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1900 - 1945
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austalia becomes a commonwelth
The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia formed one nation -
the great depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in 1930 and lasted until the mid 1940s -
hitler becomes chnceller
January 30th 1933 marked the beginning of the end of the Weimar Republic, with Adolf Hitler’s appointment as German chancellor. Hitler’s elevation to the chancellorship was hardly the glorious ascension to power he had dreamed of back in 1923. Rather than being swept into power on a wave of public support, or snatching control of the government with a bold and decisive move, Hitler instead became chancellor through a shadowy backroom deal. -
the holocaust
the holocaust was the mass murder or genocide of approximately six million Jews during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi Germany, led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, throughout the German Reich and German-occupied territories -
pearl harbour
This is when Japan launched an all out attack onto the American island of Hawaii more specifically pearl harbour. Japan thought this would cripple America however instead they just woke the sleeping giant. Aggravated and motivated America fought back -
mnhatten project tested
The Manhattan Project was a research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs during World War II. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada -
little boy dropped on hiroshima
Little Boy was the codename for the type of atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, piloted by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., commander of the 509th Composite Group of the United States Army Air Forces. It was the first atomic bomb to be used as a weapon -
fat man dropped on nagasaki
This was when America dropped the second atomic bomb code named "fat man" on Nagasaki Japan which caused japan to surrender which ended WW2 in the pacific once and for good
