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Hitler
HItler becomes the chancellor of Germany -
Neutrality Act
The 1937 Neautrality Act was signed by President Franklin D. Rooselvelt forbidding American traders to conduct business with warring countries -
Rooselvelt against War
President Franklin D. Rooselvelt gives a speech about protecting the world from the "disease" of war and promoting peace -
Against Hiter
Time Inc. releases "March of Time", propaganda against the Nazi agenda -
Hitler and Japan
HItler publicly announces his support Japan -
Hitler and Musssolini
Mussolini, leader of Italy, promises to fight side by side with Hitler should a war occur -
Kristallnacht
7500 Jewish businesses are looted, 191 synogogues are set afire, 100 Jews are killed, and tens of thousands of Jews are sent to concentration camps -
Workers
After the Jewish were incarcerated the German soldiers forced rhem to work. -
Czeckoslovakia
Hiter invades Czechoslovakia even though he promised to leave them alone -
Poland
Germany invades Poland -
Britain and France Team Up
Britain and France declare war on Germany due to their commitment to Poland -
Fall Of France
France is defeated by Germany -
Germany invades Soviet Union
Going back on the Nonaggression Pact, Germany invades the Soviet Union -
Axis grows
Japan joins the Axis Powers -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. 2,355 US servicemen and 68 civilians are killed -
US against Axis
Germany and Italy declare war on the United States and the US declares war on Germnay, Italy, and Japan -
Russia captures Germans
German soldiers who had invaded Russia get captured -
Italy surrenders
Italy surrenders to the Allies -
Elie Weisel and family
Elie Weisel's family is taken to Auschwitz concentration as well as Buchenwald. -
Parachutists
"In March or April, 13 American or British parachutists were hung. They had been delivered to this camp sometime before and had been captured while trying to blow up bridges." -
D-Day
3 million Allied troops arrive in Normandy -
Majdanek camp
The Majdanek camp was the first concentration camp to be liberated -
Hanging
a number of prisoners were hung at a time. Prisoners were forced to watch this hanging. BY the side of the gallows was a decorated Chrsitmas tree... -
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Auschwitz-Birkenau is finally closed down after kill 1,100,000 people -
Death of FDR
Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of cerebral hemorrhage -
Marching towards Dachau
approximately 1,000 prisoners were assembled to make a forced march in the direction of Concentration Camp Dachau. The evacuation of these prisoners was caused by the impending capture of the camp by the Allies. These 1,000 prisoners were lined up in three groups and started on this march. Only those prisoners who could walk were taken and before leaving Flossenburg, many were executed, as also were those who collapsed in rank awaiting the movement to start the trek. No provision was made for th -
Mussolini dies
Italian inurgents kill Mussolini, tie him to the back of a car, and drag his body across Italy -
Down goes Germany
Germany surrenders to the Allies -
Stutthof
stutthof was the first concentration camp built (Sept. 2 1939) and it was also the last concentration camp to be liberated -
Hiroshama
America drops an Atomic bomb on Japan killing 75,000 and injuring over 100,00 -
The End
World War II is finally over when Japan surrenders