Germany Timeline WW2

By mattiep
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    Germany gets blamed for WW1. War Guilt cause, forces reduced, reparations and many other consequences were placed on Germany as punishment.
  • Holocaust

    Holocaust
    The annihilation of Jews and other groups of people in Europe under the Nazi regime during WW2. 1 million dead between 1933-1945
  • Adolf Hitler becomes Fuhrer of Germany

    Adolf Hitler becomes Fuhrer of Germany
    After the death of the German president Paul von Hindenburg, Hitler became absolute dictator of Germany
  • Anschluss

    Anschluss
    Germans unify with Austria
  • Kristallnacht-The Night of Broken Glass

    Kristallnacht-The Night of Broken Glass
    A wave of violent Jewish pogroms. The Nazi's destroyed many buildings and broke a lot of glass to express their hatred towards the Jews.
  • Axis Powers Join

    Axis Powers Join
    Germany-Adolf Hitler
    Italy-Benito Mussolini
    Japan-Emperor Hirohito
  • Nazis invade Poland

    Nazis invade Poland
    Hitler was seeking to regain lost territory and rule Poland
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain
    Known as the air war. Nazi Germany defeated.
  • Battle of Crete

    Battle of Crete
    German invasion of Crete
  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa
    Germany invades Soviet Union.
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad
    Germany had more men, while Russia had more utilities -> evenly matched battle
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    Battle for Normandy.
  • Battle of Aachen

    Battle of Aachen
    US defeats Germany in an intense battle for Aachen.
  • Hitler commits suicide

    Hitler commits suicide
    He kills himself because he can't handle all the terrible things he did, and they try and destroy the evidence of the Holocaust.
  • V-E Day

    V-E Day
    Germany surrenders to allied powers.