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TREATY OF VERSAILLES
The treaty of versailles was signed by Germany and the allied nations formally ending world war one. The terms required Germany to pay financial reparations, disarm, and lose territory. -
HITLER VOTED TO POWER
Adolf Hitler was sworn in by German President Paul von Hindenburg as Chancellor of Germany. Hitler's overlying impact in WWII still impacts the world today. His operations throughout world war two was the central cause of mass murders of six million Jews, and millions of other victums -
HITLER'S OLYMPICS
The Berlin Games were only a partial success for the Nazis. Germany finished top of the medal table ahead of their main rivals, the United States, but the Americans dominated the Athletics events with African American Jesse Owens winning four gold medals ahead of his blond, Aryan rivals. -
GERMAN INVASION OF POLAND
German tanks steamrolled into the country. The Luftwaffe destroyed airfields, bombed passenger trains and mowed down civilians indiscriminately with machine-gun fire. Incendiary bombs torched Katowice, Krakow and the capital city of Warsaw. By sea, German warships and U-boats attacked the Polish navy. -
THE RAPE OF NANKING
How did Germany destroy Poland?
German tanks steamrolled into the country. The Luftwaffe destroyed airfields, bombed passenger trains and mowed down civilians indiscriminately with machine-gun fire. Incendiary bombs torched Katowice, Krakow and the capital city of Warsaw. By sea, German warships and U-boats attacked the Polish navy. The goal was to leave the pain of what had happen attack the women mentally. -
NAZIS ESTABLISH GAS CHAMBERS AT AUSHWITZ
The gas chambers were used to kill the sick, elderly, young, babies and people with disabilities. These people were not useful at the camps, because they couldn't work like the others, so they were just a waste of space a resources. -
TRIPARTITE PACT SIGNED
The tripartite pact was signed between 3 countries, Italy, Japan and Germany. It created a defence alliance between the countries and was largely intended to stop the US from entering the war -
PEARL HARBOR
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Since early 1941 the U.S. had been supplying Great Britain in its fight against the Nazis. It had also been pressuring Japan to halt its military expansion in Asia and the Pacific. -
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JAPANESE AMERICANS SENT TO INTERNMENT CAMPS
Japanese internment camps were established during World War II by President Franklin D. Roosevelt through his Executive Order 9066. From 1942 to 1945, it was the policy of the U.S. government that people of Japanese descent, including U.S. citizens, would be incarcerated in isolated camps. -
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AXIS POWERS SURRENDER
Japanese representatives were the last to surrender on september 2, and german forces surrendered May 7, 1945 -
D DAY
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it is the largest seaborne invasion in history. -
IWO JIMA
Iwo Jima is one of the Japanese islands that the US used to host nuclear arms. The battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in the United states Marine Corps and the US navy landed on and eventually captured. -
ATOMIC BOMBS DROPPED ON JAPAN
The main purpose of the bombs dropped on Japan was to get Japan to surrender. It took 2 different bombs to make Japan surrender 3 days apart. The bombing took place after Japan dropped bombs on pearl harbor