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An attempt to assasin Hitler fails in Munich
Johann Elser had placed a timed bomb in the seat where Hilter would be giving his speech. The bomb goes off eight minutes later after Hilter finishes his speech. -
Nazi invasion of Poland
Also known as the September Campaign or 1939 Defensive War. It was an invasion in Poland by the German, the Soviet Union and Slovakia. The invasion started a week after the signing of the Moltov-Ribbentrop Pact. The invasion ended in October 6,1939. -
Beginning of The Battle of Heligoland Bight in Germany.
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Germans create the Lodz ghetto in Poland
Lodz Ghetto was the second largest ghetto made. The ghetto was to be a place to hold the Jews until a plan was created but it later became a large industrial center. The ghetto managed to stay open until 1944 where at that time all the Jews left were transported to Auschwitz. -
France surrenders to Germany
With Hitler sending troops into France the French were forced to leave Paris namig it an open city. Marshall Petain take control of the new goverment. He states that they have to stop fighting. The 22nd armistice is signed in the same place where the signing of the armistice that ended WWI took place. Hitler took control over two-thirds of Frace and the French army is disbanded. -
Operation Barbarossa begins
"Operation Barbarossa" was the code name for the invasion of the Sovier Union. Hitler began the planning of the operation in winter of 1940. The day that was planned to invade Russia was said to be May 15th but the date was delayed to June 22nd due to other issues. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Was a suprise attack by the Japanese navy to the American navyl At the attack 4 US battleships were sunk. As a result to the atack the US joined the war. -
Ending of The Battle of Iwo Jima
Which was also known as Operation Detachment, Was a battle fough between the Americans and Japanese. At this battle the US captured the island of Iwo Jima. The battle lasfted over a month. -
Hitler commits suicide
Hitler commits suided alongside with his wife. He died of a gunshot and he also drank a cyanide capsule. And died in Berlin. -
The first atomic bomb dropped in Japan
The bombs where dropped with the order of President Truman. "Little Boy" was dropped in Hiroshima,Japan. The bomb killed between 90,000- 166,000 people in all. That same week the U.S. dropped the second bomb that forced Japan to sign the "Instrument of Surrender" ending the Pacific War and WWII.
