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Context for Unbroken - Gabriela Hernandrez

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    The Treaty of Versailles was signed to formally announce peace between Germany and any other countries or alliences, and state that WWI was over.
  • Hitler voted to power in Germany

    Hitler voted to power in Germany
    There was a like poll that would indicate if Adolf Hitler would gain complete power over Germany, and he became a dictator after 89.93% of the population voted in his favor.
  • Burning of Reichstag

    Burning of Reichstag
    Hitler burned down the government building and claimed that Germany was being threatned/attacked by Communists and so they had to make a move. Hitler asked President Paul von Hidenburg to give him more power, and Hitler became the Chancellor.
  • Pres. Paul von Hidenburg passed

    Pres. Paul von Hidenburg passed
    Hidenburg passed from lung cancer, which means that the power of a Fuhrer was standing alone, until Hitler decided that the powers of Chancellors and Presidents would become on power, which granted Hitler much more benefits and such.
  • Hitler's Olympics

    Hitler's Olympics
    Hitler held an Olympic's event to show that even though financially Germany had sruggled, he believed that he had a lot of power over them anyway and he didn't care about any of the Treaties.
  • German Invasion of Poland

    German Invasion of Poland
    Hitler planned and attacked Poland because he had wanted to take over and let Nazi's and/or people he worked with/worked for him to live and start a new base there.
  • Tripartite Pact was signed

    Tripartite Pact was signed
    A pact was signed to formally say that Japan, Italy, and Germany, were allies to try and get the US to step back.
  • Nazi's establish gas chambers at Auschwitz

    Nazi's establish gas chambers at Auschwitz
    During the Holocaust, Nazi's created a gas chamber in an old morgue and created it to look like a shower room to trick the Jew's or people who were being held in the camps. The gas they used was Zyklon B, and it killed the people in the gas chamber instantly.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor because the USA didn't want to get involved in WWII since they were the top country and they didn't want to get taken down, and WWI where Hitler was killing Jewish people/people who weren't White, and the USA would struggle.
  • Japanese Americans sent to internment camps

    Japanese Americans sent to internment camps
    Franklin Roosevelt decided that any Japanese related people had to be sent to internment camps due to 'fear' of spies or soldiers and such, which caused a bit of conflict.
  • Liberation of Paris

    Liberation of Paris
    Liberation of Paris was a battle where the French somewhat helped the US and staged an uprising against the German troops that were heading to the Third US Army. It lasted from August 19th to the 27th or 28th. (Can't remember.)
  • Axis Powers surrender

    Axis Powers surrender
    Germany formally surrendered on May 8th, 1945, Japan surrendered August 1945 soon after the Atomic bombs were dropped, and Italy surrendered September 8th, 1943.
  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima
    The Iwo Jima battle was a battle when the US Marine Corps and US Navy went to Iwo Jima island and took over the island which caused a huge army conflict. The battle lasted days and when the US won, the Japanese made the sort of step back, but have more intense feelings.
  • Atomic Bombs dropped on Japan

    Atomic Bombs dropped on Japan
    The US dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan after they didn't back down/surrender, and it made such a huge impact, Japan surrender, which was a factor to the end of WWII.