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Adolf Hitler rises to power
Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany. -
Nuremberg Laws were created
Various laws that restricted the Jewish people from being equal to them. -
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
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
This shows how japan and germany joined forces to try to become a world power. -
Germany invades France
Germany gains momentum by attacking France, one of the greater world powers. -
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
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
When 160,000 allied troops landed along the shores of Normandy Beach to fight Nazi, Germany. -
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 U.S created the first atomic bomb and bombed Japan's Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing hundreds of thousands of people -
World War II ends
The official day that all of the papers were signed to end the war against the axis.