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WWII's technology
Everyone had radars to lean where their opponents are. they also had atomic bombs. -
blitzkrieg
blitzkrieg means lighting war. In lightning war Germany moved fast and captured slow enemy. -
Geneva convention
the Geneva convention are rules so prisoners can stay alive. -
crash
Stock Market on Wall Street crashes. -
up rank
Germans elect Nazis making them the 2nd largest political party in Germany. -
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FDR is president
FDR is elected president -
Hitler's speech
Hitler threatens Jews during Reichstag speech. -
Germany invades Poland
German troops invade Poland killing everyone who is polish. -
evacuate
all children leave Britain to avoid bombing. -
Germany gets war declared on
Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declares war on Germany. -
Battle of Britain
In April the German army invaded Denmark and Norway. In May the army staged a successful two-pronged attack on France, with one division invading through Belgium and the other through the Ardennes, south of Paris. -
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battle of Dunkirk
France lost to Germany and thousands of people outside of the military helped solider escape. -
bombing
Germans bomb Paris. -
declaring war
Italy declares war on Britain and France. -
France surrenders
France surrenders to Germany. -
Attack!!
German U-boats attack merchant ships in the Atlantic. -
The Blitz
The heavy and frequent bombing attacks on London and other cities was known as the 'Blitz'. Night after night German bombers attacked British cities, ports and industrial areas. London was bombed ever day and night for 11 weeks. One third of London was destroyed. -
How's Egypt in this mess?
Italians invade Egypt. -
Axis attacks Russia
axis forces invades Russia -
japan attacks the u.s.
japan attacks the u.s. at pearl harbor -
u.s. attacks japan
U.S declares war on japan -
Navajo code talkers
Navajo was used in WWII by the US as code in code. -
Japanese interment camps
FDR orders that all Japanese Americans put in interment camps. -
U.S declares war
U.S declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania -
D-day
the allied invasion of Normandy, France -
Flag plant
Just 8 minutes after U.S. Marines and Army assault troops landed on Guam, two U.S. officers plant the American flag, using a boat hook as a mast. -
battle of the bulge
Germany began the battle of the bulge -
marine invade
U.S. marines invades Jami -
Germany surrenders
Germany surrenders to the allies -
V-E day
V-E Day stands for Victory in Europe Day. It marks a very important event in World War 2 -
Henry Truman becomes president
Truman is elected president of the united states -
Henry Truman
after FDR died he took control. he was the one who dropped the atomic bombs. -
japan bomb one
first atomic bomb drops on Hiroshima -
japan bomb two
second atomic bomb drops on Nagasaki -
we win
japan surrenders -
we're back
children return after the war. -
V-J day
V-J Day stands for Victory in Japan Day. It marks a very important event in WW2 -
camps close
Japanese interment camps close -
Marshall Plan
president Truman Marshall Plan stop the US from being an isolationist country (isolated, off by ourselves) and to get more involved with the affairs of the world. The plan to stop communism from spreading was called containment. -
communism
communism is the notion that all people should share the wealth of the world. -
grandfather's birthday
my grandfather's born -
Ellsworth Kelly
Ellsworth Kelly was an abstract painter. Ellsworth Kelly moved a lot so he had no friends. -
grandmother's birthday
the day my grandmother was born -
Vietnam War
the Vietnam War was not good for the US. The Vietnam War lasted for 20 years. -
John F Kennedy
35th President of USA, assassinated 11/22/63, famous 'Not what your country can do for you' speech. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was made so people from east Germany couldn't go to west Germany. the wall was destroyed in 1989. -
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol loved pop culture and he decided to paint what he loved. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the man who did the "I Have a Dream" speech. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson was elected president after Kennedy was assassinated. -
Richard Nixon
Nixon was the first president to resign. -
Gerald Rudolph “Jerry” Ford, Jr
Gerald Rudolph “Jerry” Ford, Jr was the 38th President of the United States. He was the only president not to be voted into an office. He was picked by the president to be vice president when the VP resigned because he took bribes earlier in his career. -
James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, Jr
James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, Jr was the 39th president of the United States. He was married to Rosalynn Smith. -
Ronald Wilson Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was a actor. He was the second oldest elected president. He was elected when he was 69. -
George Herbert Walker Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush was a politician in Texas. He died at home at the age of 95. -
William Jefferson “Bill” Clinton
Clinton was the first president from the baby boom generation. -
George W. Bush
Bush was the son of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush -
War on Terror
Terror means fear. Terrorists work to cause fear. -
Barack Obama
Barack Obama became the first African American to hold the office.