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A serious and worldwide economic decline in the 1930s caused by a plunge in stock market prices in 1929 after Herbert Hoover failed to stop it. Over 8 million Americans were unemployed by
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The Kristallnacht was a nationwide program in Germany on September 9-10 1930
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after being elected in 1932; Hitler overthrew the constitution and took control of the government. Hitler led the Nazi Party, or the fascist National Socialist German Workers Party in Germany.
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on March 4, 1933 FDR was elected as the 32nd president. He immediately took steps to boost public confidence during The Great Depression.
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in 1938 Hitler invaded Austria were there was mostly German-speaking people. Many Austrians and Germans welcomed the idea of unification.
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British demanded an meeting of hostile power in order to avoid war with Germany, causing peace at the time.
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in August 1939, the Soviet Union and German agreed to not attack each other , Germany invaded Poland instead on September 1, 1939
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African American pilots and crew members who served with honor in North Africa and Europe. Served alongside about one million other African American that served in the armed forces.
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April and March 1940
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in 1941 congress approved the Lend- Lease Act which allowed the US to lend or lease resources and equipment to the allies, sent allies about $50 billion worth of goods
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Huge Naval base in Pearl Harbor Hawaii, that was bombed by Japanese on December 7, 1941
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In its entirety, the "Final Solution" consisted of gassings, shootings, random acts of terror, disease, and starvation that accounted for the deaths of about six million Jews -- two-thirds of European Jewry.
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In February 1942, more than 110,000 men, women, and children were rounded up and
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the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60-80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II. approximately 2,500–10,000 Filipino and 100-650 American prisoners of war died before they could reach Camp O'Donnell.
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The Japanese hoped that another demoralizing defeat would force the U.S. to capitulate in the Pacific War and thus ensure Japanese dominance in the Pacific.
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scene of bitter fighting between Japanese and American troops; the American forces were ultimately victorious.
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a research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs during World War II. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada.
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major and decisive battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad
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the Allied invasion of Normandy, in Operation Overlord, during World War II.
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a major German offensive launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, and France and Luxembourg on the Western Front towards the end of World War II.
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by 1945 over 19 million women were working, “Rosie the Riveter” was a strong woman that worked hard at an arms factory, symbol of growth.
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the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and General Secretary Joseph Stalin, respectively, for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization.
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a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire.
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battle of berlin ended, many german forces start to surrender
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the United States called for a surrender of Japan in the Potsdam Declaration on 26 July 1945, threatening Japan with "prompt and utter destruction". The Japanese government ignored this ultimatum. American airmen dropped Little Boy on the city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, followed by Fat Man over Nagasaki on 9 August.
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American Army and Marine Corps troops fought a long and bloody battle to capture Okinawa, so it could next be used as the major air force and troop base for the planned invasion of Japan.
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September 2, 1945.
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laws that restricted Jews in Germany and took away their rights. Jews were forced to wear a yellow Star of David badge that identified them as Jews.
