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Hitler's Rise In Power
German nationalist Adolf Hitler took full control of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party). The membership of the Nazis grew rapidly within the next two years. The party even came to have up to 15,000 people in its private militia. -
Revolt In Munich
A revolt called the Beer Hall Putsch was led by Hitler. The Uprising was quickly stopped and Hitler was sentenced to time in prison. In prison, Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf" or My Struggle. This book contained all of his basic ideas of his movement. -
Rise Of The Nazi Party
Upon Hitlers release from prison, he began spreading his Nazi Party all across Germany. Within three years, his party became the largest party in the german parliament (Reichstag). The party was extremely popular amongst the people because Hitler promised to fix the problems in Germany to re-create it "new". -
The U.S. Great Depression
On this day, the United States stock market had faced its greatest crash in its history. The day was called "Black Tuesday" which is the beginning of the Great Depression. This event left around 3.2 million people unemployed by 1930. The dust bowl in the west made thousands of farmers move away in search of work. The U.S. farm production was destroyed. -
The United States Suffers From The Depression
The production level of the United States had fallen nearly fifty percent from the beginning of the depression. Around twelve million U.S. citizens were left unemployed. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected as president in 1932 because of his belief in free enterprise, and his promise of a "New Deal". His new deal plan was an attempt to help end the depression resulting in little success. -
Hitler Becomes Germany's Chancellor
The German President, put under pressure, made Hitler the Chancellor to create a new government. After this, the Reichstag passed the Enabling Act. This act gave the government the power to ignore the constitution for four years to make laws to fix their countries problems. -
Hitler Rules Germany
The german president had died in 1934 leading Hitler to abolish the office of president. After this, Hitler had become the Dictator of Germany. Public officials and all german soldiers were forced to take an oath of loyalty to Hitler as their leader. -
Germany's First Racial Laws
The Nazis announced new racial laws in Nuremberg. The "Nuremberg laws" excluded Jews from German citizenship an dforbade marriages between Jews and German citizens. By 1941, Jews were also forced to wear yellow Sors of David and carry identification cards saying they were Jewish. -
Leadership In Europe
France and Great Britain were the only two major Europen states that continued to be democratic. Dictatorial regimes were soon used in states such as Italy, the Soviet Union, and Germany. The new form of dictatorship (that was widely accepted) was called a totalitarian state. This was a government that aims to control the political, economic, social, intelectual, and cultural lives of its citizens. These regimes pushed the power of the central state far beyond what it had been in the past. -
Germanys First Strike
Hitler knew that the western democracies were weak from depressions and would not fight back. Hitler had invaded and taken control of Bohemia and Moravia in western Czechoslovakia. After this, the western states reacted to the German aggression by sending military support. -
Pearl Harbor (The U.S. Enters WWII)
Japanese aircraft attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands. This attack destroyed many of the U.S.'s war ships. Soon after the attack, the United States had officialy joined the war. -
Victory In Europe
The Allies had surrounded the city of berlin. Hitler had commited suicide on April 30. On May 7, 1945, all German commanders had surrendered to the Allies. -
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Summary / Reflection
WWII was an extremely crucial part of History. With it, peace was brought throughout Europe. Leviticus 26:6 says, "I will grant peace in the land, and you will lie down and no one will make you afraid. I will remove wild beasts from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country." This verse is telling us that God will alway make peace in the world over time. In this project I have learned that racism and killing Jews is wrong.
