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Geat Depression Begins
Worst Day of the stock market crash, known as Black Tuesday. -
Japan conquers Manchuria in northern China
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
In Germany Hitler lead the fascist National Socialist German Workers Party, or the Nazi Party. Attracted supporters by preaching German Racial Superiority. Once appointed he overthrew the constituion and controlled the government. Called himself the leader -
Roosevelt first elected president
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Nuremberg Laws
o Set strict rules for the Jews
o Didn’t allow them any freedom -
Hitler & Mussolini form the Rome-Berlin Axis
o Hitler and Mussolini formed the Rome-Berlin Axis which became known as the Axis later after being joined by Japan -
Japan invades China
Second Sino-Japanese war.
Started by Japan conquering Manchuria -
Germany invades Austria
a contingeny specifically disallowed in the Versailles Treaty -
Britain’s appeasement of Germany
o Signed by Hitler that Germany would never go to war with Britain again, after the three months of war previously. -
Kristallnacht
o Violence against Jews against the assassination of a German official at the hands of a Jewish Teen
o Known as Night of Broken Glass because of the broken store window’s glass that littered the ground -
Germany & Soviet Union have a nonaggression pact
representatives from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Germany had protected itself from having to fight a two-front war in the soon-to-begin World War II; the Soviet Union was awarded land, including parts of Poland and the Baltic States -
Germany invades Poland - blitzkrieg (start of WWII)
o Germany and Soviet Union attacked Poland
o 2 days later GB and France declared war on -
Germany invades Denmark, Norway, Belgium, and France
HItler broke his promise of neutrality against Belguim and Denmark. He captured Denmark in one day. -
o Germany invades Denmark, Norway, Belgium, and France (Vichy France)
HItler broke his promise of neutrality against Belguim and Denmark. He captured Denmark in one day. -
German air force (Luftwaffe) bombs London and other civilian targets in the Battle of Britain
Germany's Luftwaffe conducted thousands of bombing runs, attacking military and civilian targets across the United Kingdom. -
Japan Joins the Axis
Germany Italy Japan -
Lend-Lease Act
Act that allows the US to Lend or Lease resources/equipment to the Allies. Sent GB, Soviet Union and others about $50mil worth of goods. -
Germany invades the Soviet Union
The invasion breaks the non-aggression pact signed by Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939. -
The Nazis implement the “Final Solution”
Killing the Jews or the holocaust -
Pearl Harbor
An attack on Hawaii while the navy and planes were being stocked there. This attack put us into war on December 8. -
Tuskegee Airmen
Famous segregated Black Airmen.
Were all segregated, they served to honor North Africa and Europe.More than 300,000 Mexican Americans fought in the war. -
Japanese-American incarceration
Fear of betryal made congress take drastic action to imprison anyone of Japanese descent. -
Bataan Death March
More than 70,000 troops surrendered to the Japanese. They marched them over 65 miles to a prison camp, 10,000 died on the way. -
Manhattan Project
Roosevelt signed the order to create a nuclear bomb or atomic bomb. This was the research of/ creation ot the atomic bomb. Fat Man and Little Boy. -
Battle of Midway
Turning point in the War, Japanese started to lose (didn't get Australia) Boosted American Morale -
British forces stop the German advance at El Alamein
1st and 2nd Battle -
Guadalcanal
Lasted about 6 months -
German forces surrender at Stalingrad
Surrendered even after Hitlers the troops will defend until the last.
Lasted months, started Summer of 1942 -
Rosie the Riveter
Icon of strong woman at hard-work at an arms force. -
D-Day
Attack on Beaches.
Omaha was the worst of the entire D-Day operation. -
Battle of the Bulge
Ended Jan 25, 1945
Last Defense of Germans pushed back Allies
80,000 US Casualties -
Yalta Conference
Conference to plan the end of war and life for Europe. -
Iwo Jima
Americans won it and turned it into an Air Raid Base. -
Okinawa
Ended on June 22 1945
Trying to capture an island by island-hopping.
Won the Battle -
Roosevelt Dies; Truman becomes president
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Allied forces advance on Berlin, Germany surrenders
Germany signed unconditional surrener Ending 6 years of war in Europe. -
Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Nagasaki was dropped on the 9th -
Japanese officials sign an official letter of surrender on the U.S.S. Missouri, ending World War II
