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Hitler became Chancellor of Germany
Marks the start of Hitler's rise of power to become one of the ruthless leaders in history. -
Start of the holocaust
Hitler's idea after he became chancellor of Germany on the same day. Jews were sent to concentration camps and they were tortured and executed. Some jews went to hiding in other countries. -
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World War II
Marks the start of Hitler's rise of power to become one of the ruthless leaders in the world. -
Adolf Hitler became Führer of Germany
Has plans to take over Europe and unify the crumbling nation after economical troubles (The great depression). -
The Empire of Japan invades Republic of China
Marks the start of Japanese invasion throughout asia. Big triumph for Japan. USA decides to do an embargo of supplies to Japan. -
Germany invades Poland
At the same time Hitler declares war over domination of Europe. -
Germany invades France, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg
Because of this, they start making plans to take control of Britain and Russia. Germany was now feared by countries in Europe and people in majority prepared for taking cover if attacked. -
Germany invades USSR
They first start attack on Stalingrad (Now Volgograd). The operation was called "Operation Barbossa". Their intial target was Moscow, Baltic regions, and Ukraine. -
Japanese navy attacks Pearl Harbour
Japanese respons from oil and supply embargo by USA. The weakness was that the Japanese navy didn't target specific areas such as oil tanks and headquarters. -
Japan controls most of Asia
Japan has control of Indonesia (then Dutch East Indies), Burma, Philippines, China, parts of Oceania, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, parts of India, and has allies with Thailand. But they didn't invade southern parts of Indonesia. -
The allies take control of Africa
Start to weaken the axis forces especially Italy. Because they intially control Northern Africa. -
British commando kidnap Gen. Kreipe
After the British it's operations numerous times, it was a spectacular move by the British and Greek agents. Weakens a part of the German army. -
Allied invasion of Normandy
Marks the fall of Nazi Germany. The allies landed on Normandy and started to take over France. Forces from Europe such as Poland, Netherlands, and France itself joined the allies. -
Battle of Bulge
This war ends at 25 January 1945. This was initially a German operation to take over the allies at the Ardennes in Belgium. The allies won this war but before the allies win, the allied powers were surrounded by German forces but at the end it failed because of the allies reinforcement. -
The battle of Iwo Jima
The American need Iwo Jima for and airfield base and its for bombing japanese homeland and also there is a memorial statue of the battle in Iwo Jima. -
The battle of Okinawa
The battle of okinawa is the bloodiest battle and its was the largest amphibious assault in the pacific war -
Germany surrender in Italy
Marks the end of WWII in Europe. Started the German Republic and Italian Republic. -
Adolf Hitler commited suicide
The third reich also ends at this moment. Marks the end of Adolf Hitler's reign. -
The holocaust ends
2/3 of jewish population were killed after the holocaust. Concentration camps were either abandoned or destroyed by allied forces. -
Battle of Berlin
Allies finally take control of Berlin, ends the third reich and ends the war in Europe. The nazi emblem was taken down -
USA bombs Hiroshima
The first use of atomic bombs in the world's history. The name of the bomb was "Little Boy". -
USA bombs Nagasaki
Another location to use the atomic bomb on Japan by the USA. The name of the bomb that was used was "Fat Man". -
Documents for Japanese surrender is signed
The document was signed at the USS Missouri and ends the WWII in the pacific region and eventually the world. Representatives of other nations including Germany also signed the documents. -
The United Nations was formed
Marks the effect of the world unification and peace was made worldwide. Initially there were 57 nations joining the charter including China, France, UK, and USA.
