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The Great Depression makes people depserate and the Dictators use this to gain control and that is where the beginnings of WWII come from.
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Hitler takes control of Germany's government by being voted in and becomes one of the dictators in WWII
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He is the president through most of the war.
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Laws that discriminated against Jews in Germany.
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Germany's first invasion where the people were mostly german speaking and happy to be joined with germany.
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Britain’s failed attempt at preventing the war by giving Germany some more land in return Germany agreed not to try and take more land.
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Wide spread riots against Jewish people across Germany with the destruction of Jewish owned shops and houses.
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WWII begins becuase Poland's allies come to it's defenses.
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This allowed the U.S.A. to donate money to the allies.
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The African American pilots in the U.S. military. They faced much disgrimination.
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Forced march of hundreds of American and Philipino prsinors after the Battle of Bataan.
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Used to encourage women to work in war jobs to replace the men who had gone off to war.
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The Nazi's begin setting up concentration camps and start to increase their rate of killing everyone that they don't like.
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A naval battle in WWII that effectively destroyed the entire japanese fleet.
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A battle that ended the Japanese advance and was the first anfibious landing in the war.
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Project to develope a nuclear bomb. Created the nuclear bombs used on Japan.
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A battle that stopped German expansion in the East and the german army never fully recovered from the battle.
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The U.s Joins the war after a surprise attack by the Japanese. The U.S. fleet was extremely crippled.
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All the Japanese on the west coast were being sent inland against their will. they had to sell all of their property and anything that they gave away was destroyed when they came back
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Allied invasion of France. Largest land, air, sea battle ever. The battle turned the tides of the war because the allies were gaining territory back now.
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Final german offensive against the allies. The Germans captured a lot of land during the battle but it was all lost at the end of it.
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The Big three of the allies meet to decide what post war Europe will look like.
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An Island captured for its airfield to help in the bombing of Japan.
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The island was going to be used as a base of Operations during the Invasion of Japan. The battle ended shortly before the war.
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50 nations met in San Francisco to discuss a new peacekeeping organizations 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. Unlike the League of Nations, the united states is a member of the United Nations.
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The war in Europe ends but the war in the Pacific is still going.
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Allies had the Potsdam conference to plan the war's end. Decision was made to put Nazi war criminals on trial.
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The Bombs caused Japan to surrender. Nagasaki was bombed on August 9, 1945. This is the only usage of Atom bombs in war in human history.
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The war ends.
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24 defendents, including some Hitler's top officials. Herman Goring, creator and head of gestapo (secret police). Charged with crimes against humanity. 19 found guility 12 sentenced to death. People are responsibly for their actions, even in wartime.
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Congress approved Secretary of State George Marshall's plan to help boost Eurpoean economies. The U.S. gave more than $13 to help the nations of Europe get back on their feet.
