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WWII Timeline Project
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The Stock Market Crash
The stock market crash happened on October 29 1929 this is one of the biggest and most tragic events in our nations history. This was detrimental to our country in so many ways some of these were the extremely high unemployment rate of almost 30%, this caused our country to lose tons of money and be in an economic state of catastrophe. http://www.thebubblebubble.com/1987-crash/ -
Hitlers Reign Begins
Adolf Hitler was the extremely corrupt, nationalist chancellor of Germany and the Nazi party. He was the leader of the Nazis , the Nazis and Hitler began and caused the Holocaust which was an awful, bloody span of several years where the Nazis basically purged all the jews in Germany with a very anti-seminist view of the jews of Germany. This is one of the most important events and causes of WWII because Hitler and the Holocaust basically started WWII all by themselves. https://bit.ly/2IwqCGG -
The Invasion of Poland
The invasion of Poland was the tipping point that started WWII. The invasion of Poland was when Hitler and Nazi Germany invaded Poland and started the battle on Poland which started WWII this battle is considered to be the "defensive battle" by some. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland -
The Fall of France
The fall of France was the battle between France and Germany where Germany came in and invaded France and when I say they invaded France I mean Germany came in and completely took over France with out ever looking back. This is significant because this would kind of set the tone for Germany for the whole rest of the war. https://www.historyhit.com/facts-about-the-fall-of-france-in-world-war-two/ -
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on pearl harbor was when Japan dropped a bomb on on of the U.S.' military bases in Hawaii, this was a surprise attack that killed 2403 people in Hawaii 2000 some of these people were members of our very own military. This event was even the specific event that caused us to officially be a part of WWII, in fact, the very next day our congress declared war on Japan. So all in all this is one of the biggest events and turning points for us and everyone in WWII https://bit.ly/2CfxUtG -
The Battle of Midway
The battle of midway was an important and decisive naval battle between the U.S. and Japan, this battle followed only 6 months after the attack on pearl harbor during this battle the U.S. actually inflicted irreparable damage to the Japanese naval force this would prove later to be detrimental to the Japanese military some people even called it "the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare" https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
D-Day
D-Day, which can be otherwise known as the invasion of normandy because thats literally what it was, we invaded normandy and attacked Germany who was at the time in normandy. This was a decisive battle/invasion in the war that would eventually lead to the end of WWII. https://www.dday.org/overview/ -
The Yalta Conference
The Yalta conference was when the head leaders of the U.S., Great Britain, and the Soviet Union all met in Yalta, Russia to discuss the post war peace plan between the countries WWII. This conference would eventually help lead to the end of WWII so yes this is very significant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalta_Conference -
VE Day (Victory in Europe Day
VE Day A.K.A. victory in Europe day was the day in which Germany unconditionally played down all their weapons and surrendered all of their armed forces. This would eventually lead to the end WII itself and help create peace between Germany and the U.S. https://www.biography.com/news/world-war-ii-ve-day-70th-anniversary -
The Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam conference was the conference in Potsdam Germany that was held with, Winston Churchill the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Harry Truman the president of the U.S., and Joseph Stalin the dictator of the Soviet Union met to discuss post war peace and solutions to the effects of the war. This ultimately would be helpful to the war and its effects. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/potsdam-conference -
The Nuremberg Trials
The nuremberg trials were a series of trials concerning international law and post war law in the participating countries. These trials would decide the way that these countries would handle post WWII https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_trials
