World War ll Timeline

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    The Treaty of Versailles, signed in June 1919 at the Palace of Versailles in Paris at the end of World War I, codified peace terms between the victorious Allies and Germany.
  • HItler Gained Power

    HItler Gained Power
    Adolf Hitler's Rise to Power. Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 - April 30, 1945) was appointed chancellor of Germany in 1933 following a series of electoral victories by the Nazi Party. He ruled absolutely until his death by suicide in April 1945.
  • "HItler's Olympics"

    "HItler's Olympics"
    The Olympics of 1936 were held in berlin while Hitler was in office
  • Start of Poland Invasion

    Start of Poland Invasion
    Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe. German forces broke through Polish defenses along the border and quickly advanced on Warsaw, the Polish capital.
  • End of Poland Invasion

    End of Poland Invasion
  • Tripartite Pact Signed

    Tripartite Pact Signed
    The Tripartite Pact was the culmination of a series of agreements between Germany, Japan, and Italy.
  • Nazi's Establish Gas Chambers

    Nazi's Establish Gas Chambers
    The Nazis began experimenting with poison gas for the purpose of mass murder in late 1939 with the killing of patients with mental and physical disabilities in the Euthanasia Program.
  • Pearl Harbor Bombed

    Pearl Harbor Bombed
    The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday, December 7, 1941.
  • Japanese Interment Camps

    Japanese Interment Camps
    In the United States during World War II, about 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, most of whom lived on the Pacific Coast, were forcibly relocated and incarcerated in concentration camps in the western interior of the country. Approximately two-thirds of the internees were United States citizens.
  • Iwo Jima Invasion

    Iwo Jima Invasion
    The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps and Navy landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
  • End of Iwo Jima Invasion

    End of Iwo Jima Invasion
    End of invasion on Iwo Jima
  • Axis Power Surrender

    Axis Power Surrender
    On May 7, 1945, seven days after Hitler committed suicide, Nazi Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Allies.