Groups presented today
Hitler rose to power- Hindenburg was the leader prior to Hitler who died from sickness and Hitler came to power legally(he was appointed by Hindenburg). He had a lot of support from the German people because of the humiliation of the Treaty of Versailles.
One of the first things Hitler did was to strengthen the German army.
Axis powers- Germany, Italy, USSR, Japan
Signing of the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact- allying of the USSR and Germany; lead to the next thing
Germany's attack on Poland (September 1, 1939)- Germany invaded Poland on September 1 and Russia invaded a few days later. Poland fell in about a month
Allied Powers were created- Britain US and USSR, Stalin, FDR, and Winston Churchill
Germany invaded Russia(Stalingrad)- 5 month battle. bloodiest in history. Russians eventually won.
St. Lewis- a ship with over 900 Jewish people on board to leave Germany; a few people got off in Cuba, the rest were denied. Then the ship went to America and again they were turned down. The ship then returned to Germany where most of the Jews were killed
Einstein and the atomic bomb- Einstein sent a letter to FDR to tell him how important the nuclear bomb was
Battle of Britain-first aerial battle of the war, Germany bombed Britain's cities every single night. The bombing was meant to demoralize the British. British eventually managed to fight the Germans off
Pearl Harbor- surprise Japanese bombing that destroyed many US carriers. US declared war the next day.
Holocaust- Hitler took 6 million Jews and put them in "concentration camps" where the majority died
Battle of Midway- The US destroyed 4 Japanese carriers in the taking of Midway. first American victory
Bataan Death March-the Japanese forced all their Filipino POWs to walk many miles long, most of which died.
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki- one nuclear bomb was dropped on each Japanese city, causing Japan to surrender not long after.
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