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Great Depression begins
U.S. stock market crashed and that began the Great Depression.
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Britain’s appeasement of Germany
The policy was adopted by the French and British prime ministers in the 1930’s towards dictators like Adolf Hitler.
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Japan Conquers Manchuria in Northern China
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
elections were held in 1932. He overthrew the constitution and took control of the government.
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Roosevelt was First Elected President
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Nuremberg Laws
it was two racial laws, the Reich Citizenship Law and the Law to Protect German Blood and Honor. -
Hitler & Mussolini form the Rome-Berlin Axis
it was the alliance between Hitler and Mussolini and later joined by Japan.
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Japan invades China
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Germany invades Austria
it was not supposed to happen becuase of the Treaty of Versailles.
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Kristallnacht
the night of broken glass. it was November 9-10, 1938. German Nazis attacked Jewish persons and property. -
Germany invades Poland
the Poland land was split between Germany, the Soviet Union, and Slovakia. th eplan was for Germany to invade first and then the Soviets would invade from the east.
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Germany & Soviet Union have a nonaggression pact
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The Nazis implement the “Final Solution”
plan to kill Jewish people.
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Germany invades Denmark, Norway, Belgium, and France
May 10, 1940 was when Germany invaded France and Belgium. April 9, 1940 was the date Hitler set for Denmark and Norway to be invaded. -
Japan joins the Axis Powers
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Lend-Lease Act
program under which the USA supplied the United Kingdom, the USSR, Republic of China, Free France, and other allied nations with material. this was 9 months before the USA entered the war. -
German air force (Luftwaffe) bombs London and other civilian targets in the Battle of Britain
Hitler believed that Britain could be conquered if the royal air force was destroyed or neutralized. Started in early July.
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Germany invades the Soviet Union
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Pearl Harbor
Japan attacked the USA ship harbor in Hawaii. this made the USA enter the war. 4 battleships sunk, 3 battleships were damaged, 1 battleship was grounded, 3 cruisers were damaged, 3 destroyers were damaged, 2 other ships sunk, 3 other ships were damaged, 188 aircrafts were destroyed, 159 aircrafts were damaged, 2,402 people were killed, and 1,247 people were wounded. -
Japanese-American incarceration
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Bataan Death March
100 to 650 American and 2,500 to 10,000 Filipino prisoners of the war died before they could reach Camp O'Donnell. the battle started and ended on the same day, -
Tuskegee Airmen
they formed in 1942 after nine months of training. 332nd fighter group of the 477th bombardment group of the US Army Air Corp. it was between 1940 and 1952. because of racial friction, blacks and whites were not allowed to train together.
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Rosie the Riveter
First mention was in a song in 1942. “rosie” appeared on the cover of Saturday Evening Post on May 29, 1943. She made it so that by 1944 16 percent of all working women held jobs in war industries, estimated 18 million women worked during the war.
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Manhattan Project
Secret military project created to produce the first US nuclear weapon.
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Battle of Midway
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Guadalcanal
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Guadalcanal
this was the campaign.
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British forces stop the German advance at El Alamein
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German forces surrender at Stalingrad
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D-Day
6:30 AM. The day a combat attack or operation was to be initiated. WW2 invasion from the allied forces on Normandy, France. -
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Battle of the Bulge
it was teh largest and bloodiest battle fought by the United States in WW2. allies advanced towards Germany. tthe allies were surrprised that the Germans had a major offensive. -
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Yalta Conference
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Iwo Jima
USA against Japan. the mass weapons that the USA had made it so the Japanese defeat was known to happen. USA won and captured the island. -
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Okinawa
Fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of world war 2. -
Roosevelt dies, Truman becomes president
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Formation of the United Nations
50 nations met in San Francisco to discuss a new peacekeeping organization to replace the weak and ineffective League of Nations. -
Allied forces advance on Berlin, Germany surrenders
Allied forces moved on Berlin in September of 1944. -
Formation of the United Nations
all 50 nations ratified the charter, creating a new international peacekeeping body known as the United Nations. President Roosevelt had urged Americans not to turn their backs on the world again. Unlike the League of Nations, the United States is a member of the United Nations. -
Potsdam Conference
allies held the Potsdam conference to plan the war's end. the decision was made to put Nazi war criminals on trial. -
Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima
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atomic bombs dropped on Nagasaki
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Japanese officials sign on official letter of surrender on the U.S.S. Missouri during WW2
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Nuremberg Trials
thier were 24 defendants, including some of Hitler’s top officials. Herman Goring was the creator and head of Gestapo (secret police). people on trial were charged with crimes against humanity. 19 people were found guilty and 12 were sentenced to death. -
Marshall Plan
Congress approved secretary of state George Marshall’s plan to help boost European economies. The U.S. gave more than $13 billion to help the nations of Europe get back on their feet.
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