World War II: Nazi Germany

The Second World War was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It was the most widespread war in history, with more than 100 million people serving in military units from over 30 different countries. Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933 and declared the Nazi Party to be Germany's only political party. In 1934, Adolf Hitler declared himself leader of Germany and violated the Treaty of Versailles. He stripped the Jews of their rights by creating the Nuremberg Race Laws.
The first two laws of the Nuremberg Race Laws were: "The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor" and "The Reich Citizenship Law".

On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland and ultimately started the Second World War. The same year that Germany invaded Poland, Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declared war against Germany. On September 27, 1939, Warsaw (the capital of Poland) surrendered to the German Army. This sight became famously known as the Warsaw Ghetto. The German Army constructed a wall that closed out Warsaw from other cities on April 1st, 1940 and closed the ghetto to the outside world on November 16th of that year. The total deaths from 1940-1943 was 300,000 Polish Jews.

By 1943, Germany had invaded about 12 countries. The United States had cut off all trade between Germany and Italy during this time and had managed to stay out of the war until 1941. Adolf Hitler declared war against the United States on December 8th 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii which put the United States in the direct middle of the war.

D Day: The Invasion of Normandy
June 6th, 1944