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Adolph Hitler
Adolph Hitler becomes the leader of the National Socialist German Workers (Nazi) Party.Hitler rushed back to Munich and countered them by announcing his resignation from the Party on July 11, 1921. -
germany
Pohlmann continued to carry on developing and adding to his ideas and those of Dipl Ing Karl Plauth (Plauth was killed in a flying accident in November 1927), and produced the Ju A 48 which underwent testing on 29 September 1928. -
world war 2 began
World War II officially began on September 1, 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Below is a timeline tracing some of the important events of the first week of September, 1939. -
Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, killing more than 2,300 Americans. The U.S.S. Arizona was completely destroyed and the U.S.S. Oklahoma capsized. A total of twelve ships sank or were beached in the attack and nine additional vessels were damaged. More than 160 aircraft were destroyed and more than 150 others damaged. -
japan
Japan lacked many of the natural resources needed to feed its industries. Instead of expanding trade, the Japanese expanded their empire. First, its navy would neutralize the American fleet with a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Japan would also seize America's central Pacific bases at Guam and Wake islands and invade the Philippines. -
D-DAY
After the invasion and subsequent fall of France in 1940, the German army controlled the entire coast of Northern France. Following the Allied evacuation at Dunkirk, Hitler had hoped that Britain would agree to settle the war. But, because of British determination and Germany's inability to carry out an invasion of England, Germany was forced to maintain a defensive posture along the coast. In 1944, the German war machine was still very powerful despite the many setbacks on the Eastern Front. -
The death of th president Roosevelt
On April 12, 1945, the man who led the nation through the Great Depression and the calamitous years of World War II died unexpectedly at his retreat in Warm Springs, Georgia. Roosevelt went there to rest before the April 25 San Francisco Conference which would be the founding of the United Nations. Shortly before lunch as he was sitting in a leather chair signing letters, he slumped forward, lost consciousness and was carried to bed. A doctor was summoned and diagnosed a massive cerebral hemo -
Victory in Europe
Is declared as German troops continue to surrender to Allies throughout Europe. -
surrender of japan
In the morning of 2 September 1945, more that two weeks after acceping the Allies terms, Japan formally surrenderedThe ceremonies, less than half an hour long, took place on board the battleship USS Missouri, anchored with other United States' and British ships in Tokyo Bay. It was an extensively photographed occasion, and, despite overcast weather, generated many memorable images.Japanese representatives on board USS Missouri (BB-63) during the surrender ceremonies, 2 September 1945.
