up. -
Lend-Lease Act
Roosevelt signed a law that allowed America to lend weapons and suplies to other countries during war. -
Germany Invades the Soviet Union
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Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was the bombing of U.S.naval base. Japan bombed us and almost imeadiatly after we declared war on them. -
The Nazis implement the “Final Solution”
The final solution was Hitlers plan to iradicate jews and make the pure arian race. Hitler enforced this by making strict anti Jewish laws and then killing off Jews. -
Bataan Death March
75,000 soldiers were captured and marched to a prison camp. They were forced to march 85 miles in 6 days with only one cup of rice. -
Battle of Midway
It was a battle were 37 bombers from America bombed 2 Japs ships. The force that had dominated the Pacific had been taken out by America. -
British forces stop the German advance at El Alamein
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Guadalcanal
It was a battle where Americans fought the Japs for 6 months. -
German forces surrender at Stalingrad
The Russians defeated the Germans by cutting them off from reasources. The USSR burned all areas behind them so when the Germans came through, there was nothing for them. -
D-Day
D-Day was the day when 150,000 Allied soilders landed on the beach of normandy. It was there they fough the Germans. -
Battle of the Bulge
The German set out a large suprise attack that was supose to twist the war into Hitler's favor. However, Hitler failed. -
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan project was a U.S. program that costed 2 millions dollars to make an atomic bomb. It was that bomb that ended the war. -
Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima was a battle where the U.S. tried to take over an island in the Pacific. They took it from the Japs sucessfully. -
Yalta Conference
The conference was in Russia where Britian, the U.S., and Russia met together to discuss future war. The discusion was during a promising end in Eastern Europe, but no end in sight in the Pacific. -
Okinawa
Okinawa was a battle in the Pacific. The U.S. came with plans to take out the Japs merchant fleet. The U.S. won the battle in February. -
Roosevelt dies, Truman becomes president
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Allied forces advance on Berlin, Germany surrenders
Russia took matters into their own hands and unleashed their troops fully on Germany. They captures Berlin and Germany surrendered. -
Formation of the United Nations
On this date the UN formed. This group was made to prevent any future world wars. All 50 nations signed the charter. -
Postdam Conference
Allies held a conference to plan the wars end. It was there where they decided to put the nazis on trial. -
Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The U.S. Drops an atomic bomb on a Japanese city killign many. These bombs were the pushers to end the war. -
Japanese officials sign an official letter of surrender on the U.S.S. Missouri, ending World War II
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Nuremberg Trials Begin
There were 24 defendants including some of Hitlers top officials. They were charged with a crime against humanity. 19 were found guilty and 12 sentenced to death. The trials lasted almost a year. -
The Marshall Plan
This plan was made by the UN to help the Europian economy. They lent 13 billion dollars to Europe to get them back on their feet.
