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New German Leader
Hitler took dictatorship of germany. He became Chancellor and then took control. Hitler controlled Germany from that day and killed over 12 million people. Hitler rose to power because of the people they picked him to be their leader. -
Night of Broken Glass
A series of coordinated attacks against Jew throughout Germany in which homes,shops and synagogues when burned and 30,000 Jews were arrested and sent to camps. It happened because the Jews wanted to protest and make a statement the thought would work, but it didn't. -
Germany Invades Poland
Great Britain and France honor their pledge to support Poland and declare war on Germany. Germany invaded Poland because in WW1 Poland took land from Germany. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese naval and air forces attack the US naval bay at pearl harbor, Hawaii, pulling the United States into WWII. Japan bombed because they wanted to expand their empire and they also attacked the Manila, Philippines at the same time as Pearl Harbor. The effects were pulling the US into the war. Japan later took over the Philippines. -
Roosevelt signs executive order
President roosevelt signs executive order 9066, which soon leads to the internet and isolated camps of more than 110,000 Japanese and americans for the war. -
Ration Book Number One
Every American to use when purchasing rationed items, including sugar, coffee, and meat. Americans had to ration their foods and could only have so much. -
The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Was created giving women an opportunity to serve in the army it will later be renamed The Women's Army Corps. Women were limited to being a nurse or a secretary. Women took over the men's job back at home and became the house figure along with working. -
Concentration Camps
Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz concentration camp in southern Poland, where the Nazi murdered ore than one million Jews since 1940. It was one of the six concentration camps built for specifically for killing jews. Hitler's final solution was why it happened because he dint want anyone different in the world. -
The Surrender
Following their announcement of surrender two weeks earlier, Japanese Dignitaries sign the official surrender the documents aboard the USS Missouri Battleship in Tokyo Bay, ending WWII. Japan didn't want to fight anymore or lose any more people after the atomic bomb. -
Nuremberg Trials
Of top nazi political and military leader begins. Many of the horrors of the holocaust are brought to the public's attention. War crimes against military and civilians were put on trial for the world to see their crimes.
