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Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end on WW1 which ended the war between Germany and the Allied powers.
The terms of this, by forcing Germany to pay a huge debt, set up one of the major causes of WW2. -
Treaty of Munich
The Munich Agreement was a contract that Hitler signed that stated that he was to stop trying to invade countries and to stop the invasion of Czechoslovakia. unfortunately he lied and a few days after that he declaired war on Poland. -
Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
A couple of days after Hitler signed the Munich Agreement, he invaded Czechoslovakia. Originaly Hitler wanted to destroy Czechoslovakia with a lighting military strike but he later decided that he wanted to rule it. -
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Hitler invades Poland
Adolf Hitler was seeking to regain his lost territory so he decided to rule Poland. This was one of the major reasons WW2 begun. Hitler's land forces and air forces charged Poland. -
German Invasion of Netherlands
The Netherlands fell quickly setting the trend for the fall of France. -
Dunkirk
Last British forces withdrawn from France. The massive loss of equiptment threatened the survival of England if Germany did invaide. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was an air campaign by the German Air Force, It was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air force. Germany wanted to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force and Fighter Command. -
Tripartite Pact
The Tripartite Pact, was the pact that established the Axis Powers of WW2. it was signed in Berlin, Germany by the representatives of Nazi Germany - Aldof Hitler, Italy- Galeazzo Ciano, and Japan- Saburo Kurusu. -
Operation Barbarossa
Germany invaids Russia. Rapid initial progress made it look like Russia would be defeated quickly. -
Pearl Harbour
The japanese attacked the American Naval Base at Pearl Harbour. It caused huge damage on American Naval vessels which lead to the following day, when President Franklin D, Roosevelt decalired war on Japan. -
Japan takes over Singapore
After the Japanese defeated Australia, Britian, India and Malasia, they took over Singapore. Singapore, under Japans hands, was renames Syonan-to, which means Light of the South. Singapore retured to the British Colonial rule on the 12th of September 1945. -
Battle of Midway
Japanese navy defeated from attempt to invade Midway island. Major damage to the japanese aircraft carriers defined a turning point in the war in the Pacific. -
D. Day
Allied forces invaid France at Normandy. begin the campaign to free europe. -
Death of Hitler
Hitler and his wife, Eva, commited suicide together on the 30th of April. Hitler died by gunshot while his wife ingested cyanide. -
Fall of Berlin
Russian army captures Berlin. -
German forces surrender
German forces surrender. the war in europe finishes. V.E Day. -
V.E. Day
Victory in Europe Day was the formal acceptance Allies of Nazi Germany unconditional surrender of its armed forces. This day marked the end of WW2 in Europe. -
Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki
When America Bombed Nagasaki, it was the last major act of WW2 and with in a few days of it, the Japanese surrendered. -
Japan Surrenders
Japan Surreneders. WW2 Ends. -
Battle of Bulge
German forces attack in the Ardenne forests of Belguim in an attempt to stop the Allied successes and pushed the Allies back into the sea.
