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Treaty of Versailles
The treaty was created after WW1 so they could have, the Guilt Clause: Germany accept blame, Reparations: Germany had to pay countries for the damage, Disarmament: disassemble their military, and Territorial clauses: German land was given to other countries. Many people in Germany's government was very dissatisfied including Adolf Hitler. -
Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor
The Nazi Party gets control in the German government when Hitler gets appointed. While he had his power he secretly increased the size of the army, built warships, and a German air force. -
Law preventing offspring with hereditary diseases
This is when the German government began sterilization of those with physical and mental diseases. This also is the beginning of appeasement, there has already been other major issues prior to this acknowledgement, but other countries start putting their foot down. -
Hitler becomes President
He abolished the current government office after he was in, after the death of the current president Hindenburg. He could do it because there was no laws forbidding him to not do it. Hitler was not president but the ruthless leader of the German Reich and people. -
Munich Agreement
All signed by Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France. It states that Czechoslovakia must surrender its borders and defense, if they didn't compile they would all start a war with Czech. (appeasement) -
Invasion of Poland
Germany invades Poland which initiates WW2 in Europe, because surrounding countries are done with appeasing Hitler, and it had gone too far. Although that didn't stop Germany from having control over Poland and heavily bombing Warsaw. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry Morgenthau Jr. meet
Met about rescuing Jews from Axis-occupied countries in Europe. This meeting lead to the creation of the War Refugee Board which saved 200,000 Jews in parts of Europe controlled by Germany. -
Assassination attempt on Hitler
There was a failed attempt in a bombing assassination where there was hope that the death would be so violent that it would start a popular anti-Nazi revolt. This marks a moment where German victories begin to decline as the war is coming to an end. -
Uprising in Warsaw, Poland
A non-communist underground resistance in Poland, rose against German personals that occupied Poland and attempted to liberate Poland. It failed while 166,000 lost their lives and 17,000 Polish Jews were discovered, along with thousands more sent to concentration camps. -
German Surrender
As concentration camps were liberated and the German reign of terror came to an end. It began as the Soviets joined the Americans and fought in Berlin, which then Hitler committed suicide and Berlin fell to the Soviets. The German forces finally surrendered on May 7th.
