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Dachau opened
First concentration camp to open in Germany. -
Hitler becomes dictator
He was the dictator of Germany and he created the Nazi party -
People had to take an oath pledging self to the Nazi Party
If they refused, they could be sent to camps and be punished -
Nuremberg Laws
Took away citizenship of Jews and violated their rights -
Herschel Grynszpan killed German diplomat
This happened in Paris, this lead to Kristallnacht -
Kristallnacht
"Night of Broken Glass", anit-Jewish violence -
Hitler invaded Poland
This is the event that started World War II -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
They deciede to declare war on Germany because the invasion of Poland -
Italy joins the war
Italy joins the Axis powers: Germany, Italy, Japan -
Hitler took contol of France
Battle of France- the French are forced to surrender -
Tripartite Act signed
this was a plan between Italy, Germany, and Japan -
Hitler cancelled invasion of Great Britain
the Luftwaffe was denied air superiority which forced Hitler to postpone his attack -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
this is what brought the U.S. into the war, many of our suppies ang humans were harmed or killed -
Crematorium site is chosen
The Crematorium is where the Nazis took the dead prisoners after they killed them to dispose of their bodies -
Death March to Tegernsee
Nazis forced around 7,000 prisoners, mostly Jews, to march from Dachau to Tegernsee -
Hitler commits suicide
He shot himself with his service pistol in one of his army's bunkers -
VE Day
"Victory in Europe Day", the day the Germans surrendered -
U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
more than 60% of Hiroshima's buildings were destroyed and over 100,000 people were killed -
U.S. drops bomb on Nagasaki
This is the first time an atomis bomb is used in warfare, the bomb was nick-named "Fat Man" as a reference to Churchill -
Japan surrenders
In Japanese warfare surrendering is the worst action to make, but they were forced to and this ended WWII
