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Stock Market crash
The Stock Market Crashed because of low wages, bad farming, lots of debt, and bad Stock Market investments. It put the country into The Great Depression. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.
Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany by The president of Weimar Rebulic. -
Germany annexed Austria
Every who opposed Germany was either arrested, tortured or killed. Anti-jewish laws were immediately applied. -
Violence to Jews
After Hitler became the dictator of Germany, he started to make anti-jewish laws. Most Jews were killed, sent to concentration camps, or tortured in the streets. -
Germany invades Poland
The Germans heavily bombed Poland from the air, used tanks, troops, and artillery on the ground. They called this the "blitzkrieg" strategy. Otherwise known as lightning war. -
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Peace Draft
The US started Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, Requiring all men from 21 to 45 years old to register for the draft. This was the first Peace Time draft in US history. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor to try and keep the US from interfering with Japans military actions in Southeast Asia. -
Operation WatchTower
Also known as the Guadalcanal Campaign. The first major offensive by Allied forces against Japan. -
D-Day
D-Day is referred to the day that the Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy. Over 209,000 Allied lives were lost that day. D-Day for the allied forces is also called Death day. -
Roosevelt's Death
FDR died due to a brain Hemorrhage at his home in Warm Springs, Georga. The only president to serve 4 terms. -
War crimes trials.
Also called the Nuremberg trials. Looking to punish 23 of the most powerful Nazi leader for the crimes they committed during WW2. The judges were from the US, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union. (Allied Powers.)
