WWII

By BreannaNguyen

  • The Great Depression Begins (Black Tuesday)

    The Great Depression Begins (Black Tuesday)
    On October 29th, 1929, millions of Americans lost their money to the stock market crash.

  • Japan tries to expand its empire

    Japan tries to expand its empire
    Japan invades China and Manchuria in order to try to expand its empire. Some believe this to be the star of WWII.

  • Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany

    Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
    In 1933, Adolf Hiter takes power and tunes Germany into a military dictatorship.

  • Kristallnacht or The Night of Broken Glass

    Kristallnacht or The Night of Broken Glass
    30,000 Jewish men were arrested just for being Jewish. Nazi mobs detroyed thousands of homes and stores.

  • France falls to the Nazis

    France falls to the Nazis
    As France falls to the Nazis, Britain is the only western power free from the Nazis.

  • Pearl Harbor Bombing

    Pearl Harbor Bombing
    Japan drops a bomb on Pearl Harbor killing over 2,000 people.

  • D-Day

    D-Day
    160,000 allied troops land at the Normandy Coast to battle the Nazis.

  • V-E-Day

    V-E-Day
    German forces had to surrender after Hitler committed suicide in his bunker. This led to the European victory.

  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombing

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombing
    The United States drops an atomic bomb on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing around 130,000 people.

  • Nuremberg War Trials

    Nuremberg War Trials
    The Nuremberg Trials were held to prosecute members of the Nazi party.