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The great depression
It was a world wide event -
Economic Depression
unemployment and economic depression led to bitter poverty in Germany -
Ethiopains
Ethiopians invaded Manchuria -
Japan
Japan controlls China -
Hitler
Hitler forced Austria to jion forces with Germans -
German
German invades Poland -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor -
WPB
Congress created the War Production Board -
Unites States
The United States Navy, led by Admiral Chester Nimitz, won an important victory at Midway Island -
Nazi retreat
the Nazis retreated from North Africa, suffering heavy losses. -
Allies/Nazi
The Allies liberated Italy from Nazi control -
Landing on eastern Normandy
They landed at a series of points farther east along the Normandy coast on D-Day. -
Allies
Allies liberated the jubilant city from four years of German occupation. -
Invasion of France
They began amassing enormous supplies of munitions and troops, totaling nearly 3 million men. -
Meeting for Peace
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Premier Joseph Stalin, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill met together at Yalta in the Crimea, a region in the southern part of the Soviet Union. They hoped to agree on the outlines of peace. -
Germans Surrender
The remaining German forces surrendered unconditionally on May 8, 1945, bringing “V-E Day,” -
Atomic bomb
This is the second bomb in three days that the US has dropped on Japan. The bomb was dropped by parachute from an American B29 Bomber at 1102 local time. -
Japanese Surrenders
Unable to resist further, Japanese leaders sued for peace on August 10, 1945, asking only that their Emperor, Hirohito be allowed to remain on his throne, though stripped of power. -
Nuremberg war crimes
Nuremberg trail begins
