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Chronology 7 & 8

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1933: Hitler becomes chancellor; the third right in Germany
1937: Japanese “Rape of Nanking” (china) begins, thousands murdered
1938 : Kristallnacht (Crystal night)- the night of broken glass persecution
1939 to 1945: World War II, September 1, 1939 through September 2, 1945
1940 to 194: Battle of Britain (the “Blitz”: September 1940 through May 1941)
1941 : June 22-Germany invades the Soviet Union (a.k.a. operation Barbarossa)
1941: December 7- Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; Germany later declares war on the US
1942: January- Wannsee conference plans “final solution” to “Jewish question”
1944: June 6- D-Day, the allied invasion of Normandy (France)
1945: August- Hiroshima & Nagasaki attacked with atomic weapons

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Hitler becomes Chancellor, the Third Reich (DATE)

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1933

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Japanese “Rape of Nanking” (China) begins- thousands murdered (DATE)

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1937

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Kristallnacht (crystal night)- the night of broken glass, persecution (DATE)

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1938

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World War II- September 1 ….. through September 2 …. (DATE)

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1939-1945

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Battle of Britain ( the “Blitz”: September….. through May …..) (DATE)

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1940-1941

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June 22- Germany invades the Soviet Union (aka operation Barbarossa) (DATE)

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1941

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Dec. 7- Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; Germany later declares war on the US (DATE)

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1941

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Jan.- Wansee Conference plans “final solution” to the “Jewish question” (DATE)

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1942

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June 6, D-Day, the allied invasion of Normandy (France) (DATE)

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1944

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August- Hiroshima & Nagasaki attacked with atomic weapons (DATE)

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1945

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Lebensborn

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Permitted and encouraged relations of suitable girls with SS men for stick rearing (Aryan-breeding program)

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Permitted and encouraged relations of suitable girls with SS men for stick rearing (Aryan-breeding program)

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Lebensborn

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SS

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Elite corps of Nazis

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Elite corps of Nazis

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SS

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The Final Solution

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A Nazi plan under the direction of Himmler for the elimination of European Jews

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A Nazi plan under the direction of Himmler for the elimination of European Jews is….

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The Final Solution

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Charles de Gaulle

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French General during WWII, organized the Free French Movement

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French General during WWII, organized the Free French Movement

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Charles de Gaulle

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Heinrich Himmler

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Nazi leader, oversaw the program of systematic genocide

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Nazi leader, oversaw the program of systematic genocide

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Heinrich Himmler

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Joseph Goebbels

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Nazi leader and politician, became Hitlers Minister of Propaganda

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Nazi leader and politician, became Hitlers Minister of Propaganda

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Joseph Goebbels

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Winston Churchill

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part of his contribution to victory was to maintain British morale- after victory in the war, he was defeated in the general election

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part of his contribution to victory was to maintain British morale- after victory in the war, he was defeated in the general election
Winston Churchill
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Totalitarianism
Applied both to fascist & communist governments
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What applied both to fascist & communist governments?
Totalitarianism
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Fascism
Ultra-nationalistic & anti-communist ideology, the state runs the economy but the state does not own all property, private property is not abolished
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Ultra-nationalistic & anti-communist ideology, the state runs the economy but the state does not own all property, private property is not abolished
Fascism
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Adolf Hitler’s background
Born in Austria, rejected by the Vienna Academy of arts
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Who got rejected by the Vienna Academy of arts?
Hitler
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Nazi outlook
Germans were entitled to conquer/subjugate other races (aryan superiority)
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Aryan Superiority
Germans were entitled to conquer/subjugate other races
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Hitler becomes leader of NSDAP commonly called NAZI
National Socialist German Workers Party
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NSDAP commonly called
Nazi
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Who becomes leader of NSDAP?
Hitler
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Who made Italy the first Fascist State
Mussolini
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Hitler attempts to seize power
Leading the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich with Ludendorff and Rohm
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Who is Leading the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich with Ludendorff and Rohm
Hitler, to seize power
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Mein Kampf (my struggle)
Where Hitler dictates his worldview
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Where Hitler dictates his worldview
Mein Kampf (my struggle)
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DT- Hitler appointed Chancellor by….
President Paul von Hindenburg (WWI fame)
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DT- Enabling act is passed and permitted the chancellor (Hitler) to…
Enact legislation laws independently of the Reichstag
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DT- the night of the long knives
Hitler wanted to garner Support from the army (SA storm troopers: para military organization of the Nazi party) Hitler called for a meeting of the SA leadership - would move against them The SS ( guard detachment: personal guards to Hitler) rounded up high ranking SA members SA members were executed, Hitler purged the SA
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What does Germany occupy and remilitarized, with French troops doing nothing?
Rhineland
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Who knows out who in the 12th round at Yankee Stadium?
Max Schmeling (DT) knocks out Joe Louis (US)
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Spanish civil war
“Dress rehearsal” for further conflict Soviet Union supports the loyalist Spanish regime
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“Rape of Nanjing”
In this Chinese city, JP troops run wild among the civilians, civilians murdered and women raped
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DT annexes Austria (termed the “Anschluss”)
Austria is reunited with Germany
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Munich conference
Appeasement “peace for our time” GB & FR sign the Munich pact Promised the Sudetenland would be “the last territorial claim I have to make in Europe”
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DT- Kristallnacht
“The night of broken glass” Nazis attacked Jewish persons and property
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Nazi-Soviet Pact
Germany & the USSR pledge non-aggression against one another
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Germany attacks Poland
DT launches its Blitzkrieg (“lightning war”) at dawn
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DT launches its Blitzkrieg (“lightning war”) at dawn when…
Germany attacked Poland
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FDR receives Einstein letter (outlines atomic threat)
The top secret atomic program (the Manhattan Project) Refugee scientists will assist America with an atomic weapons preparation program
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A top secret atomic program
The Manhattan Project
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EU- the Phony War aka….
Sitzkrieg
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EU- the Phony War (aka: Sitzkrieg)
Germany pauses and they relocate from their victorious eastern position to the western area
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Germany attacks France
DT cut through the “impenetrable” Ardennes forest, out-flanked the FR Maginot defense line Italy where is war on FR invades from the south
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FR- “ miracle of Dunkirk”
Of evacuation of BR/FR troops pinned down in France DT had a “panzer pause”
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The battle of Britain
RAF (royal Air Force) bombed DT in late August DT offensive was diverted to BR cities Had the Luftwaffe not shifted to city bombing, the RAF may have lost
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US- Lend-lease act
Explained by FDR’s garden hose metaphor
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Operation Barbarossa
Germany invades the Soviet Union/Russia, the largest military operation in human history DT forces stop 20 miles from Moscow Following DT troop invasion for the mobile killing squads - Einsatzgruppen (SS command units)
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Russian campaign, The Russian/Soviets will win three major battles
Leningrad, Moscow, Stalingrad
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Siege of Leningrad
Leningrad’s civilians starve
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Japan attack Pearl Harbor
Germany declares war on the US
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JP pulls off a surprise attack using…but the US strategy will be…
carrier borne aircraft ( carrier radio silence) Finish Germany first and maintained/hold off Japan
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US surrenders Philippine islands in
Bataan Death March
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Bataan Death March
The US surrenders the Philippine islands
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Battle of Midway was in….
Middle of Pacific
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D-Day
The invasion of Normandy (France) The allies under general Einsenhower, launch operation overlord
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Background/aspects of D-Day
Atlantic wall Rupert Higgins boat A sleeping Hitler
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EU- battle of the bulge
A last-gasp surprise DT offensive 101st airborne encircled (surrounded) at Bastogne Using armored support General patterns forces liberated the 101st
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Fire bombing of Tokyo
US B-29 bombers using napalm (incendiary jelly) & other incendiaries
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Battle of Okinawa
Kamikaze attacks
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US-Manhattan project test
Spearheaded by J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Hiroshima hit with atomic bomb
Explode slightly above the city center
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The holocaust definition
Systematic state-sponsored extermination of undesirable by the Nazis and collaborators In total 6 million Jews and 6 million others became victims
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Untermenschen
Nazi racial ideology, characterized Jews as subhuman Nazi policy moved from persecution to ghettoization to liquidation to factory like annihilation
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Liquidation
Einsatzgruppen (SS) estimated to have killed over 1 million people
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Annihilation
Reinhard Heydrich convened the Wannsee Conference with the purpose to organize the final solution to the Jewish question
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When did the Jews mount a resistance?
During the Warsaw ghetto of racing
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Extermination camp
Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland
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Witness
To prevent the actions from being labeled as allied propaganda and holocaust denial, General Eisenhower wanted DT civilians, military personnel, journalists,etc. to pass through the camp

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