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Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was signed after 4 years of fighting for "Peace" to end WWI, but that also sowed the seed for WWII -
Hitler's Olympics
Hitler hosted the Olympics to show that Germany is no longer weak -
Tripartite Pact Signed
The Tripartite Pact concluded Germany, Italy, and Japan, one year after WII started to create a defense alliance between the countrys to prevent the United States from entering the war. -
Nazis Establish Gas Chambers at Auschwitz
The Nazis built gas chambers at Auschwitz to kill a lot of people quickly during the Holocaust. They used these chambers to murder Jews, Romani people, and others they didn’t like as part of their plan called the "Final Solution." The gas chambers helped them do this secretly and in large numbers. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan saw Pearl Harbor as a major asset of the United States and attacked it in an attempt to weaken the United States millatery -
Japanese Americans Sent to Internment Camp
Due to WWII the United States had a fear and suspicion that the current Japanese American citizens could be spies and sent them to Camps. -
Hitler Voted Into Power
After having the support of several German officers and millions of German citizens, Hitler was voted into power on August 1944 -
Atomic Bombs Dropped on Japan
Atomic bomb was dropped on the Hiroshima, Japan in 1945. This was down after Japan previously dropped a bomb on Pearl Harbor. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima is when the United States army and navy captured the Island of Iwo Jima -
Axis powers Surrender
The Axis Powers surrendered in stages, marking the end of World War II. Italy surrendered in September 1943 after Mussolini was overthrown. Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945, leading to Victory in Europe Day on May 8. Japan surrendered after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet declaration of war, with the formal surrender on September 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri, ending the war. -
German Invasion of Poland
The German invasion involved the Germans and other Axis powers. This happened because Poland was along the border Germany and was an easy target.