1933 to 1947

By 081363
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    The Years Of World War II

  • Hitler is appointed as chancellor of Germany.

    Hitler is appointed as chancellor of Germany.

  • Dachau is established as the first concentration camp of many.

  • The Nazi party becomes the only legal political party.

  • Hitler becomes the president (dictator) of Germany when Hindenburg dies.

  • The first Nuremburg laws are passed, and Jewish people are no longer considered citizens of Germany.

  • The Rome-Berlin Axis is established, and Germany is now allies with Italy.

  • In America, FDR is elected to his second term as president.

  • FDR makes a speech asking for international cooperation against growing aggresion.

  • Germany and Japan become military allies.

  • Romanian Jews have their citizenship revoked.

  • Jewish people are not included within Germany's economy.

  • Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) takes place, and Jewish people are violently attacked.

  • Poland is invaded by Germany.

  • Britain and France declare war on Germany.

  • The Jewish population begins to be put in ghettos.

  • The first German air raid on the British Isles takes place.

  • The Battle of Britain begins.

  • The United States sends more aid to Britain through the Office of Production Management.

  • The Japanese bombing on Pearl Harbor takes place.

  • Britain and the United States declare war on Japan.

  • Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.

  • "The Final Solution", which is the genocidal plan of the Nazis, is created.

  • Fighting between the Soviet and German forces takes place.

  • The Allied Powers invade Sicily.

  • Soviet and German forces continue to fight in Russia.

  • Italy surrenders.

  • Italy declares war on Germany.

  • Hitler commits suicide.

  • The Allied powers land in the southern part of France.

  • The first American night attack on Japan takes place.

  • Hungary declares war on Germany.

  • American forces overrun the Dachau concentration camp.

  • An atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.

  • An atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki.

  • A pogrom is carried out on Jewish survivors by some Polish citizens.

  • Ten major participants in World War II/The Holocaust are executed.

  • Palestine was divided into a Jewish and Arab country.