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Treaty of Versailles
A treaty between Germany and allied forces ending WW1. -
Hitler Assumes power
Hitler was the Chancellor and he burned down Reichstag and blamed it on his enemies. He convinced the president to give him absolute power -
Hitler's Olympics
The games were used to show how united Germany was to get people to look away from their hate towards Jews. It was broadcasted internationally. The U.S. almost boycotted the Olympics. Hitlers plans for the ayrians were stopped when Jessie Owens won 4 gold medals -
Germany invades Poland
Hitler had the idea of the perfect race, or German's needed more living space, they had taken control other countries. Poland also housed many Jews. Beforehand, the Nazi's signed a treaty with Stalin that Russia would not aid the other European countries. The nazi's went into Poland through the east and the Soviets came in later through the west. It marked the start of the war in europe. Dates were 9/1/1939-10/5/1939 -
Operation Dynamo
The Nazi's pushed all British and French troupes to the port of Dunkirk. The German's had U boats patrolling the harbors preventing warships from rescuing soldiers, so many small boats went out to get the British and French troupes. Over 338,000 troupes were saved. The dates were 5/26/1940-6/4/1940 -
Tripartite pact signed
A treaty between Germany, Italy, and Japan creating an alliance to keep the U.S. from joining. -
Nazi's establish gas chambers
The gas chambers were first operated as experimentation to find chemicals that can effectively kill prisoners -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan attacked the U.S. Port to give them time in southeast Asia. The U.S. joined the war after. -
Japanese Americans sent to internment camps
American citizens believed people of Japanese descent could be spies so they sent them to camps -
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Axis powers surrender
Italy surrendered first after Mussolini was removed from power. Germany surrendered May 7, 1945 when allied powers invaded Berlin. Japan surrendered last when the U.S. dropped the atomic bombs. -
D-Day
The Allied invasion of Normandy, through landing operations on the beach and airborne units landing. It was the 1st step in liberating France. More than 2000 American troupes died -
Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima was a major battle were the U.S. captured the island from the Imperial Japanese army. The battle lasted 36 days. The U.S. took control of 2 strategic airfields on the island. -
U.S. Drops bombs on Japan.
Japan wouldn't surrender so the U.S. used weapons of mass destruction to force them to surrender. They bombed Nagasaki first then Hiroshima.