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WWII 1939-1945
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Vladek Spiegelman Gets Drafted
Vladek gets drafted into the Polish Reserves. -
World War II Starts
Germany invades Poland. -
Vladek becomes a POW
Vladek is captured by Nazis after a shootout in which he killed a Nazi soldier. -
Warsaw surrenders
Warsaw surrendered to the Allies. -
Vladek released from POW camp
Vladek is able to escape the POW cmap and return home to Anja. -
Norway surrenders to Germany
Noway surrenders to Germany after fighting for two months. -
Italy enters war
Italy joins the Axis powers. -
Battle of Britain ends (Nazis defeated)
Air raid that lasted almost four months over Britain. -
Elie Wiesel begins studying Kabbalah
Eliezer Wiesel asks Moishe the Beadle to teach him Kabbalah because his father wouldn't help him find a teacher. -
Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany
Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria invade Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia surrenders after 11 days. -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
Japan sent suicide pilots to bomb Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It destroyed the largest Naval Base in the US and killed many. -
United States declare war on Japan
The day after Japan bombed the Naval Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, the US declared war on Japan and entered WWII. -
Britain defeats Germans & Italians in Egypt
Forced Axis troops to retreat across Libya and Tunisia. -
Germany's Sixth Army surrenders to Soviets
Sixth Army was forbidden to retreat during the counterattack made my the Soviet army. So they surrendered. -
Axis forces in Tunisia surrenders to Allies
Axis surrendered to Allies, which ended the war campaign in North Africa. -
Badoglio surrenders unconditionally to Allies
Bodoglio surrenders and steps out of the war. -
Vladek and wife Anja get sent to Auschwitz
Vladek and Anja are sent to Auschwitz by the Nazis because they are Polish Jews. -
Jews from Sighet deported to Auschwitz
In May of 1944, the Jews in Sighet were seperated into groups. Each group was then transported to Auschwitz in a cattle trailer. -
Eliezer Wiesel arrives in Auschwitz
Eliezer and others arrive at Auschwitz and see the crematoriums for the first time. Then Elie gets seperated from his mother and little sister for forever. -
Allies liberate France and other countries
Allies liberate France, Belgium, Netherlands from Germany. -
Home Army surrenders to Germany
Home Army tried to liberate Warsaw, but then surrendered to Germany after a little over a month of battle. -
Germany starts Battle of the Bulge
German's final offensive in the west is launched to try to recapture Belgium and split Allied forces. The Germans retreat on January 1, 1945. -
Elie and his father get moved to Buchenwald, father dies.
Elie and his father along with many get transfered from Auschwitz to Buchenwald. Shortly after arriving, Elie's father dies of dysentery. -
Vladek sent to Dachau
Vladek and other prisoners march from Auschwitz to Dachau. -
Elie Wiesel gets Liberated
Elie Wiesel is liberated from the concentration camps after a year. The liberation came shortly after his father died. -
Hitler commits suicide
Hitler commits suicide by shooting himself in the head while in his bunker. His wife Eva Braun commited suicide alongside him by consuming cyanide. -
US drops bomb on Hiroshima
The US drops first of two atomic bombs on a major Japanese city. -
US drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
US drops the second of two atomic bombs on another major Japanese city. -
Japan formally surrenders unconditionally to US
Japan surrenders unconditionally to the US five fays after the second atomic bomb, ending WWII in the Pacific. -
WWII officially ends
Axis powers surrender unconditionally to the Allies.
