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Treaty of Versailles
The treaty that was signed forced big contributors to World War I to be held accountable, primarily Germany. This caused Germany to lose territory and compensate with money for the damage that they had caused. -
Hitler voted to power in Germany
Though he was already chancellor, Hitler was voted to become Fuhrer of Germany. This made him their supreme leader though, the president Paul Von Hinderburg, remained in office. -
Hitler's Olympics
This was intended to become propaganda so that other countries would not send their teams to the Olympics. In the opening ceremony, the torch was carried past many of Hitler's youth, however, this did not deter the other countries from coming. -
Tripartite Pact Signed
Germany, Italy, and Japan created a list of agreements in order to help create allies and ultimately stop the Unites States from entering the war. -
German Invasion of Poland
Germany invaded Poland so that they could regain the land that they had previously lost and ultimately wanted to assume power over their Eastern neighbor. This would eventually become the "blitzkrieg" strategy. -
Nazi's establish gas chambers at Aushwitz
The Nazis had buildings that use to be an ammunition bunker where the largest of the rooms was the morgue was changed into the first gas chamber. Then the first crematorium was created by using three furnaces to burn the bodies. -
The Blitz
This was a series of bombings, that was used to destroy important places such as aircraft factories and airforce bases. This began in 1940 and ended in 1941. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor with the intent to destroy the Pacific Fleet. They did this so that they could attack people in the South Pacific without the United States interfering -
Japanese Americans sent to internment camps
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Americans thought that the Japanese Americans would act as spies. Therefore, they had them sent to internment camps, so that they could not do that, even though this was heavily based on their fear versus evidence. -
D-day
The allied forces of the war had launched a joint attack on the portion of France inhabited by Nazis. The land, naval, and air assault was ultimately leading to the second front against the Nazis. -
Atomic Bombs Dropped on Japan
The first bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, on the city of Hiroshima, which killed tens of thousands of people instantly though many died later after radiation exposure. Then, three days later on the 9th another B-29 bomber and dropped another bomb on the city of Nagasaki, killing many more. This devastation ultimately led to Japan's official surrender. -
Iwo Jima
Though, there are many battles in World War II the battle of Iwo Jima was very important to US troops because the long battle got them the victory in one of Japan's homelands. -
Axis powers surrender (Germany, Japan, and Italy) they happen on different dates.
Italy was the first to surrender on September 8, 1943. Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945, which was 7 days after Hitler committed suicide. Then Japan followed surrendering on September 2, 1945. They ultimately did this because the US was becoming harder and harder to beat and they had lost more than they had gained.