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New Chancellor of Germany
Hitler was appointed chancellor on January 30, 1933. He gained full power nineteen months later. Hitler achieved this position by the peoples vote and not by force. Photo - https://prezi.com/o6oed0t-aqku/hitler-becomes-chancelor/
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Invasion of Poland
1.5 million German soldiers marched to Poland. Simultaneously, the German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. Photo - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/83809243041745587/
Link - http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland -
Winston Becomes Leader of British Government
Winston becomes leader of the British government after Neville Chamberlain resignation. Winston was most known for his military leadership. He formed an all-party coalition and quickly won the popular support of Britons. On Photo - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/394416879851318772/
Link - http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/churchill-becomes-prime-minister -
Italy Enters War
Italy entered World War II on the Axis side on June 10, 1940. They joined because they wanted to get revenge on France. Photo - http://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/594787
Link - http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/italian-campaign -
Battle of Britain
July 10, 1940 the German and British forces were airborne and the battle started with airstrikes. The battle happened over the United Kingdom, it lasted for three and a half months. Photo - http://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/battle_of_britain.php
Link - http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-britain -
Axis Powers Break Non-Aggression Pact
August 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin signed a non-aggression pact that should have lasted 10 years but it only lasted for two years. Stalin suspected that Hitler would back stab him but he wasn't prepared when it happened. Photo - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/150448443783287182/
Link - http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact -
Pearl Harbour
Early in the morning on December 7, 1941 Japanese fighter planes attacked Pearl Harbour. More than 2K men died and 1K were wounded. The Japanese were able to destroy more than 300 airplanes, 20 navel vessels and 8 enormous battleships. Photo - https://wargamingmiscellanybackup.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/a-day-of-infamy/
Link - http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor -
Bataan Death March
April 9, 1942, the U.S. surrendered to the Japanese. About 75K Filipino and American troops were forced to make a 65 mile march to the prison camps. Photo - https://www.britannica.com/event/Bataan-Death-March
Link - http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march -
Battle of Coral Sea
Japanese were seeking to control the Coral Sea. When the Japanese arrived to the area, they were attacked from the aircraft carrier planes of the American task force. Both sides were damaged severely but the Japanese were forced to retreat. Photo - http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-coral-sea
Link - http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-coral-sea -
Battle of Midway
United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. The U.S was able to break their code and intercept a Japanese ambush. Photo - https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Midway
Link - http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
Battle of Stalingrad
This battle was between the Soviet Union and Germany. The Soviet Union was able to defend the city of Stalingrad from Germany. Around two million people died in this battle. Photo - https://www.reference.com/history/happened-battle-stalingrad-205df06426f2608
Link - http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad -
Italy Surrenders to Allies
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower publicly announces the surrender of Italy to the Allies. After Italy surrendered to Allied forces, it declared war on Nazi Germany. Photo - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/165366617545721277/
Link - http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italian-surrender-is-announced -
D-Day
156K American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of France’s Normandy region. Photo - http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/03/world/europe/d-day-fast-facts/
Link - http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
Liberation of Paris
After more than four years of Nazi occupation in Paris. It is liberated by the French 2nd Armored Division and the U.S. 4th Infantry Division. Paris was finally liberated from the Germans. Photo - http://www.apimages.com/Collection/Landing/Liberation-of-Paris-1944/30a30c0b93ca4c8d9bf9f737bb7eb596
Link - http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/paris-liberated -
Battle of Bulge
Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist, also known as the Battle of the Bulge. An attempt made to push Allied forces back. There were 250K soldiers wanting to push the Allied forces from west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. Photo - http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/defeat/battle-bulge.htm
Link - http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-the-bulge -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
Soviet troops enter Auschwitz, freeing the survivors of the camps—and finally revealing to the world the depth of the horrors perpetrated there. There were about seven thousand survivors in the camp. Photo - http://survincity.com/2013/07/liberation-of-the-concentration-camps/
Link - http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-liberate-auschwitz -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima was a barren Pacific island guarded by Japanese artillery. bombers raided the island for 74 days. It was the longest pre-invasion bombardment of the war, necessary because of the extent to which the Japanese 21K soldiers on the island, above and below ground, including a network of caves. Photo - https://forum.callofwar.com/index.php?thread/5007-where-is-iwo-jima/
Link - http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marines-invade-iwo-jima -
Death of FDR
On this day in 1945, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt passes away after four momentous terms in office, leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman in charge. In charge of a country that is still in war. Photo - https://norbertobarreto.wordpress.com/tag/franklin-d-roosevelt/
Link - http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-dies -
Death of Hitler
Adolf Hitlers death can debated. Some say he escaped the country and faked his death. Others say he committed suicide with his wife. Photo - http://www.hitlerschildren.com/article/936-how-did-hitler-die
Link - http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide-in-his-underground-bunker -
Germany Surrenders
On May 7, 1945, Germany officially surrendered to the Allies, bringing an end to the European conflict in World War II. General Alfred Jodl, signed the unconditional surrender of both east and west forces in Reims, France, which would take effect the following day. Photo - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/07/germany-surrenders-allies-date-nazis-wwii_n_3230901.html
Link - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/07/germany-surrenders-allies-date-nazis-wwii_n_3230901.html -
First Atomic Bomb
President Harry S. Truman authorized the attack on Hiroshima, Japan. The U.S. B-29 bomber aircraft, the Enola Gay, dropped the nuclear bomb, on August 6, 1945. Photo - http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/anniversary-hiroshima-nagasaki-atomic-bomb-world-war-ii/22/
Link - http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/27/politics/hiroshima-obama-explainer/ -
Second Atomic Bomb
Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki. Photo - http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/27/politics/hiroshima-obama-explainer/
Link - http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/27/politics/hiroshima-obama-explainer/ -
Japan Surrenders
On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. Photo - http://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/592785
Link - http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day
