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The Great Depression begins...
The Stock Market crash which began The Great Depression left many Americans unemployed. This is one of the factors of WWII.
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Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
Becoming the chancellor gave Hitler power over the government. He influenced the government with anti-communism.
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Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht or The Night of the Broken Glass was the night when many Jews were arrested for being Jewish. This night was one of the first large acts the Germans took on the Jews.
URL for picture - https://www.npr.org/2013/11/09/241903489/bearing-witness-to-nazis-life-shattering-kristallnacht -
German tanks roll into Poland
Invading Poland was one of the first steps to getting territory back. Germany invades Poland as a defensive act. But, Britain and France weren't convinced and declared war on Germany.
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attack the United States naval base killing over 2,000 Americans. This is what makes the United States go to war.
URL for picture - https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2011/12/05/japan-pearl-harbor -
Nazi's retreat from North Africa
The allies fight Germany in Northern Africa. The Germans retreat towards the end of the war.
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Allies free Italy from Nazi control
The Allies free Italy from Nazi which started in the beginning of WWII.
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D-Day
Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy.
URL for picture - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/06/06/d-day-how-american-and-british-technology-helped-win-the-battle-and-world-war-ii/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f0a7b8fcf8b3 -
Allies drive out Germany almost completely out of France and Belgium
Allies almost drive out all of Germany out of allied land.
URL for picture - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_advance_from_Paris_to_the_Rhine -
Hitler kills himself
Hitler kills himself signifying he has no more faith in winning the war.
URL for picture - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Adolf_Hitler -
German forces surrender
German forces surrender ending the war with Germany.
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US bombs Japan
The United States threatens Japan that if they do not surrender they would bomb them. No surrender, therefore the United States were forced to bomb them.
URL for picture - https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/09/aug-9-1945-u-s-drops-atomic-bomb-on-nagasaki-japan/ -
Japan surrenders
Japan surrenders after the United States bombed them with an atomic bomb.
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Nuremberg War Trials begin...
This wraps up WWII. Trialing some Nazi soldiers to see if they were guilty.
URL for picture - https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1946/04/nuremberg-a-fair-trial-a-dangerous-precedent/306492/
