WWII Timeline assignment

  • Hitler Soldier in Army

    Hitler Soldier in Army
    In 1918, Hitler was a soldier for Germany and he and his companions could not get over the defeat of Germany. This sparked a hatred for Jews within Hitler because he believed that they had stabbed their country in the back.
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    A peace treaty signed in 1919, limiting the German Army and Navy in size.
  • Hitler voted to power in Germany

    Hitler voted to power in Germany
    In 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg. Hitler was the leader of the National Socialist German Worker's Party or more well knows as Nazis.
  • "Hitlers Olympics"

    "Hitlers Olympics"
    The 1936 Olympics were under Hitlers dictatorship and was a show of Nazi propaganda. This stirred much conflict.
  • Nazi's establish gas chambers

    Nazi's establish gas chambers
    The Nazi's first began a mass murder using a gas chamber in 1939, they killed Jews that weren't able to work for them.
  • German invasion of Poland

    German invasion of Poland
    In 1939, Germany executed a joint attack on Poland. Countless people were found dead or missing, and this essentially marked the start of World War Two.
  • Tripartite pact signed

    Tripartite pact signed
    An agreement between Germany, the soviet union, Italy, and Japan signed in 1940 declaring cooperation between them both diplomatically and militarily.
  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima
    The battle of Iwo Jima in 1945, in which the United states landed on and captured Japanese island Iwo Jima. The island served as an emergency landing spot for American planes and saved 24,000 lives.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    A surprise air attack on American Naval Base Pearl harbor from Japan killing 2403 service members.
  • Japanese Americans sent to internment camps

    Japanese Americans sent to internment camps
    Franklin D Roosevelt established internment camps from 1942-1945. People of Japanese descent including the US. citizens would be isolated in camps.
  • Axis powers surrender - Germany

    Axis powers surrender - Germany
    Germany unconditionally surrenders early morning on May 7th, 1945
  • Hitler Death

    Hitler Death
    In 1945, after being pursued by soviet troops, Hitler committed Suicide along side his wife.
  • Axis powers surrender- Italy

    Axis powers surrender- Italy
    The surrender of Caserta on April 29th of 1945 formalized the surrender of Italian forces and ultimately the end of the Italian campaign in World War Two.
  • Atomic Bombs dropped on Japan

    Atomic Bombs dropped on Japan
    In 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over Japan, killing between 129,000 and 226,000 people.
  • Axis powers surrender - Japan

    Axis powers surrender - Japan
    Aboard the USS Missouri, on September 2nd, 1945 Japan surrenders, officially bringing an end to World War Two.