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Hitler Becomes Chancellor
Hitler demanded the right to become Chancellor, but the president appointed Franz von Papen. Von Papen did not support Reichstag so he was later replaced by General Kurt von Schleicher. But, Schleicher's government was also unable to control Reichstag. Von Papen was still anxious to gain power so he made a deal to make Hitler chancellor with himself as vice-chancellor. So on January 30th, 1933, Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany. -
Nuremberg Laws in effect against Jews
The Nazis announced news laws which ordered many of the racial theories that were present in Nazi ideology. The laws excluded German Jews from citizenship and prohibited them from marrying or being with "German or related blood" -
Italy into Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini, the Fascist leader of Italy had gone under Adolf Hitler's plan to expand German territories. The main goal of invading Ethiopia was to boost Italian national prestige, which was destroyed by Ethiopia's defeat of Italian forces at the Battle of Adowa in the 19th century, which saved Ethiopia from Italian Colonisation. -
Italy, Germany and Japan signed Anti-Comintern Pact, against Russia
The Anti-Comintern Pact was signed by Germany and Japan on November 25th, 1936. It was later joined by Italy on November 6th, 1937. This pact was disguised as an effort to eliminate the influence of the Comintern. The treaty was supposed to serve as a military alliance against the Soviet Union. -
Anschluss - Germany takes over Austria with no fighting
Anschluss means union in German. But for WW2 historians it meant the taking over of Austria by the Nazi Germany. It was taken over on March 13th, 1938 after Hitler's troops invaded Austria on March 12th, 1938. This was Hitlers first act of aggression towards an independent sovereign nation. It was also one of the start of events that led to WW2. -
Full invasion and takeover of Czechoslovakia
On March 15th, 1939, Hitler had a meeting with Czech President Emil Hacha. He was known as a weak man. Hitler threatened Hacha that he would have a bombing raid against Prague, the capital of Czech. Hitler would do this unless he got free passage for German troops into Czech borders.Later that day, Hitler made a entry into Prague. -
German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Before WW2 started in Europe, the enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Non- Aggression Pact. In this pact the two countries agreed not to take military action against each other for 10 years -
Germany invades Poland with Blitzkrieg warfare
German forces bombed Poland on land and from the air. Hitler wanted to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. This was also the start of WW2 -
Britain declares war on Germany
Britain and France had sworn to defend Poland. The two countries demanded Hitler to withdrawal from Poland but he did not respond. On September 3rd, Prime Minister Chamberlain announced to the British people that a war existed between Britain and Germany. -
Battle of the Atlantic-duration of war
This battle was the longest continuous battle of WW2. It lasted 6 years. Canada was sending resources to Britain through the Atlantic Ocean and Germany was trying to stop that.They blew up the supply ships using u-boats. They were successful at first but in the end they were defeated and the allies had won. -
Canada declares war on Germany
Canada declared war on Germany on September 10th, 1939. Britain declared war but that didn't mean Canada was automatically joined in the war like it was in 1914. The government and people were in full support and unity towards Britain and France. Therefore, Canada declared war on Germany. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a battle that took place in the air. This was when the Royal Air Force defended Britain against the German Air Force attacks -
Invasion of Soviet Union
A code name for this mission was 'Operation Barbarossa'. This operation was originally brought up because of a desire to take over the Western Soviet Union so that it could be repopulated by Germans. -
Pearl Harbour Attack
Japanese planes attacked the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbour. The bombing killed more than 2300 Americans. It completely destroyed the American Battleship U.S.S -
Japanese- Canadian Internment
After the attack on Pearl Harbour, all Japanese people were systematically removed from their homes and put into internment camps because everyone now feared the Japanese -
Battle of El Alamein
There were two Battles of El Alamein in 1942. This was the first one. It was fought in Egypt between Germany and Italy (Axis forces). The British prevented the Axis forces into Egypt. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This battle stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and turned the whole war around to the favour of the Allies. The Battle of Stalingrad was the bloodiest battle in history with nearly 2 million people dead of combined military and civilian casualties. -
Dieppe Raid
The main purpose was to successfully raid Europe that was owned by Germany. The results were not good due to the fact that Germans were alert about what was going to happen. The allies failed to complete any of their obectives -
Italian Campaign
This was an important battle for Canadians. More than 93,000 Canadians along with their allies from Great Britain, France and United States played an important role in this battle. As they pushed from the south to the north of Italy they eventually collapsed Fascist Italy. -
D-Day
This was the day of Normandy landings. This attack was to initiate the Allied effort to take back mainland Europe from Nazi Germany. This was t he largest seaborne invasion in history. The Allies were misleading Germany about the dates. -
Germany Surrenders
Germany surrendering ended WW2 in Europe. They had surrendered after Hitler had killed himself. They then signed the first text on May 7th, 1945 declaring that Germany had surrendered. May 7th is known as victory day. The on May 8th, the final and official text was signed and German had surrendered. -
Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
The United States dropped nuclear weapons on Hiroshima during the final stages of WW2 -
Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki
The United States dropped nuclear weapons on Nagasaki during the final stages of WW2. The attack on Nagasaki happened 3 days after the attack on a city near by, Hiroshima.
