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Hitler Voted to Power in Germany
Hitler originally was not voted to be the Vice-President, so he burned down the government building and tried to manipulate everyone to believe that enemies were attacking their government and that he needed more power to stop them. He became the Vice-President after this. So when the president, Hindenburg died, Hitler claimed that he would become the man of power. -
Hitler's Olympics
The summer Olympics, where Hitler showed his power to the whole world. Jesse Owens was a Black man and he ended up winning 3 gold medals, which was ironic because Hitler said the superior race was blond hair and blue eyes. -
German Invasion of Poland
Hitler invaded Poland because he wanted Germans to live there and thought the Polish people were a working class worthy people. -
Tripartite pact signed
A signing named the Tripartite pact, to unite all 3 countries, Japan, Germany, and Italy. -
Pearl Harbor
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, destroying all the navy ships. This initiated America joining the war. -
Nazi's establish gas chambers at Auschwitz
Gas chambers established to quickly kill Jewish people, who were not capable of working at the camp. -
Japanese Americans sent to internment camps
When American Japanese citizens were sent to isolated camps, to ensure they were not a threat to the war and to make sure they were not spy's. -
Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima is an island near Japan, that America was fighting for, for a very long time. This island was very important, because it gave us more war power and better positioning. -
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Axis powers surrender
When the Axis, Italy, Germany, and Japan surrendered. Japan would not surrender until Atomic bombs were dropped on them. -
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Atomic Bombs Dropped on Japan
America dropped two massive bombs on Japan in hopes of making Japan surrender, named Fat man and little boy. After they didn't surrender after the first bombing, they bombed them again, causing them to surrender. -
D-Day
An attack by America and the British to gain land in Europe. They targeted the beach and sent a huge number of men towards the Nazi's, with no cover and the Nazi's knowing they are coming.