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Hitler Campaign Speech
Nazi supporters at a campaign rally in Waldenburg, Germany. In a speech, Hitler attacks the Weimar Republic and pledges to dissolve the parliamentary system -
Franklin D. Roosevelt Elected President of the United States
Roosevelt wins the most votes in the American presidential elections. -
Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor
The Nazi Party assumes control of the German state. -
Anti-Jewish Boycott
Members of the Nazi Party and its affiliated organizations organize a nationwide boycott of Jewish-owned businesses in Germany. -
Röhm Affair
Hitler orders the purge of the top leadership of the SA, the Nazi Party paramilitary formation. -
Hitler Abolishes the Office of President
Hitler becomes the absolute dictator of Germany. -
King Edward VIII of England gives up his throne to marry Wallace W. Simpson
King Edward VIII of England gives up his throne to marry Wallace W. Simpson, "the woman I love." Simpson cannot become England's Queen because she's American and a divorcée. -
Olympic Games Open in Berlin
The Nazi dictatorship camouflages its racist, militaristic character while hosting the Summer Olympics. -
Evian Conference
Delegates from 32 countries attend a conference in Evian, France, to discuss the growing refugee crisis. -
Munich Agreement
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement. -
German Invasion of Poland
Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe. -
Britain and France Declare War
Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. -
Battle of Britain
Germany had only one enemy left- Great Britain. They decided to take over Britain by bombing them and taking over there airspace. Although the Germans continued to bomb Britain by October it was clear that the British had won. This was the first defeat of the Germans in WWII. -
Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor
The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from influencing the war that the Empire of Japan was planning in Southeast Asia, against Britain and the Netherlands, as well as the U.S. in the Philippines. -
German Forces Launch Offensive
German forces attack the Soviet Union in the south towards the city of Stalingrad. -
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project, a U.S. federally-funded effort to develop and produce nuclear weapons, began. -
German Troops Occupy Hungary
German forces occupy Axis ally Hungary and install pro-German General Dome Sztojay as prime minister. -
D-Day
Under the code name Operation “Overlord,” US, British, and Canadian troops land on the beaches of Normandy, France. -
Germans surrender
The German Instrument of Surrender was the legal instrument that established the armistice ending WWII in Europe. It was signed by representatives of the Wehrmacht, the Allied Expeditionary Force and Soviet High Command on May 7 and formally ratified on May 8, 1945. The date is known in the West as Victory in Europe Day. -
Hitler commits suicide
In his bunker while hiding from the Soviets, him and his wife both committed suicide. Hitler took a gunshot to his head and his wife drank poison. After they died some of his staff members took him and his wife and drenched them in gasoline and set them on fire. They did this many times until you couldn't recognize that that was a body. Then they buried them side by side. -
"Iron Curtain" speech
Winston Churchill gave his "Iron Curtain" speech, condemning Soviet Union policies in Europe. -
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was established, an intergovernmental military alliance among 29 North American and European countries. -
President Truman approves Hydrogen bomb construction
President Truman approves Hydrogen bomb construction -
Korean War starts
President Harry S. Truman ordered the building of the hydrogen bomb, on June 25th, the Korean War began with the invasion of South Korea. -
Winston Churchill became prime minister
In October, Winston Churchill took the reins in Great Britain as prime minister for the first time after the close of World War II. -
Elizabeth took over the responsibility of ruling England
On February 6, 1952, Britain's Princess Elizabeth took over the responsibility of ruling England at age 25 after the death of her father, King George VI. -
King George VI died
On February 6, 1952, King George VI died -
Lord of the Flies Quote - Plane Crashed
"All round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat" (Golding 6). -
Lord of the Flies Quote - Hunting
When Ralph stuck a boar with a spear, “Ralph was full of fright and apprehension and pride. “I hit him! The spear stuck in—” (Golding 98) -
Lord of the Flies Quote - Simon Death
"Somewhere over the darkened curve of the world the sun and moon were pulling, and the film of water on the earth planet was held, bulging slightly on one side while the solid core turned. The great wave of the tide moved farther along the island and the water lifted. Softly, surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon’s dead body moved out toward the open sea" (Golding 133). -
Lord of the Flies Quote - Conch
During the meeting, Ralph said, “And another thing. We can’t have everybody talking at once. We’ll have to have ‘Hands up’ like at school” (Golding 29). -
Lord of the Flies Quote - Grab the Glasses
After Ralph and Piggy were hit, Jack “was a chief now in truth; and he made stabbing motions with his spear. From his left hand dangled Piggy’s broken glasses” (Golding 146). -
Segregation Illegal
In a landmark decision on May 17, and after two rounds of argument, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled segregation was illegal in the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
