World War II

WWII

Period: May 13, 1929 to May 13, 1948

Great Depression Begins

Oct 13, 1929

started on October 1929- 1941 while many people became homeless, experienced starvation, and extreme suffering. Had a great impact on everyones lives with the economic boom and changed the cautions with money.

Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

May 13, 1932

They attracted supporters by preaching German racial superiority and appointed chancellor of Germany. This had started the whole cause of the WWII when Hitler first became a leader.

Roosevelt first elected president

Mar 4, 1933

He was the 32nd president and had set to work immediately with the help of congress. He declared bank holiday which only banks in good shape are allowed to reopen. He also created the fireside chats.

Nuremberg Laws

Jun 12, 1935

they were anti-Semitic laws in Nazi Germany introduced at the annual Nuremberg Rally of the Nazi Party, while people were classified as Jews if they descended from three or four Jewish grandparents.

Germany invades Austria

Mar 13, 1938

termed the Anschluss, a contingeny specifically disallowed in the Versailles Treaty.

Britain’s appeasement of Germany

Sep 30, 1938

It is a diplomatic policy of making political or material concessions to a dictatorial power (or powers) in order to avoid a threatened conflict, made “peace for our time” when Hitler was getting too much power.

Kristallnacht

Nov 10, 1938

There was no event in the history of German Jews between 1933 and 1945 that was so widely reported as it was happening. They killed 91 Jews and arrested 30,00. While windows broken everywhere and every house destroyed,

Germany invades Poland - blitzkrieg

Sep 1, 1939

was the German lightning war tactics. German declared war on Poland, two days later Great Britain and France declared war on Germany- which is when world war II began.

Lend-Lease Act

May 13, 1941

Allowed the United States to lend weapons to allies while Roosevelt had supported. They sent allies 50 billion dollars’ worth of goods.

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japanese warplanes bombed the huge American naval base in Hawaii and it was a complete surprise to the U.S. and 2,400 Americans died.

Japanese-American incarceration

Feb 19, 1942

Government forcibly removed over 120,000 Japanese Americans from the Pacific Coast,

The Nazis implement the “Final Solution”

Feb 26, 1942

 The Nazis frequently used euphemistic language to disguise the true nature of their crimes.
 Polish and western European Jews were deported to these ghettos where they lived in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions with inadequate food.
 "Final Solution" called for the murder of all European Jews by gassing, shooting, and other means.

Bataan Death March

Apr 9, 1942

 was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60-80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II.
 The 128 km (80 mi) march was characterized by wide-ranging physical abuse and murder
 there was no organized plan for how to handle them

Manhattan Project

May 13, 1942

 Top secret government project to develop the atomic bomb
 1942
 Worked for three years to construct thee weapon
 Shortly after made they used it for destruction on japan

Battle of Midway

Jun 13, 1942

 U.s victory over Japanese off midway island that proved to be the turning point of war
 U.s destroyed 4 Japanese carriers and at least 250 planes
 U.S. lost one carrier and at least 150 planes
 Turning point in the war

German forces surrender at Stalingrad

Jan 31, 1943

 Of more than 280,000 men under Paulus' command, half were already dead or dying, about 35,000 had been evacuated from the front, and the remaining 91,000 were hauled off to Soviet POW camps.

Tuskegee airmen

May 13, 1943

famous segregated unit of African American pilots and they served with honor in North Africa and Europe, about 1 million served.

Guadalcanal

May 13, 1943

 American forces were ultimately victorious
 Honiara, on the north coast of Guadalcanal, became the new capital of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate.
 bitter fighting between Japanese and American troops

D-day

Jun 6, 1944

 Allied invasion of France
 June 6, 1944
 Largest seaborne invasion in history
 850,000 allied troops had poured into France
 Battled German troops along the way

Battle of the Buldge

Dec 13, 1944

 Final German assault in Ardennes region of Belgium
 December 1944
 German troops pushed back allied forces before U.S. troops could regain and defeat
 120,000 German causalities and 80,000 American causalities

Yalta Conference

Feb 13, 1945

 February 1945
 Conference where allies planned the post-war conference
 The big three (Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin) attended
 Made plans for the end of the war and the future of Europe

Iowa Jima

Feb 13, 1945

 February 1945
 U.S. marines invaded
 Planted flag on top of Iowas mountain symbolizing victory
 Fighting continued for several days afterward

Okinawa

Apr 13, 1945

 April 1945
 U.S. invaded Okinawa
 Several months it took for them to conquer both islands
 The U.S. lost 18,000 men and the Japanese lost 120,000

Fromation of the United Nations

Apr 25, 1945

 April 25 1945- 50 nations meet in san Francisco to discuss a new peacekeeping organization to replace the weak and ineffective league of nations
 June 26, 1945- all 50 nation 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

Rosie the Riveter

May 13, 1945

an image of a strong woman hard at work at an arms factory, promoted as its symbol for its new group of wage earners.

Allied forces advance on Berlin, Germany surrenders

May 13, 1945

 Germany finally surrenders ending the fight of WWII
 Germany realizing that if Allied forces advance on Berlin they have no power and have a less likely percent of winning the battle so they decide to surrender

Postdam Conference

Jul 17, 1945

 July 17- august 2, 1945, decision was made to put Nazi war criminal on trial
 Allies held the Potsdam conference to plan the wars end

Atomic Bombs dropped

Aug 6, 1945

 August 6, 1945
 Explosion killed more than 75,000 people and then the second time killed more than 40,00
 The Americans had dropped the bomb twice because neither of their chances they surrendered so they proved to the Japanese they were still in power
 Killed many people that were civilians not soldiers

Nuremburg Trials

Nov 20, 1945

 November 20, 1945- October 1, 1946
 24 defendants, including some of Hitler’s top officials
 Hermann goring- creator & head of gestapo (secret police)
 Charged with crimes against humanity
 19 found guilty, 12 sentenced to death
 People are responsible for their actions, even in wartime

Marshall Plan

May 13, 1948

 Congress approved secretary of state George Marshalls 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