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WWII

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  • The Great Depression begins...
    Oct 29, 1929

    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.
    URL for picture - https://thisfragiletent.com/2009/11/04/church-moving-forward-to-the-1930s/
  • Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
    Jan 30, 1933

    Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany

    Becoming the chancellor gave Hitler power over the government. He influenced the government with anti-communism.
    URL for picture -https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/today-in-history-adolf-hitler-became-chancellor-of-germany-in-1933/videoshow/67739164.cms
  • Kristallnacht
    Nov 9, 1938

    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
    Sep 1, 1939

    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.
    URL for picture - https://www.thejc.com/on-this-day-germany-invades-poland-1.27017
  • Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
    Dec 7, 1941

    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
    May 16, 1943

    Nazi's retreat from North Africa

    The allies fight Germany in Northern Africa. The Germans retreat towards the end of the war.
    URL for picture - https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/09/world-war-ii-the-north-african-campaign/100140/
  • Allies free Italy from Nazi control
    Jun 1, 1944

    Allies free Italy from Nazi control

    The Allies free Italy from Nazi which started in the beginning of WWII.
    URL for picture - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Italy
  • D-Day
    Jun 6, 1944

    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
    Sep 15, 1944

    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
    Apr 30, 1945

    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
    May 8, 1945

    German forces surrender

    German forces surrender ending the war with Germany.
    URL for picture - https://www.enemyinmirror.com/nazi-germany-surrenders-may-7-1945/
  • US bombs Japan
    Aug 6, 1945

    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
    Sep 2, 1945

    Japan surrenders

    Japan surrenders after the United States bombed them with an atomic bomb.
    URL for picture - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan
  • Nuremberg War Trials begin...
    Nov 20, 1945

    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/

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