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The Great Depression Began on September 4, 1929 becasude the Stock Market crashed.
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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933. Chancellor is like Vice President.
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An attack on Jews where the Nazis broke glass of Jews stores or property. Known as Kristallnacht or Night of Broken Glass.
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Germany and The Societ Union make a Non-Aggression pact before WWII starts.
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Germany invades Poland on September 1, 1939 which starts WWII. The Nazis used the "Blitzkreig" strategy which means lightning. So they marched fast and took over Poland.
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President Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease bill on 11 March 1941. It permitted him to "sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of, to any such government defense article."
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The attack on U.S. Naval base in Hawaii. The Japaneese kamakazi pilots droped bombs and then crashed there airplanes into Navy ships and bases on Pearl Habor.
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U.S. troops come on boats to the beaches of Normany, France. They fight Nazi soldiers when they arrive on the beaches. The results were a Decisive Allied victory.
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The Yalte Conference lasted from Febuary 4 to 11, 1945. The Yalta Conference was a meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt early in February 1945 as World War II was ending.
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The formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
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U.S. drops "Little Boy" bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. This was revenge or retaliation on Japan because of Peral Harbor.
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The "Fat Man" bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945 three days after the "Little Boy" bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.
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On October 24, 1945 the United Nations was Established.
