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The stock market crashed and nationwide poverty and unemployment followed, and the crash was so widespread it even affected other countries.
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German President Paul von Hindenburg pronounces Adolf Hitler as chancellor of Germany. Hindenburg had initially refused to give Hitler this rank because he was intimidated.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a democrat, had a landslide victory for President against republican Herbert Hoover. The new president gave a 20 minute-long speech for his inauguration ceremony. -
(Date not exact.) The Nazis announced these laws at the annual party rally in Nuremberg. They excluded all German Jews from having sexual relations to or marrying Germans.
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(Date not exact) Hitler invaded Austria which was home to most people who spoke German. Many Germans and Austrians welcomed the joining of Austria over Nazi rule.
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In Germany, Nazis traversed the land vandalizing Jewish property, torching synagogues, and killing close to 100 Jews. This event was also called the “Night of Broken Glass”.
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(Date not exact.) This project was formed in order to further study, create, and develop an atomic bomb. This weapon would be used to defend the United States and end the war quickly.
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In the early morning, Germany attacked Poland it was was known as a blitzkrieg. This was a war tactic used by the Nazis that effectively surprised and broke through enemy resistance. This was the start of WWII.
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African Americans have played a large role in United States military history. The Tuskegee Airmen was a squadron made up entirely of African-American troops.
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This act was made by the United States. It states that the United States will give aid to its allied nations during the war by giving/lending money and weapons.
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This was Nazi Germany’s plan during the war. The Holocaust had resulted in this plan to exterminate all peoples of Jewish descent.
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Japanese fighters on aircraft carriers arrive at Hawaii in the hundreds and surprise attack Pearl Harbor. The battle lasted just two hours, but the United States took severe damage here. The U.S. declared war on Japan the day after.
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(Date not exact.) Over 127,000 Japanese-Americans living in the U.S. were imprisoned for possibly being disloyal to the U.S. and connected to the Japan Empire. They were kept in internment camps until the war was over.
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Fought near the small military base (U.S.) at Midway atoll, the Japanese tried to surprise attack, but ended without a loss of 4 of their aircraft carriers. The U.S. had only lost one carrier.
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(Date not exact.) The Allies had fought a brutal air-sea-land campaign against Japan for the obscure island of Guadalcanal. Both sides suffered heavy losses, but the United States losses were replaced unlike the Japanese.
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After the Pearl Harbor attack, American troops in the U.S. Philippines were cornered and captured on the Bataan Peninsula. They were marched by the Japanese soldiers for 63 miles. Out of the 72,000 troops captured, at least 7,000 died.
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Women have always worked, and it was new to them. Although, women were usually placed in a home environment instead of working in more masculine jobs. This all changed in WWII when the men in the military left jobs that needed to be filled. Women took these roles.Rosie the Riveter was a propaganda image portraying a hard-working female.
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Its code name, “Operation Overlord”, this planned battle took place on 5 beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the coast of northern France. The 156,00 total troops included British, American, and Canadian forces.
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Almost a quarter-million German troops were ordered in a very desperate counteroffensive in northwest Europe. Its objective was to disrupt the Allies by use of blitzkrieg. This battle ended in somewhat of a draw.
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(Date not exact.) President Franklin Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet premier Joseph Stalin meet in order to discuss the conditions the Axis will have to face once they have lost.
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(Date not exact.) American forces overtook this island off the coast of Japan in order to house short-distance planes so that they could have easy access to the mainland of the Japan Empire.
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This was the last major battle of the Pacific feuds in WWII. It involved 287,000 American soldiers. Suicide planes for the Japanese, known as kamikaze, were being used at this time.
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Approximately 1 million German soldiers lay down their weapons. Germany signs its unconditional surrender to the Allies, and WWII in Europe is over.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his underground bunker within yards of Soviet Union troops, and Germany ultimately surrenders WWII. Adolf had previously appointed a successor to the throne.
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The Hiroshima explosion wiped out 90% of the inhabitants, and the second killed more than 40,000 people, making a total death toll of 120,000 Japanese people. The Emperor of Japan signed unconditional surrender after the two bombs.