German Expansion Timeline

By Justin E. Ramos
  • WWI Ends

    WWI Ends

  • HItler Joins German Workers' Party

    HItler Joins German Workers' Party

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles

    The Treaty of Versailles called for Germany to take responsibility for WWI and that they would have to pay money because of the war.

  • Treaty of Munich

    Hitler agreed to stop invading countries if they had surrendered the Sudetenland to him.

  • Non Aggression Pact

    Germany and Russia agree not to invade each other.

  • Phoney War

    After the blitzkrieg attack on Poland, nothing happens during this 'war'.
  • Period: to

    WWII

  • Italy joins war on Axis side

    Italy sides with Axis Powers.

  • Operation Barbarossa

    Hitler decides to invade Russia by surprise even after Non Aggression Pact was signed.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacks US territory known as Pearl Harbor.

  • Italy Surrenders

    After being invaded by British and US forces, Italy surrenders.

  • D-Day

    Allies launch attack on Germany's forces in Normandy, Western France.

  • Hitler commits suicide

    Hitler commits suicide.

  • Victory over Europe Day

    Allies win the war over the Axis powers.