WW2 Timeline

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  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    Ends WW1; limits Germany's power, and makes them pay for the damages of WW1.
  • Hitler voted into Power

    Hitler voted into Power
    He didn't actually win the election (He loses)
    He then storms the Reichstag and burns it down

    argued the government is weak so the switch the Government to Hitler
  • Hitler Olympics

    Hitler Olympics
    The 1936 Berlin Olympic Games were more than just a worldwide sporting event, they were a show of Nazi propaganda, stirring significant conflict. Despite the exclusionary principles of the 1936 Games, countries around the world still agreed to participate.
  • Night of Broken Glass; Kristallnacht

    Night of Broken Glass; Kristallnacht
    Nazi Regime coordinated a wave antisemitic violence against Jews in Germany and Austria. Named the "Night of Broken Glass" because of all the stores and houses windows which were broken. arrested around 30,000 Jewish men.
  • German Invasion of Poland

    German Invasion of Poland
    German troops invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, triggering World War II. In response to German aggression, Great Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany. Nazi Germany possessed overwhelming military superiority over Poland.
  • Tripartite Pact Signed

    Tripartite Pact Signed
    Tripartite Pact, agreement concluded by Germany, Italy, and Japan on September 27, 1940, one year after the start of World War II. It created a defense alliance between the countries and was largely intended to deter the United States from entering the conflict.
  • Nazi's establish gas chambers at Aushwitz

    Nazi's establish gas chambers at Aushwitz
    The operational use of the gas chambers in Auschwitz was preceded by experiments intended to find the most effective chemical agent and to work out the proper method for its use. About 600 Soviet POWs and 250 sick Poles were killed in such experimentation from September 3-5, 1941. Afterwards, the morgue at crematorium I in the main camp was adapted for use as a gas chamber. Several hundred people at a time could be killed in this room.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
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    Pearl Harbor was the site of the unprovoked aerial attack on the United States by Japan on December 7, 1941. Before the attack, many Americans were reluctant to become involved in the war in Europe. This all changed when the United States declared war on Japan, bringing the country into World War II.
  • Japanese Americans sent to Internment Camps

    Japanese Americans sent to Internment Camps
    Many Americans worried that citizens of Japanese ancestry would act as spies or saboteurs for the Japanese government. Fear — not evidence — drove the U.S. to place over 127,000 Japanese-Americans in concentration camps for the duration of WWII. Over 127,000 United States citizens were imprisoned during World War II.
  • Holocaust

    Holocaust
    The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population.
  • Italy's Axis Power Surrender

    Italy's Axis Power Surrender
    Italy was the first Axis partner to give up. In late July 1943, leaders of the Italian Fascist Party deposed and arrested Fascist leader and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Italy surrendered to the Allies on September 8, 1943.
  • Atomic Bombs on Japan

    Atomic Bombs on Japan
    The first atomic bomb, named Little Boy, was dropped on Hiroshima from the Enola Gay, a B-29 bomber, at 8:15 AM on August 6, 1945. The second bomb, named Fat Man, was dropped on Nagasaki from the Bockscar, also a B-29 bomber, at 11:02 AM on August 9, 1945
  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima
    It had been one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history. After the battle, Iwo Jima served as an emergency landing site for more than 2,200 B-29 bombers, saving the lives of 24,000 U.S. airmen. Securing Iwo Jima prepared the way for the last and largest battle in the Pacific: the invasion of Okinawa. The US cared about getting this island so much because it was close to Japan so they could invade.
  • Germany Axis Power surrender

    Germany Axis Power surrender
    Germany surrendered because Following Hitler's suicide on April 30, 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Allies on May 8–9.
  • Japan Axis Powers Surrender

    Japan Axis Powers Surrender
    They left the war because of The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the reason for Japan's surrender and the end of World War II\
    Last to surrender so in order to make them surrender they sent another atomic bomb to attack the civilians because the Japan army was kamakazi