Revolutions and nationalism

Interwar Years

Period: Jan 21, 1914 to Jan 21, 1939

Hitler Elected into office

Feb 25, 1932

However, the prospect of Adolf Hitler being elected President of Germany ... (and thus eligible for public office) only on 25 February 1932, Hitler hoped to use the ...

WWII

Period: Jan 21, 1939 to Jan 21, 1945

Hitler Invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Oh no!

Atomic Bombs

Aug 6, 1945

Atomic bomb, also called atom bomb, Alamogordo: first atomic bomb test, 1945Jack Aeby/Los Alamos National Laboratoryweapon with great explosive power that results from the sudden release of energy upon the splitting, or fission, of the nuclei of such heavy elements as plutonium or uranium.

VJ Day

Aug 15, 1945