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Gassing of Disabled
In May of 1939, Germany began killing the disabled</a>. They used a poisonous gas. Between 200,000 and 250,000 disabled Germans were murdered, known as Action T4. http://dhss.alaska.gov/gcdse/Pages/history/html_content_main.aspx -
Germany invades Poland
Gemany invades Poland. World War II begins in Europe. Hitler startes here, and moves through Europe. The Polish army was defeated within weeks. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/1/newsid_3506000/3506335.stm -
Germany invades Denmark and Norway
Hitler starts to invade Denmark and Norway. Hitler used an excuse, saying he had to "protect" Denmark. Germany and Denmark had a treaty. The ruler of Denmark was a "traitor." http://www.dipity.com/august13/Germany-invades-Poland/ -
Germany invades Holland and Belgium
Hitler and his 136 divisions started to invade Holland and Belgium. The Dutch suffered 100,000 deaths before surrendering. Hitler placed an Austrian ruler to govern Holland. He did the same with Belgium. http://www.dipity.com/shauntye/World-War-1/ -
Air raids on Paris
In June, Germany began to bomb Paris. 2,000 tnks began to invade and take over. Refugees fled, and the government left on June 11th. A new leader took over and surrendered the Germans. http://www.burnaway.org/2012/07/theory-in-studio-george-orwell-and-art-criticism/ -
U.S and Nuclear Weapons
The United States finds out about nuclear weaponry. President Roosevelt creates the National Defense Research Comittee. He gets the idea from Britain. U.S begins to study and analyze nuclear weapins. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/the-curious-wavefunction/2013/01/13/on-the-uselessness-of-nuclear-weapons/ -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
While the soldiers were resting aboard the battle ships, the Japanese bombed the Pearl Harbor port in Hawaii. 188 aircrafts, 2,402 ships, 3 cruisers, and 3 destroyers were sunk or damaged. 1,282 American soldiers were killed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor -
U.S declares war on Japan
The next day after the Pearl Harbor bombing, the US decides to declare war on Japan. They got their troops together and sent them in aircrafts and boats. The US bombed two big cities. They attacked Japan with great force. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_war_by_the_United_States -
Germany puts away Nuclear Weapons
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Mass Murder begins at Auchwitz
Auchwitz was a very big and popular concentration camp in Germany. When Hitler wanted a pure Aryan race, he began murdering Jewish people. They were murdered using poison gas, suffocation, guns, and over exhaustion. Jews were even sorted out out and killed upon arrival because of age, race, and disability. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp -
Battle of Stalingrad
In Russia, they began a house to house fight. They defeated the German army that invaded. Soviet forces made the German 6th Army retreat. 146,000 German soldiers were killed. -
Allies invade Morrocco and Algeria
On November 8, 1942, 800 ships, carrying 185,000 men and 20,000 vehicles landed on the Northern coast of in Algeria. This action was code named Operation Torch. The French in North Africa welcomed the landings. The Vinchy French oppsed it. -
U.S adopts penicillin
Penicillan was a drug adopted by the US Navy and Army. Doctors had started administering the drug earlier, but the Armed Forces started to use to cure syphillis. It became a swift and common treatment. -
D-Day in Normandy
Months of preparation led up to the largest military assault in history, the Allied landings at Normandy in Northern France on June 6, 1944. Led by Dwight D. Eisenhower, over 200,000 British, American, and Canadian forces landed at beaches. Named Gold, Juno, Sword, Utah, and Omaha, the worst fighting was on Omaha beach. Americans were killed as they stepped off their landing crafts. Eventually, the Allies established a beachhead and pushed inland. http://www.gijobs.com/blog.aspx?id=2795&blogid= -
Firbombing of Dresden
In four raids between 13 and 15 February 1945, 722 heavy bombers of the British Royal Air Force and 527 of the United States Army Air Forces dropped more than 3,900 tons of high-explosive bombs on the city. The storm destroyed fifteen square miles of the city center. Between 22,000 and 25,000 people were killed. A report defended the operation as the justified bombing of a military and industrial target, which was a major rail transportation and communication center, -
U.S Invasion of Iwo Jima
The US sent more Marines to Iwo than to any other battle, 110,000 Marines in 880 Ships. The fleet of 880 US Ships sailed from Hawaii to Iwo in 40 days. It was the largest armada invasion up to that time in the Pacific War. Twenty-one thousand defenders of Japanese soil, burrowed in the volcanic rock of Iwo Jima, awaited the American invaders. -
Battle for Okinawa
The battle has been referred to as the "Typhoon of Steel" in English. The intensity of kamikaze attacks from the Japanese defenders, and to the sheer numbers of Allied ships and armored vehicles that assaulted the island mde this the largest assault. The battle resulted in the highest number of casualties in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Japan lost over 100,000 soldiers, who were either killed, captured or committed suicide. -
FDR Dies
President Roosevelt dies. Harry Truman becomes the new president. He knows nothing about the atomic bomb project. He became the Commander is Cheif of the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. http://meredith.edu/summer-reading/roosevelt/timeline-events.htm -
Germany Surrenders/ Hitler Commits Suicide
In late April and early May, the German soldiers began to slow down. Thei was mainly because their leader, Adolf Hitler, had committed suicide on April 30th. Germany began to surrender to the Western Allies and the Soviet Union took place. The highest Nazi officials behan to surrender all over Europe and Russia. https://pinterest.com/missholly21/the-ultimate-coward-hitler/ -
U.S attacks Hiroshima and Nagasaki
On August 6, 1945, the United States used a massive, atomic weapon against Hiroshima, Japan. This atomic bomb, the equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT, killed tens of thousands of civilians. While Japan was still trying to comprehend this devastation three days later, the United States struck again, this time, on Nagasaki. After these, Jpan finally surrendered. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
