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Hitler Is Elected To Power
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. After months of negotiations, the president of Germany, Paul von Hindenburg, will appoint Hitler chancellor of Germany in a government seemingly dominated by traditions.Hitler was a powerful and spellbinding speaker who attracted a wide following of Germans desperate for change. He promised the disenchanted a better life and a new and glorious Germany. -
Germany invades Poland
German forces attacke Poland on land and from the air and Adolf Hitler seeks to take lost territory and rule Poland. The German invasion of Poland was a start on how Hitler wanted to wage war of what would become a strategy.The Polish army made several severe problem early on. Although 1 million strong, the Polish forces were severely unequipped and attempted to take the Germans head-on. -
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World War II
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Britain and France Declare War on Germany
Hitler’s invasion of Poland made Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation, declare war on Germany. This made Germany's plan go forward with continuing the war. They would begin bombing German ships on September 4, suffering significant losses. They were also working under orders not to harm German civilians -
Germany Invades Soviet Union
German units encircled millions of Soviet soldiers, who, cut off from supplies and reinforcements, had few options other than to surrender.Soviet Union failed to collapse as anticipated by the Nazi leadership and the German military commanders. Expected a rapid Soviet collapse, German planners had failed to equip their troops for winter warfare. -
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. -
USA Joins The War
Although the war began with Nazi Germany's attack on Poland in September 1939, the United States did not enter the war until after the Japanese bombed the American fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Japanese attack led to the US declaring war on Japan. From there, Germany declared war on the US and the US was fully involved. -
Holocaust Plan
This is a very important even because this is when the first plan was formed. These plans lead to terrible things so it was indeed important but not in a good way. The holocaust was Hitler’s way to punish the Jews for supposedly being at fault for the loss of the First World War. Many people died and only few survived. -
German Deportion
Germans begin the deportation of more than 65,000 Jews from Drancy.The Germans deported over 100,000 Jews from the Netherlands, almost all from Westerbork, about 60,000 to Auschwitz and over 34,000 to Sobibor. -
Midway Battle
American combat forces took over where intelligence efforts left off. Scouts found the Japanese early in the morning of June 4. Although initial strikes by Midway-based planes were not successful, American carrier-based planes turned the tide. Torpedo bombers became separated from the American dive-bombers and were slaughtered but they diverted Japanese defenses just in time for the dive-bombers to arrive; some of them had become lost, and now by luck they found the Japanes -
Battle of Stalingrad
Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe. -
Dieppe Raid
Canadians had trained for 3 years and then they had to go to the raid and it was a disaster. They had no protection so the german artillery had already wiped a lot of them out already. -
D-Day
156,000 Americans, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest military assaults in history and required affecting planning and one of the bloodiest battles in history. -
United States Drops an Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki
The United States dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, during the final stage of World War II. The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history. -
Japan Surrenders
More than 250 Allied warships lay at anchor in Tokyo Bay. The flags of the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, and China fluttered above the deck of the Missouri. Nuking the Japanese twice is someting they can't compete to.
