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The Great Depression
1929 - 1940
The great depression was a period of time when thousands of people became homeless, lost all of their money and jobs. On October 29 the stock market fell and it affected not only us but countries from around the world. Many European countries had borrowed money from U.S banks to rebuild after war, When the American economy failed, so did Europe’s. -
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Japan COnquers Manchuria in northen China
1931
Was an attempt by the Japanese Empire to gain control over the whole province, in order eventually encompass all of East Asia. -
Roosevelt first elected president
November 8, 1932
Roosevelt wanted the best for people during the great depression and wanted his people to keep the economy from falling, so he creating the new deal. He promised us that he would be able to keep the economy from collapsing again and will work on gaining the economy back to the standard it was before. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
30, January, 1933
The Nazi’s attracted supporters by preaching German racial superiority. Hitler was appointed Chancellor; he overthrew the constitution and took control of government. -
Hitler & Mussolini form the Rome-Berlin Axi
May 1
The Italian invasion and annexation of Abyssinia had strained relations between Italy and its allies Britain and France, and Benito Mussolini finally repudiated Italy's alliance with them. Hitler then began planning to draw fascist Italy into an alliance with Nazi Germany. -
Nuremburg Laws
September 1935
The Nuremburg laws were laws that Hitler made to limit all of the Jewish rights. It caused them to have to wear the star in public and limitations of what they could do. -
Japan invades China
july 7th, 1937
Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing. Using this as an excuse, the Japanese launched a full-scale invasion of China using the conquered Manchuria as a launching base for their troops. -
Germany invades Austria
1938
Austria had been protected against any German bullying by Italy. In fact, in 1934, Italy had massed her troops on the Brenner Pass when it seemed that Germany might take over Austria after the Austrian chancellor Dollfus had been murdered by right-wing thugs. The message to Hitler was clear and there was no German occupation of the Austria. -
Kristallnacht
9–10 November 1938
Jewish homes, hospitals, and schools were ransacked, as the attackers demolished buildings with sledgehammers. It was a pogrom (a series of coordinated attacks) against Jews throughout Nazi Germany -
Germany invades poland - Blitzkrieg (start of world war 2)
September 1, 1939
Germans drove deep into Poland with a new method “lightning war” used speed, and suprise in all weapons including troops. In April 1940, Hitler conquered Denmark and overran Norway. -
Rosie the riviter
1940
With many women fighting in 1940 over 14 million women worked. They worked for the men and Rosie the riveter was a strong woman hard at work at an arms factory. It was a symbol for it new group of wage earners. -
Germany invades Denmark, Norway, Belgium, and France (Vichy France)
– June 1940
After invading all of the others, Germany targeted France and the allies. After months of fighting France surrendered. -
Britians appeasment of Germany
July 10, 1940
Neville Chamberlain, met with Hitler in Munich, Germany. Germany would gain control of the Sudetenland and Hitler promised to stop seeking more territory. It was part of the English and French policy called appeasement. Winston Churchill did not agree and knew Hitler would not stop with Sudetenland. -
German air force (Luftwaffe) bombs London and other civilian targets in the Battle of Britai
August 3, 1940
After Germany invaded France, the Germans needed to take over English forces. They needed to knock out RAF, so they bombed London and other citizens. The years that this went on was called the blitz. -
Japan joins the Axis Powers
- 27th of September, 1940. Japan, Italy, and Germany were the original members of the Tripartite Pact of 1940. This alliance was called the Axis Powers which consisted of those three world powers. The Tripartite Pact was also called the Three Powers Pact.
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Lend- Lease act
1941
Congress approved the Lend- Lease act, Roosevelt supported. It allowed the United States to lend or lease resources and equipment to the allies. We sent about $50 billion worth of goods. -
Germany & Soviet Union have a nonaggression pact
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pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
Hideki Tojo came to power, became more warlike, they wanted to take over smaller islands. They knew that the U.S were the only ones in their way. Japan bombed a huge naval base in Hawaii. Attack became by a complete surprise and about 2,400 Americans died. -
Germany invades the Soviet Union
December 1941
Hitler wanted soviet wheat and oil fields to sustain his military. -
Japanese-American incarceration
February 1942
After pearl harbor was hit many Americans began to not talk to and rat out the Japanese- Americans, President Roosevelt signed the Executive order 9066 and allowed the removal of Japanese from the pacific coast. More than 110,000 men and women were forced to sell their homes and possessions and move to prison camps. -
The Nazis implement the “Final Solution”
Nazi leaders set out to murder every jew under Jew undere German rule. The Germans built concentration camps and crammed all Jews, Gypsies, Russians and poles and well as homosexuals. -
Bataan Death March
April 1942
More than 70,000 Filipino and American troop surrendered to the Japanese on the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines. Japanese marched the soldiers over 65 miles to a prison camp. On the way 10,000 died. -
Battle of Midway
June, 1942
Japan wanted to take over Australia but we wouldn’t let him. The U.S navy destroyed four Japanese carriers and at least 250 planes. America lost one carrier and 150 planes. It was a turning point of war. -
o British forces stop the German advance at El Alamein
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Manhattan Project
13 august 1942
It was a research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs during World War II. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the US Army Corps of Engineers. -
Guadalcanal
August, 1942
It was a battle against Japan. Lasted six months and we won. Playing a role in this victory was Navajo Indians who we used break codes. -
German forces surrender at Stalingrad
Feb 2, 1943
Russian winter began to take their toll on the Germans. On November 19, the Soviets made their move, launching a counteroffensive that began with a massive artillery bombardment of the German position. The Soviets then encircled the enemy, launching pincer movements from north and south simultaneously, even as the Germans encircled Stalingrad. -
D-Day
June 6, 1944
More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy. The D-Day cost was high -more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded -- but more than 100,000 Soldiers began the march across Europe to defeat Hitler.. 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, Franc -
Battle of the Bulge
16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945
Was the biggest and bloodiest war ever. We were not expecting it. Germany and Hitler had been planning the attack for months and had built underground facotries so the allies couldn’t bomb them. -
Yalta Conference
February 4–11, 1945,
The meeting was intended mainly to discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn Europe. Within a few years, with the Cold War dividing the continent, Yalta became a subject of intense controversy. To some extent, it has remained controversial. -
Iwo Jima
19 February – 26 March 1945
the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. The American invasion had the goal of capturing the entire island, including its three airfields, to provide a staging area for attacks on the Japanese main islands. This month-long battle included some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the War in the Pacific of World War II. -
Roosevelt dies, Truman becomes president
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Okinawa
1 April – 22 June, 1945
The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were approaching Japan, and planned to use Okinawa, a large island only 340 mi (550 km) away from mainland Japan, as a base for air operations on the planned invasion of Japanese mainland. -
Formation of the united Nations
formed in April 25, 1945
50 nations met in San Francisco to discuss a new peacekeeping organization to replace the weak and ineffective League of Nations. June 26, 1945 – All nations ratified the charter, creating a new international peacekeeping body known as the United Nations. President Roosevelt had urged American not to turn their backs on the world again. Unlike the League of Nations, the United States is a member of the United Nations. -
Allied forces advance on Berlin, Germany surrenders
7 May, 1945
The Allied forces went on to push onto the Axis back towards just Germany. They pushed them further and further back and finally reached them off before they finally surrendered. -
Tuskegee Airmen
1945
About 1 million African – American served in the air forces. Because of racial prejudice, they served in segregates units. This was African- American pilots who served with honor in North Africa and Europe. -
Pots Dam conference
July 17 - August 2, 1945
Allies held the Potsdam conference to plan the war’s end and the decision was made to put Nazi war criminals on trial. -
Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki
6 August 1945
The Allies decided that it would end the war and would be able to make Japan surrender. They dropped them on 2 major cites before they finally surrendered. -
Japanese officials sign an official letter of surrender on the U.S.S. Missouri, ending World War II
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Nuremberg trials
November 20, 1945 – October 1, 1946
There were 24 defendants, including some of Hitler’s top officials. Hermann Goring was the creator and head of gestapo (secret police), they were charged with crimes against humanity. 19 were found guilty and 12 were sentenced to death as well as people being responsible for their actions, even in wartime. -
The Marshall plan
1948
Congress approved Secretary of State George Marshall’s plan to help boost European economies, the U.S gave more than $13 billion to help the nations of Europe get back on their feet.
