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Hitler Thrown in Prison
Hitler is thrown in prison for trying to seize power by force. Hitler is imprisoned for 9 months of his five-year sentence. -
Nazis Gain Power
Nazis are now the most powerful party in the nation and Hitler is appointed chancellor. -
Night of Broke Glass
Nazi thugs destroyed Jewish storefronts, burned synagogues, and killed 100 Jewish people. -
WWII Begins in Europe
The Germans Begin World War II by invading Poland using the attack style called Blitzkrieg. -
Fall of France
An armistice was signed between France and Germany, which resulted in a division of France whereby Germany would occupy the north and west, Italy would control a small Italian occupation zone in the southeast, and an unoccupied zone, the zone libre, would be governed by the newly formed Vichy government. -
Battle of Britain
Months of bombing by the German airforce on English cities in order to prepare for an invasion of the island. -
Pearl Harbor
The day the Japenese suprised America and attacked Pearl Harbor on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. -
Battle of Midway
Important Naval battle between Japan and the US allied took down 4 Japanese aircraft carriers and the Japanese took down 1 an important defensive victory for the US. -
Manhattan Project
Top secret project to create the atom bomb concluded on August 15, 1947 -
Battle of Stalingrad
Last German offensive attack on the eastern front. It was importatnt for Germans to take this location because it was located on the Volga River and its proximity to the soviet oil fields. Lasted until February 2nd, 1943. -
D-day
Allied force of 3.5 million soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy it was a success because German leaders denied sending back up forces until it was too late. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
A large naval battle wher the U.S. began liberating soldiers from the Phillipines the U.S. also destroyed a lot of Japan's navy. -
FDR elected president
FDR ran against Thomas E. Dewey and FDR was elected for the 4th time as President of the United to serve an unprecidented 4th term. -
Yalta conference
FDR, Churchill,& Stalin meet to discuss plans for postwar peace. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
It was major allie victor where the united states armed forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. -
Battle of Okinawa
Allied forces invaded the island of Okinawa and engaged in the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War. -
V-E Day
Germany's surrender took affect on May 8. In the United States, this was proclaimed V-E day or Victory in Europe Day. -
Hiroshima
The 1st atomic bomb dropped was on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
Nagasaki
2nd bomb droped on the Japanese was on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. -
Surrender of Japan
Japan Surrenders after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
