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The Treaty of Versailles
The Paris Peace Conference is held and the Treaty of Versailles is signed, leaving Germany humiliated. -
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Hitler becomes Chancellor
Hitler becomes the Chancellor of Germany leading the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) -
Kristallnact - Night of the Broken Glass
A series of attacks take place on Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues across Germany and Austria -
Beginning of World War II
Germany attacks Poland. This causes Brittian and France to delcare war on Germany -
European Invasion
France, Belgium, Norway, Denmark and Norway fall to Germany -
Beginning of Operation Barbarossa
This was Germany's code word for the invasion of the USSR -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbour and Singapore
Japanese forces undertake surprise attacks on Pearl Harbour and Singapore.This marks the beginning of the war in the Pacific. -
Darwin Bombing
Darwin is bombed by Japanese forces and Australia put on ‘total war’ footing. -
Kokoda Track Campaign
The Japanese army ventures south in an attempt to capture Port Moresby. This also marks the point when Japan’s supplies became scarce and ended in an Australian victory. -
D-Day landing of Allied troops in Europe
Allies (largely British and American) land in North West Europe on the beaches of the Normandy coast in France. It was a massive joint services operation with naval, aerial and paratroop elements supporting the main amphibious assault (project military power ashore e.g. naval firepower). -
The Death of Hitler
There is controversy over whether Hitler died by gunshot or poison (or both!) and his body was set alight in the Reich Chancellery garden outside his bunker. Soviet propaganda surrounds Hitler’s death as they claimed possession of his burnt remains. -
VE Day – Victory in Europe Day
This date marks the official end of the War in Europe and the end of Nazi Germany. World War II Allies accepted the surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany. -
Atomic bombs dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki
These were the only nuclear weapons used during the war and to date. Although the war in Europe had ended, it was still continuing in the Pacific. America gave Japan an ultimatum of surrender or “prompt and utter destruction”. Japan ignored the ultimatum and America deployed the nuclear weapons. -
VP Day – Victory in the Pacific Day
Japan’s surrender signifies the end of the war in the Pacific and also WW II.
