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The Great Depression Begins
A worldwide event that threw the World's economy into a deep depression, due to the crashing of the stock market. Link for Picture: https://moneyweek.com/478523/how-britain-avoided-the-worst-of-the-great-depression/ -
Japan Invades Manchuria
Japan became one of the first fascist countries to successfully expand its empire. Japan did this by invading Manchuria. Link for Picture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Manchuria -
Adolf Hitler Comes To Power
Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazis, became chancellor of Germany. Eventually, he would turn Germany into a fascist military dictatorship. Link for Picture:
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The Night Of Broken Glass, or Kristallnacht
Violence aimed at the Jews broke out in the Streets of the Third Reich. During this event, the homes and businesses of many Jews were being destroyed, while German civilians and Police stood by just watching as Nazi mobs destroyed people's things. This event is one of the big steps toward discrimination and escalation of Nazi violence towards Jews. Link for Picture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_fSeqrAUW0 -
German Tanks Rolled Into Poland
This caused Britain and France to declare war on Germany. Little did they know, the Nazis were strong, ruthless, and quick in their movements. Link For Picture: https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/news-photo/german-invasion-of-poland-1-september-1939-using-45-german-news-photo/629563943 -
Bombing Of Pearl Harbor
Japanese bombs devastated 18 American navy ships. The bombs ruined American military planes, and killed many soldiers, sailors, and civilians. Their actions lead the US to get involved in the War Link for Photo: http://time.com/4129649/pearl-harbor-news-gathering/ -
D-Day
A masterful invasion with coordination and collaboration of Allied land, sea, and air power. The invasion had been postponed because of bad weather conditions. Link For Picture: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/06/06/d-day-how-american-and-british-technology-helped-win-the-battle-and-world-war-ii/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c0eabd5c51fc -
Nazis And Their Final Solution
The Nazis plans for the genocide of Jewish people was almost achieved, as 2 ouw of every 3 Jews in Europe had been killed. Their extermination camps, gas chambers, and brutal methods had helped them achieve this goal. Link for Picture:https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-final-solution -
United Nations
The Allies agreed to a new international organization, called the United Nations, to resolve the matters of the War. Link For Picture: https://www.pinterest.es/pin/418834834067110184/ -
Bombing Of Hiroshima
The United States dropped an atomic bomb on hiroshima, Japan, which ended up killing around 80,000 people instantly. The bomb also wounded tens of thousands of other people. Link For Picture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki -
The End Of World War Two
Japan had finally signed the articles of surrender, ending the long, and harsh war. Link For Picture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koECx8NLoDI -
Nuremberg War Crimes trials begin
24 high ranking Nazis were put on trial for their horrible crimes committed during World War II. Link For Picture: https://scroll.in/article/770582/nuremberg-war-crimes-trials-70-years-on-a-complex-legacy Link For Help With Date: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nuremberg-war-crimes-trials-begin
