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Start of WWII
Japan and China officially declare war on each other. -
Concentration Camps (Just In 1937)
1937 - Hitler and the Schutzstaffel (SS) began to slowly “take over” Germany with their concentration camps -- places in which they would arrest people Nazis found to be against them or with different political opinions. -
Austria and Czechoslovakia (Just In 1938)
1938 - Austria and Czechoslovakia were taken by Hitler and Germany, while the rest of the world didn’t do anything about it -- Europe did not want another World War 1, and Hitler agreed to not take over any other land but Czech. -
Euthanasia Program
1938 - Hitler introduces the Euthanasia Program to the world. This program was for Hitler to “kill” children under the age of 5 with disabilities or mental illnesses. This program then expanded to older children and adults because of how successful it was. Hitler used this to “create a better society where everyone can take care of themselves” -- over 200,000 died in this program. -
German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
1939 - Hitler and Russia create the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact. This agreement was so Germany and Russia could split up Poland. Germany invaded Poland first, and 2 weeks later so did Russia. -
The REAL WWII
1939 - France and England declared war. -
Hitler Invades Russia
June 22, 1941 - Hitler invades Russia, which takes longer than he expected. Winter then starts to come, killing about 85,000 Germans. -
Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941 - Japan attacks Pearl Harbor and killed 2,403 Americans. 180 U.S. Aircraft sank and 18 U.S. naval vessels were destroyed or sank. -
FDR Speech
December 8, 1941 - FDR asks to declare war on Japan by using a powerful speech, and so the U.S. joins WWll. -
Declaring War
December 11, 1941 - Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S., while FDR asks the U.S.to declare war on Germany and Italy. -
Double V Campaign
February 7, 1942 - The Double V Campaign began, which was a huge day for African Americans. Victory over seas, and victory over discrimination at home. -
Battle of Stalingrad
August 23, 1942 - The Battle of Stalingrad began -- Germany’s second attempt to invade Russia, since the first one didn’t work. They then failed because they once again got trapped by winter. -
Executive Order 9066
February 19, 1942 - Executive Order 9066 was a document in which the Secretary of State is allowed to round up Japanese Americans to put into internment camps. -
Bataan Death March
April 9, 1942 - The Bataan Death March was a march to a POW camp. This march was 60 miles and lasted 5-12 days -- 10,000-13,000 Americans and Filipinos died. -
War Production Board (Just In 1942)
1942 - War Production Board was when American companies started making goods for the war such as scrap metal, paper, cooking fat, cloth, and any other thing that could create war goods. -
Women At Home (Just in 1942)
1942 - Women at home had it hard in the ‘40s -- they made 60% of what a man made, ⅓ of all factory workers -- until Rosie the Riveter came along. Rosie the Riveter was a fictional character created by Norman Rockwell who all of the women adored. -
War Labor Board (Just In 1942)
1942 - The War Labor Board was created to help Unions to keep people working. -
Wartime Consumers (Just In 1942)
1942 - Wartime Consumers were people with money, but nothing to buy! Things are being produced for war, so Americans bought War Bonds to lend to the government -- they gave it to the Office of Price Administration for ‘coupons’ to buy things they need. -
Korematsu v. United States (Just In 1944)
1944 - Korematsu v. United States is a document in which Korematsu was refusing to go to an internment camp. -
Battle of the Bulge
December 16, 1944 - The Battle of the Bulge was when Germany tried to take over a Belgian city called Antwerp. Americans “won”, but at the cost of over 81,000 lives. -
Yalta Conference (Just In 1945)
1945 - By 1945, Germany was almost completely over.
February 1945 - The Yalta Conference was a discussion between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin. They agreed to split Germany into 4 groups that provide separate elections -- Stalin forced Soviet rule and abandoned his promise. -
Germany (Just In 1945)
1945 - By 1945, Germany was almost completely over. -
Hitler
April 30, 1945 - Hitler committed suicide after killing his wife and beloved dogs. -
Little Boy
August 6, 1945 - A Plutonium Atomic Bomb called Little Boy was dropped in Hiroshima, Japan by the U.S. in hopes of ending the war. -
Fat Man
August 9, 1945 - Another A-Bomb called Fat Man was dropped in Nagasaki. This bomb, unlike Little Boy, was Uranium. This also ended the war once and for all -- Hirohito surrendered.
