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Hitler ordered all "non-Aryans" to be removed from government jobs
This is one of the first moves that led to the Holocaust. -
Hitler secretly met with his top military advisers
Hitler declared that to grow and prosper Germany needed the land of it's neighbors and that he was going to add Austria and Czechoslovakia into the Third Reich. -
German troops marched into Austria
Austria was Hitler's first target. -
Daladier and Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement
It gave the Sudetenland to Germany without going to war. -
Nazi troopers attacked Jewish homes, buisnesses and synagogues
Became known as the "Night of Broken Glass." -
German troops went intp Czechoslovakia
That night Hitler said, "Czechoslovakia has ceased to exist." -
Germany and Russia agreed to never attack each other
Germany and the Soviet Union also agreed to divide Poland between them -
German air force went into Poland
They dropped bombs on military bases, airfields, railroads and cities. -
Hitler launched a suprise invasion on Denmark and Norway
He did this to "protect those countries freedom and independence." -
Hitler surrendered against France
Germans would occupy the northern part of France and a Nazi-controlled puppet government would control the southern part. -
The RAF shot down more than 185 German planes
A new technological device called radar helped the RAF know the flight paths of German planes. -
News came out that German, Italy and Japan signed the Tripartite Act
The Tripartite Act was a mutual defense treaty. The three nations became known as the Axis powers. -
A. Phillip Randolph organized a march on Washington
A. Phillip Randolph was the president and founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and the nation's most resepected African-American labor leader. -
A German submarine fired on the U,S destroyer Greer
Roosevelt ordered the navy to shoot the German submarines. -
The Japanese navy was ordered to prepare for an attack on the U.S
Before this, the prime miniser of Japan promised the emperor that the governement would try to make peace with the U.S. -
Japanese launched an attack on the U.S
Roosevelt requested a declaration of war against Japan. -
President Roosevelt ordered the removal of all Japenese ancestry from California, Washington, Oregon and Arizonia
This step was nesessary for national security. About 110,00 Japanese Americans were found and shipped to relocation centers. -
A raid started on Tokyo and other Japanese cities
Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle led 16 bombers in the raid. -
WAAC became a law
WAAC stands for Women's Auxiliary Army Corps. -
King Victor Emmanual dictator had Benito Mussolini arrested
The king told Mussolini, "you are the most hated man in Italy." -
D-Day - the first day of the invasion of Normandy in France
British, American, and Canadian tro.ops worked to invade Normandy -
President Roosevelt died
Vice President Harry S. Truman became president. -
The Soviet army attacked Berlin
Berlin soilders were shot on the spot or hung from a tree. -
Hitler married Eva Braun
The next day they both killed themselves to "escape the disgrace of capitulation." -
The war in Europe ended
The Allies celebrated V-E Day, Victory in Europe. -
Fighting ended between the Americans and Japenese
More than 7,600 americans had died. -
The first test of the atomic bomb took place
A blinding flash was visible from 180 miles away. -
President Truman ordered the military to drop 2 atomic bombs on Japanese targets
Americans worned Japan, but they did not surrender. -
An atomic bomb code named Little Boy was dropped over Hiroshima
Hiroshima was an important Japanese military center, The Japanese still didn't surrender. -
A second atomic bomb code named Fat Man was dropped on Nagaski
An estimated 200,000 people died in result of these two bombs.
