https://padlet.com/aidenacosta000/jo6y0z4fqcn4cns World War 2 Timeline en-us 2023-04-24 16:18:43 UTC 2026-02-02 07:52:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/26a0.png aidenacosta000 https://padlet.com/aidenacosta000/jo6y0z4fqcn4cns/wish/2565966248 On January 30, 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg named Adolf Hitler, leader or fuhrer of the National Socialist German Workers Party, as chancellor of Germany.]]> 2023-04-24 16:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aidenacosta000/jo6y0z4fqcn4cns/wish/2565966248 aidenacosta000 https://padlet.com/aidenacosta000/jo6y0z4fqcn4cns/wish/2565966249 The German government decreed the Nuremberg Race Laws, on September 15, 1935. The laws were passed during a special session of the Nazi-controlled Reichstag at the Party’s rally in Nuremberg, Germany.]]> 2023-04-24 16:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aidenacosta000/jo6y0z4fqcn4cns/wish/2565966249 aidenacosta000 https://padlet.com/aidenacosta000/jo6y0z4fqcn4cns/wish/2565966251 On the night of July 7, 1937, a small Japanese force on maneuvers near the Marco Polo Bridge demanded entry to the tiny walled town of Wanping in order to search for one of their soldiers. The Chinese garrison in the town refused the Japanese entry. A shot was heard, and the two sides began firing.]]> 2023-04-24 16:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aidenacosta000/jo6y0z4fqcn4cns/wish/2565966251 aidenacosta000 https://padlet.com/aidenacosta000/jo6y0z4fqcn4cns/wish/2565966252 On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. To justify the action, Nazis accused Poland of persecuting ethnic Germans living in Poland. They also falsely claimed that Poland was planning, with its allies Great Britain and France, to encircle and dismember Germany.]]> 2023-04-24 16:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aidenacosta000/jo6y0z4fqcn4cns/wish/2565966252 aidenacosta000 https://padlet.com/aidenacosta000/jo6y0z4fqcn4cns/wish/2565966254 Between 9 May and 22 June 1940, a German assault on northwest Europe, known as the Battle of France, resulted in the capture of not only France but three other countries: Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Belgium.]]> 2023-04-24 16:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aidenacosta000/jo6y0z4fqcn4cns/wish/2565966254 aidenacosta000 https://padlet.com/aidenacosta000/jo6y0z4fqcn4cns/wish/2565966255 On 22 June 1940, the French delegation signed the Armistice agreement imposed by Germany. This entailed France's surrender in the WWII.]]> 2023-04-24 16:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aidenacosta000/jo6y0z4fqcn4cns/wish/2565966255 aidenacosta000 https://padlet.com/aidenacosta000/jo6y0z4fqcn4cns/wish/2565966257 On July 10, 1940 the Germans begin the first in a long series of bombing raids against Great Britain as the Battle of Britain which will last three and a half months starts.]]> 2023-04-24 16:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aidenacosta000/jo6y0z4fqcn4cns/wish/2565966257 aidenacosta000 https://padlet.com/aidenacosta000/jo6y0z4fqcn4cns/wish/2565966258 On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked a United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, killing more than 2,300 Americans.]]> 2023-04-24 16:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aidenacosta000/jo6y0z4fqcn4cns/wish/2565966258 aidenacosta000 https://padlet.com/aidenacosta000/jo6y0z4fqcn4cns/wish/2565966259 On April 18, 1942, sixteen B25 bombers, with 80 volunteers commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle, took off from a aircraft carrier. Their mission was to drop the first bombs on Tokyo, Nagoya and Yokohama. All reached their targets successfully, with little Japanese response.]]> 2023-04-24 16:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aidenacosta000/jo6y0z4fqcn4cns/wish/2565966259 aidenacosta000 https://padlet.com/aidenacosta000/jo6y0z4fqcn4cns/wish/2565966261 Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany's surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945, marking the official end of World War II in Europe on the Eastern Front, with the last shots fired on the 11th.]]> 2023-04-24 16:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aidenacosta000/jo6y0z4fqcn4cns/wish/2565966261