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Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was signed five years after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. It ended the war between Germany and it's allied powers. -
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Things That Went On During WWII
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Japan Invades China
The battle between Japan and China lasted from July 7, 1937 to September 2, 1945. The two countries had minor battles since 1931, but the major fighting started in 1937. The end result was Japan surrendering in 1945. -
Munich Peace Conference
The Munich Peace Conference was called in order for Hitler to meet with the heads of three states. These states were Neville Chamberlain of the United Kingdom, Edouard Daladier of france, and Benito Mussolini of Italy. The conference agreed that Hitler could annex the Sudetenland, but could not invade anywhere else. -
Kristallnacht
This night was known as the "Night of Broken Glass." Many Jewish homes were ransacked, destroyed, and burnt. The attacks on the Jews began over the assassination of a German diplomat Ernst vom Rath by a Jew named Herschel Grynszpan. -
Germany Invades Poland
The Invasion of Poland was also called the September Campaign or the 1939 Defensive War. Poland was invaded by Germany on September 1, 1939, and the invasion lasted until October 6, 1939. In the end, Poland was divided and annexed by Germany and the Soviet Union. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain went on from July 10 to October 31, 1940. It was an air campaign by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom. The battle was fought only using air forces. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese used a surprise military strike on the US in order to keep the US Pacific Fleet from interfering with Japans military actions. Four out of the eight US battleships where sunk during the attack. However, six of them were able to be repaired and then later on used again during the war. -
Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad occured from August 23, 1942 to February 2, 1943. It was fought between Germany and the Soviet Union in order to see who would gain control over the city of Stalingrad. It turned out to be the largest battle on the Eastern Front. -
D-Day
The Battle of Normandy (D-Day) began at 6:30 AM on Tuesday June 6, 1944. The attack was conducted in two phases, an airborne assault and an amphibious landing. The attacks took place on a fifty mile stretch of the Normany coast. -
Potsdam Peace Conference
The Potsdam Peace Conference was held at the house of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern from July 16 to August 2, 1945. There were three nations involved in the conference: the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the US. The point of the conference was in order to decide how they were going to punish Germany. -
Hiroshima
The first atomic bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was on August 6, 1945, and then there was another one on August 9, 1945. This was done by the US because Japan refused to surrender. These two days are also the only days that nuclear wepons have been used during war. -
Korematsu v US
The court ruled that it was constitutional for the Japanese to serve it the war. Korematsus personal rights were no longer in place at that moment. He was forced to do what he was told along with the rest of the Japanese.
