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Treaty of Versailles
The treaty, which represented peace, also sowed the seeds of the Second World War, which would break out twenty years later. -
Hitler voted to power
Adolf Hitler was a chancellor in 1933. Followed by multiple wins from the nazi party that led to his power -
Hitlers Olympics
The 1936 summer olypics that took place in berlin germany during hitlers rule -
german invaision of poland
Germany invaded Poland to justify the action, Nazi propagandists accused Poland of persecuting ethnic Germans living in Poland. They also falsely claimed that Poland was planning with its allies Great Britain and France, to take out germany. -
Gas chambers established in Aushwitz
On this day the nazis established a gas chameber in Aushwitz with the capability of killing hundreds of people at once. -
Tripartite pact signed
The Tripartite Pact, agreement was signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan on September 27, 1940, one year after the start of World War II. It was created to form a defense alliance between the countries and was intended to prevent the United States from entering the conflict. -
Bombing of pear harbor
the Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Since then the US was in the war. -
Japaneese americans sent to interment camps
In an effort to curb potential Japanese spying, Executive Order 9066 passed the act of sending Japanese-Americans into internment camps. -
Italy surrenders
on 25 July Mussolini's government 'practically evaporated', after which its successor, led by Marshal Badoglio, 'dithered' until finally it accepted the inevitable and surrendered to the Allies -
Iwo Jima
Marines invaded Iwo Jima, a small island in the pacific, on February 19, 1945, after months of naval and air bombardment. The Japanese defending the island were dug into bunkers deep within the volcanic rocks. -
Axis powers surreder
soon after Hitlers suicuide on April 30 1945 The axis powers surrnedered on may 8 1945 -
Atomic bombs dropped on Japan
After the bombing of pearl harbor, The US was now in the war. They dropped these bombs because they wanted to force a quick surrender by the Japanese to reduce the number of American lives lost. -
War ends
On May 8, 1945, Germany surrendered. After the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945, and the Second World War came to an end.