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Treaty of Versailles
One of the most controversial armistice treaties in history. Between the allied and axis powers, this treaty made Germany take the blame for WW1, ends WW1, and set guidelines for Germany in the future. -
Hitler Voted to Power in Germany
Hitler was elected after a lot of success with the Nazi military and he was given the most power of anyone in Germany. He was voted to Chancellor so he set fire to the parliament building and blamed it on USSR. This made it an emergency and gains even more power than anyone should have as Chancellor. -
Burning of the Reichstag
As a way for Hitler to gain more power, he burned his own parliament building to become less of a Chancellor which he was at the time, and more of a Dictator. -
Hitler's Olympics
The 10th Olympic games were held in Germany by Hitler. It was very tense for everyone politically and the racist policies almost caused an international boycott of the games. -
German Invasion of Poland
This was the first Country that the Nazis of Germany decided to invade. Poland being attacked was a surprise for everyone and pretty much started the second World War. -
Nazi's Establish Gas Chambers
The Gas chambers were used to kill people that the Nazis wanted dead. It was a mass killing operation in many concentration camps. -
The Blitz
A German bombing event against the United Kingdom. They bombed the British in strategic cities/ locations like London and other key places. -
Tripartite pact signed
The Tripartite Pact was a pact between Germany, Italy, and Japan. This is also known as the Berlin pact. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bomber planes dropped bombs on the US navy establishment in Hawaii causing the US to enter WW2. -
Japanese Americans sent to Internment camps
2 months after the Attack, president Franklin Delanor Roosevelt created order 9066 which caused all Japanese Americans to Internment camps because they were viewed as threats. -
Iwo Jima
A battle between the US Marines and the Japanese Imperial Army on an Island 750 miles off the coast of Japan. It had establishments that were of suspicion to the US, so they invaded it. -
Atomic Bombs Dropped on Japan
An American B-29 bomber dropped the first atomic bomb ever in a war on Hiroshima. Three days later, another B-29 then dropped a second bomb on Nagasaki. -
Axis powers surrender (Germany, Japan, Italy all have seperate dates)
Italy Germany and finally, Japan all decided to surrender. Japan was the final and this was because of the bombs from the US.