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Holocaust
Included death camps: Concentration camps. The people would be put their because they didnt want to fight in the war or because of their race. They were often worked to death. -
Adolf Hitler
Became the leader of Germany, and wanted to bring the homeland back to its former glory. Also a main cause of WWII. -
Nuremburg Laws Passed
THese laws demonstrate Hitler's ani-semitism. A jewish person wasn't allowed to marry, become a citizen, marry a German, vote, or run for public office. -
Kristallnacht
The government sponsored the outbreak of violence towards the Jews. Many women were burned. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
The allies of Poland are Britain and France, so when Germany invaded Poland, both Britain and France declared war on Germany. -
United States declares neutralilty.
The United states declared its Neutrality to aviod the americans being involoved in WWII. -
Nazis invade countires again
Nazis invade yugoslavia and Greece -
The Nazis invaded Russia
They esclated the war and made the capitalist and the communist countries agrue. This also led to the opening of the Eastern front and caused millions of deaths in Russia. -
Pearl Harbour
The Japanease drop bombs on the United States navy base in Hawaii. They think doing this will keep the U.S out of the war but it only makes us join. -
Battle of Stalingrad
One of the bloodiest battles ever, only 6,000 out of 90,000 soliders returned home. Germany armys froze to death before they would surreneder. -
D-Day
D-Day was when the allied forces landed in Normandy. -
Battle of the Bulge
A major German offensive campained that failed. -
Mussolini was executed
The italian leader, hung infront of all of the people of Italy to watch. Sided with Germany. His government was a facism based government. -
Hitler commited suicide
Adolf Hitler commited suicide. -
Lebrensraum
Germany took over Poland and Austria for land use to grow and caused more than 20 million people to starve to death. Used the land only to serve German people. -
United States bombs Japan
The united States drops atombic bombs on the japanese. They bomb the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing many.