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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
on this day the former president of Germany passed away and Hitler and the Nazis party took over but Hitler didn't have full control till 19 months later
Info: http://www.historyinanhour.com/2010/01/30/hitler-becomes-chancellor/
Picture: http://thisdaythen.blogspot.com.eg/2012/01/30th-january-1933-adolf-hitler-becomes.html -
Germany invades Poland
the Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion because the German army was way stronger and bigger with with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes. Britain and France war on Germany 2 days later.
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Winston Churchill becomes leader of British Government
Winston Churchill the First Lord of the admiralty replaced Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister after neville resigned because he lost a confident vote in the House of Commons.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/churchill-becomes-prime-minister
Picture: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/events/churchill_becomes_prime_minister -
Italy enters the War
Italy entered the war on the axis side when the french defeat became obvious. Weeks after France was defeated Hitler decided that Nazi Germany would attack the Soviet Union the upcoming spring.
Info and Picture: https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005177 -
Battle of Britain
120 German bombers and fighters struck a British shipping convoy in the channel that the Germans thought the axis power would turn its sight on it, while 70 more bombers attacked dockyard installations in South Wales.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-britain-begins
Picture: https://sites.google.com/a/ccsd1schools.net/ww-ii-battles/battle-of-britain -
Axis powers break Non-Aggression Pact
Nazi Germany invaded Czechoslovakia, breaking the agreement it had signed with Great Britain and France the year before in Munich, Germany. Hitler used the pact to make sure Germany was able to invade Poland and use the element of surprise against them.
Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact
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Attack the Pearl Harbor
Japan launches a surprise attack on American soil at Pearl Harbor. Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The attack only lasted two hours but it took many lives and was devastating to many families.
Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
Picture: https://www.britannica.com/event/Pearl-Harbor-attack -
Bataan Death March
The surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese caused approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan to be forced to make a 65-mile march to prison camps. they were walking in intense heat and had harsh treatment from the Japanese guards.
Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march
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Battle of Coral Sea
This battle was the first air-sea battle in history. The Japanese were wanting to control the Coral Sea by invading Port Moresby in southeast New Guinea, but the Allied forces stopped them.
Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-coral-sea
Picture: https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Coral-Sea -
Battle of Midway
The United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II, The Battle of Midway. They were able to preempt and counter Japan’s planned ambush of its few remaining aircraft carriers, inflicting permanent damage on the Japanese Navy.
Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway
Picture: http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/education/for-students/ww2-history/at-a-glance/midway.html -
Battle of Stalingrad
This was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in the U.S.S.R. Russians consider it to be the greatest battle of their Great War, and most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire war. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies
Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad
Picture: https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Stalingrad -
Italy surrenders to Allies
General Dwight Eisenhower publicly announces the surrender of Italy to the Allies. Badoglio approved a conditional surrender, allowing the Allies to land in southern Italy and begin beating the Germans back up the peninsula.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italian-surrender-is-announced
Picture: http://historicalguru.com/italian-surrender-announced-9-8-1943 -
D-Day
the Battle of Normandy resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. The battle started on D-Day when about 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region.
Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day
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1st Liberation of Concentration Camps
Soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp prisoners in the final stages of the war. First they entered the Majdanek camp in Poland , then they entered Auschwitz and there found hundreds of sick and exhausted prisoners.
Info: https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007724
Picture: http://ww2today.com/29-april-1945-us-troops-liberate-dachau-concentration-camp -
Liberation of Paris
Paris was liberated by the French 2nd Armored Division and the U.S. 4th Infantry Division. General Dietrich von Choltitz defied an order by Adolf Hitler to blow up Paris’ landmarks and burn the city to the ground before its liberation.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/paris-liberated
Picture: http://www.apimages.com/Collection/Landing/Liberation-of-Paris-1944/30a30c0b93ca4c8d9bf9f737bb7eb596 -
Battle of Bulge
Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp which took the Americans by surprise. The Battle of the Bulge was the costliest action ever fought by the U.S. Army, which suffered over 100,000 casualties.
Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge
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Battle of Iwo Jima
American soldiers make their first strike on the Japanese Home Islands at Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima was defended by about 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops, who fought from an elaborate network of caves, dugouts, tunnels and underground installations. the marines wiped out the defending forces after a month of fighting,The Americans won.
Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima
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Death of FDR
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt passes away after four momentous terms in office, leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman in charge of a country still fighting the Second World War.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-dies
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Death of Hitler
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his underground bunker by shooting himself with a pistol.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide-in-his-underground-bunker
Picture: http://famagusta-gazette.com/did-adolf-hitler-escape-to-argentina-have-daughters-and-die-in-p21112-69.htm -
Germany surrenders
the German High Command, in the person of General Alfred Jodl, signs the unconditional surrender of all German forces, East and West, at Reims, in northwestern France.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-surrenders-unconditionally-to-the-allies-at-reims
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First Atomic Bomb
an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure.
Info: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
Picture: https://www.tes.com/lessons/ERdHfWzuGhMYsg/the-first-atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima -
Second Atomic Bomb
A second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan’s unconditional surrender. The second one killed an estimated 40,000 people
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-nagasaki
Picture: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/05/national/history/stories-of-unprecedented-destruction-and-japans-eventual-surrender/ -
Japan Surrenders
The Japanese navy and air force were destroyed. The Allied naval blockade of Japan and intensive bombing of Japanese cities had left the country and its economy devastated, which left Japan no choice but to surrender.
Info: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japan-surrenders
Picture: http://historybuff.com/wwii-total-misrepresentation-japans-surrender-xb70DNvzDZWk
