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World War II

  • Adolf Hitler rises to power

    Adolf Hitler rises to power
    Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany.
  • Nuremberg Laws were created

    Nuremberg Laws were created
    Various laws that restricted the Jewish people from being equal to them.
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht
    The horrific day when the nazi's decided to destroy everything belonging to the jews. It is also referred as the "Night of broken glass."
  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland
    The first invasion for Germany that marks the beginning of World War II. The invasion only took 34 days to conquer Poland
  • Japan joins the axis

    Japan joins the axis
    This shows how japan and germany joined forces to try to become a world power.
  • Germany invades France

    Germany invades France
    Germany gains momentum by attacking France, one of the greater world powers.
  • The bombing of Pearl Harbor

    The bombing of Pearl Harbor
    This attack on the U.S by the Japanese forced them into World War II.
  • U.S declares war on japan

    U.S declares war on japan
    After the bombings of Pearl harbor, the U.S can't sit out of the war any longer and has to fight back to show the world that they are the strongest nation.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    When 160,000 allied troops landed along the shores of Normandy Beach to fight Nazi, Germany.
  • Adolf Hitler commits suicide

    Adolf Hitler commits suicide
    Adolf Hitler escapes to a bunker and shot himself to not get tortured by the surrounding American troops.
  • The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    The U.S created the first atomic bomb and bombed Japan's Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing hundreds of thousands of people
  • World War II ends

    World War II ends
    The official day that all of the papers were signed to end the war against the axis.