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World War I Ends With German Defeat.
With a British blockade, fierce resistance from the British, French & the United States Armies, political unrest & starvation at home, an economy in ruins, mutiny in the navy, & mounting defeats on the battlefield,The German Generals asked for armistice negotiations with the Allies, the German Army was allowed peace & was not forced to admit defeat by surrendering. U.S. General John J. Pershing had misgivings about this, saying it would be better to have the German Army admit defeat. -
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Nazis Begin Euthanasia On Sick And Disabled In Germany.
In October of 1939 amid the turmoil of the outbreak of war Hitler ordered widespread "mercy killing" of the sick and disabled. Code named "Aktion T 4," the Nazi euthanasia program to eliminate "life unworthy of life" at first focused on newborns and very young children. Midwives and doctors were required to register children up to age three who showed symptoms of mental retardation, physical deformity, or other symptoms included on a questionnaire from the Reich Health Ministry. -
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Aldof Hitler's Speech To The Jewish
"In the course of my life I have very often been a prophet, and have been ridiculed for it. During my struggle for power it was in the first instance only the Jewish race that received my prophecies with laughter when I said that I would one day be leader of the State, and of the whole nation, and that I would then settle the Jewish problem. Today I will once more be a prophet: the result will not be the ending of the earth,and victory of Jewry,but the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe!" -
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Nazis Take Czechoslovakia
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Spanish Civil War Ends.
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Nazis sign 'Pact of Steel' With Italy.
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- Nazis And Soviets Sign Pact.
Soviet Russia' Foreign Minister Molotov signs the Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression Pact while German Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop and Soviet leader Josef Stalin look on, while standing under a portrait of Lenin. News of the Pact stunned the world and paved the way for the beginning of World War II with Hitler assured his troops would not have to fight a war on two fronts. -
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Britain And Poland Sign A Mutual Assistance Treaty.
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British Fleet Mobilizes; Civilian Evacuations Begin From London.
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Nazis Invade Poland.
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Evacuation Of Children During WW2
Evacuation means leaving a place. During the Second World War, many children living in big cities and towns were moved temporarily from their homes to places considered safer, usually out in the countryside. It was called 'Operation Pied Piper'. -
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Britain, France, Australia And New Zealand Declare War On Germany
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British Royal Air Force Attacks The German Navy.
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United States Proclaims Its Neutrality; German Troops Cross The Vistula River In Poland.
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Canada Declares War On Germany; Battle Of The Atlantic Begins.
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Soviets Invade Poland.
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Warsaw Surrenders To Nazis; Reinhard Heydrich Becomes The Leader Of New Reich Main Security Office (RSHA).
Following the invasion of Poland, Reinhard Heydrich, Himmler's second in command of the SS, was given control of the new Reich Main Security Office (RSHA) which combined the SS Security Service (SD), Secret State Police (Gestapo), Criminal Police (Kripo), and foreign intelligence service into an enormous centralized organization that would soon terrorize the entire continent of Europe and conduct mass murder on a scale unprecedented in human history. -
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Nazis And Soviets Divide Up Poland
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Assassination Attempt On Hitler Fails
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Soviets Attack Finland.
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Soviet Union Expelled From The League Of Nations.
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Battle Of Britain
In April 1940, the German army invaded Denmark and Norway. The advancing German divisions cut off the British troops, who were forced to retreat across the English Channel.The Germans would occupy Paris until late 1944.
At 4:56 pm on 7 September 1940, the air raid sirens wailed as the German Air Force, the luftwaffe, launched a huge raid on London. Over 350 bombers flew across the Channel from airfields in France and dropped 300 tonnes of bombs on the docks and streets of the East End of London. -
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Radar, Atomic Bombs And The Use Of Penicillin
Two different types of technology used during the war.