WWII Timeline- Mckenna Kulakow

  • Axis Powers Surrender (Italy, Germany, Japan)

    Axis Powers Surrender (Italy, Germany, Japan)
    Italy surrendered first and Germany surrendered second. However, even though Japan was weak, they wouldn't stop fighting. America threatened to kill citizens but they didn't believe that so they started dropping bombs. America was a bit worried because Japan caused Pearl Harbor. In the end, Japan finally gave up and surrendered.
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    The Treaty of Versailles was a treaty that caused the first world war to end in 1919 and it was all about peace or "Diktat". It later came to sow the seeds for the second world war that would end up breaking out twenty years later.
  • Hitler voted to power in Germany

    Hitler voted to power in Germany
    Hitler gained power after the enabling act was put into place causing Hitler to also get expanded authority. He was made chancellor of Germany following many electoral wins.
  • Hitler's Olympics

    Hitler's Olympics
    The were called the Berlin Games and they were held in a tense atmosphere in Germany. They also happens while Hitler was in power. They used by Hitler for propaganda.
  • German Invasion of Poland

    German Invasion of Poland
    German troops decided to invade a place called Poland. It was a bad decision considering it would end up triggering a new war. World War II. The German troops were somehow able to brake through Polish defenses and then advanced.
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain
    It was a war within World War II. Germany went in to destroy and invade Great Britain. However Great Britain was being protected by a Royal Air Force. Germany ended up dropping bombs in order to decimate the Air Force.
  • Tripartite Pact Signed

    Tripartite Pact Signed
    It was an agreement between Germany Italy and Japan. The agreement created a defense alliance between those listed countries. It was also signed in Berlin. Not to mention, it was made to deter America from the conflict.
  • Nazi's Establish Gas Chambers at Auschwitz

    Nazi's Establish Gas Chambers at Auschwitz
    The Nazi's created something called gas chambers where they would lock someone in there and let out gas into the room. The gas was poisonous so it would end up killing who ever was in there. Also, to get people in there, they would trick them and say that the room is where they would shower.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    The Japanese military did a surprise attack on the United States Naval base that is located in Pear Harbor. Pear Harbor is located in Hawaii. America till this day is scared that the Japanese is going to do something else similar to Pearl Harbor.
  • Japanese Americans Sent to Internment Camps

    Japanese Americans Sent to Internment Camps
    President Franklin D Roosevelt assigned a policy that is a lasting punishment for the Japanese Americans, which is the internment camps.
  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima
    The U.S Marines invaded Iwo Jima trying to take control of it. Some Japanese citizens that were trying to defend Iwo Jima were dug into bunkers deep into the ground. They were within the volcanic rock.
  • Hitlers Suicide

    Hitlers Suicide
    Adolf Hitler ended up killing himself with a gunshot in his bunker located in Berlin. He was the leader of Nazi Germany. There is no major evidence on why he killed himself. However, he was "corned" which is one of the reasons why he did it. He knew he had lost.
  • Atomic Bombs Dropped on Japan

    Atomic Bombs Dropped on Japan
    Atomic bombs were dropped over Hiroshima. The United States dropped them also over Nagasaki. America was still mad about Pearl Harbor. They killed many citizens which Japan was not expecting them to do. As a result, Japan surrendered.