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Period: to
holocaust
2.5 million jews died during the holocaust -
Germany incorporates Austria in the Anschluss. September 29, 1938
germany starts getting allies -
Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the Pacific.
the begining of ww2 -
World War II begins when Nazi Germany invades Poland. France and Britain declare war on Germany.
war is declared but the us dont get involved -
Honoring their guarantee of Poland’s borders, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.
another major event in ww2 -
Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21.
at this point almost all countrys are in the war -
A Soviet counteroffensive drives the Germans from the Moscow suburbs in chaotic retreat.
russia was one of the strongest countrys -
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, a territory of the US. The United States declares war against Japan.
america enters war -
Adolf Hitler declares war against the United States.
this is how ww2 got started for us -
Nazi Germany and its Axis partners declare war on the United States.
germany thinks they could beat us and take us over -
US and British troops land on Sicily. By mid-August, the Allies control Sicily.
we start attacking for land -
Auschwitz liberated by Soviet troops
Russia raided Auschwitz and freed almost everyone -
Adolf Hitler commits suicide
On this day in 1945, holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head -
nagasaki
the second atomic bomb ever dropped in history -
second atomic bomb is dropped on hiroshima
the last atomic bomb dropped in war
