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Great Depression Begins
The stock Market Crashed, Also know as Black friday -
Japan conquers Manchuria in northern China
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Hitler was becoming popular and started to get some power. He bacame Chancellor of Germany on this date to prevent seperate people from controling him to overthrough the government. -
Roosevelt first elected president
Roosevelt was elected president of the United States of America -
Nuremberg Laws
The Nuremberg Laws were two laws which excluded the Jews from German life, as well as took away some of their natural rights. -
Hitler & Mussolini form the Rome-Berlin Axis
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Japan invades China
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Germany invades Austria
March army into Austria and take it over, Austria was Germany’s biggest ally -
Britain’s appeasement of Germany
Great Britain let Germany take over whatever they wanted because they didn’t want to fight them. They wanted to stay at peace. -
Kristallnacht
It was a series of coordinated attacks against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria. The streets had tons of glass from all the broken windows, reffered to the night of broken glass. -
Germany & Soviet Union have a nonaggression pact
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Germany invades Poland - blitzkrieg
Germany attacked Poland; Great Britain had enough and finally got mad at them. -
Germany invades Denmark, , Belgium, and France (Vichy France)
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German air force (Luftwaffe) bombs London and other civilian targets in the Battle of Britain Norway
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Japan joins the Axis Powers
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Lend-Lease Act
A law passed that stated the U.S. would support Allied Nations. -
Tuskegee Airmen
African Americans pilotes in WWII. Were extreamly segregated -
Germany invades the Soviet Union
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Pearl Harbor
Attack from Japanese on Pearl Harbor. Destroyed navel base, and brought America into WWII. -
The Nazis implement the “Final Solution”
Rounded up all the Jews to concentration camps and slaughtered them. -
Japanese-American incarceration
Japanese Americans were sent to camps to live because Americans feared that they would follow in Japans lead and kill of Americans. -
Bataan Death March
Forced the prisoneers to walk 84 miles with only 1 meal a day. -
Rosie the Riveter
Was a symbol of american women working. -
Guadalcanal
is a tropical island in the South-Western Pacific were america defeat the Japanese -
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Manhattan Project
They built the first Atom Bomb in America and used it against Japan to win the war. -
Battle of Midway
American Navy won major battles and prevented Japan from reaching farther into the pacific. -
British forces stop the German advance at El Alamein
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German forces surrender at Stalingrad
Hitler told his army not to surrender, but they did to prevent a big massacre. -
D-Day
Was the Battle that gave the allies the upper hand and was the turning point in WWII -
Battle of the Bulge
Germany's last attempt to defeat the allies. -
Yalta Conference
A conference of the Big three Nations. -
Iwo Jima
Was the island where the first battle on Japanese soil was fought. -
Roosevelt dies, Truman becomes president
President Roosevelt died and Truman becamse the next president. -
Formation of the United Nations
50 nations met in San Francisco to discuss a new peacekeeping organization 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. -
Allied forces advance on Berlin, Germany surrenders
Germany surrender after great losses -
Okinawa
Japanese Island that America owned. -
Potsdam Conference
allies held the Potsdam Conference to plan the war’s end. Decision was made to put Nazi war criminals on trial. -
Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Atom Bomb was dropped in Japan to get them to surrender. -
Japanese officials sign an official letter of surrender on the U.S.S. Missouri, ending World War II
Japanese saw the Atom bomb and surrendered -
Nuremburg trials
Nuremburg trials, November 20, 1945 – October 1, 1946 24 defendants, including Hitler’s top officials . Hermann Goering – creator & head of Gestapo (secret police) Charged with crimes against humanity.19 found guilty, 12 sentenced to death. People are responsible for their actions, even in wartime. -
Marshall Plan
Congress approved Secretary of State George Marshall’s plan to help boost European economies, The U.S. gave more than $13 billion to help the nations of Europe get back on their feet.