World War 2

By Ayaka
  • The Night of Broken Glass

    The Night of Broken Glass

    The night of November 9~10, 1938, German Nazis attacked Jewish people and belongings. The violence continued the next day.
  • Beginning of WW2

    Beginning of WW2

    WW2 began in Europe on 1 September, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany on September 3.
  • Opening of Auschwitz concentration camp

    Opening of Auschwitz concentration camp

    Auschwitz was known for fear. It was established by Germans in 1940, in the suburbs of Oswiecim.
  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    The first Japanese dive-bomber appeared over Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor’s airfields and ships were attacked with bombs, guns, and torpedoes. More than 2,400 U.S. people were killed.
  • Tha fall of Singapore

    Tha fall of Singapore

    The fall of Singapore in 1942 led the Australian Government to reconsider its alliance with Britain because the naval based in Singapore was attacked.
  • Bombing at Darwin

    Bombing at Darwin

    On February 19, 1942 was the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia. On that day, 242 Japanese aircraft, in two separate raids, attacked the town, ships in Darwin’s Harbor.
  • Suicide of Hitler

    Suicide of Hitler

    HItler and his wife killed themself at underground pit.
  • Use of the Atmic Bomb

    Use of the Atmic Bomb

    The United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August, 1945, killing 210,000 people-children, women and men.
  • End of WW2

    End of WW2

    September 2, 1945
    On May 8, 1945, WW2 in Europe came to an end. Later that year, US President Harry S. Truman announced Japan’s surrender and the end of WW2.
  • Nuremberg Trials

    Nuremberg Trials

    The indictment lodged against them contained four counts;(1) crimes against peace, (2) crimes against humanity, (3) war crimes, and (4) ‘ a common plan or conspiracy to commit’ the criminal acts listed in the first three counts.