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The Great Depression started with the Crash of 1929. It lasted ten years. It was felt all around the world. Many were without jobs and it led to the start of World War II. When the US stopped lending money to Germany, it's economy crashed too.
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Roosevelt was elcted into the first of his four terms.
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When President Von Hindenburg died the following year, this gave even more power as he declared himself Fuhrer in August 19th 1934. This is when Adolf Hitler really has power.
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Series of laws that limited the rights of the Jews in Germany
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Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain policy toward Hitler's Nazi Germany. It was a policy of forgiveness.
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A Nazi government attack on Jewish people across Germany.. Translated to Night of Broken Glass.
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German forces take Austria. Hitler claimed that Germany needed more land as his reason.
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Germany invades Poland using the technique of blitzkrieg which means "lightening war". It is the start of WWII.;
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November 20, 1945 – October 1, 1946
24 defendants, including some of Hitler’s top officials
Hermann Goering – creator & head of Gestapo (secret police)
Charged with crimes against humanity
19 found guilty, 12 sentenced to death
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A surprise attack on the U.S. naval base in Hawaii. The Japanese attacked with the intent on destroying the aircraft carriers. This was the event that basically caused the US to join the war.
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Act by Congress that allowed US to lend or lease equipment to the Soviets and Great Britain.
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Policy of Nazi to systematically eradicate all Jewish people.
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70,000 Filipino and American troops surrendered to the Japanese. The Japanese made them march 65 miles to a prison camp.
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The secret project to end the war in the pacific. The project was to research and create the atom bomb before the Nazi's could.
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German forces surrender at Stalingrad after a crushing defeat and a brutal winter where half the German forces starved or froze to death.
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First US victory over the Japanese on the small island of Guadalcanal.
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After Pearl Harbor, America was parnoid that people of Japanese descent or origin was here to attack America. So they were rounded up and put in internment camps.
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The invasion of France by the allies. Second bloodiest day in US history.
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It was Hitler's last ditch effort to get the Allies out of Europe.
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Conference that planned out post-war Europe.
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April 25, 1945 – 50 nations met in San Francisco to discuss a new peacekeeping organization to replace the weak and ineffective League of Nations
June 26, 1945 – all 50 nations ratified the charter, creating a new international peacekeeping body known as the United Nations
President Roosevelt had urged Americans not to turn their backs on the world again
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Allied forces advance on Berlin, Germany surrenders . Hitler commits suicide.
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Battle/campaign that lasted for ten weeks. Closest the US ever got to the Japanese mainland
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In mid 1945, African American pilots serve in all African American unit in WWII.They faced discrimination, segregation and hate crimes.
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Allies held the Potsdam Conference to plan the war’s end
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US drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. One of the bombs was dropped by the Enola Gay.
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Picture a woman working used to advertise and get women to work.
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Congress approved Secretary of State George Marshall’s plan to help boost European economies
The U.S. gave more than $13 billion to help the nations of Europe get back on their feet
