Image 6461

World War Two

By s149533
  • Period: to

    WWII

    Key events leading up to and including WWII

  • The beginning

    The beginning
    Japan begin takeover of Manchuria, which is later renamed Manchukuo

  • Leaders

    Leaders
    Hindenburg is elected President in Germany defeating Nazi Party candidate Adolph Hitler and another candidate. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) is elected president of the United States.

  • Hitler

    Hitler
    Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor of Germany.

  • President

    President
    20th Amendment to the Constitution. Establishes the line of presidential succession in which the Vice-President becomes president if the President can no longer perform the duties of office.

  • chatting

    chatting
    FDR makes his first "fireside chat" speaking to the United States population over the radio.

  • concentration camp

    concentration camp
    Dachau, the first concentration camp, is established in Germany. By the 1945 over 1000 concentration camps will be established.

  • Nazi

    Nazi
    In Germany, legislation is passed making the Nazi party the only legal political party. The Law for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseases is also passed, providing for the serilization of unfit parents and the "euthanasia" of "the defective" and "useless eaters."