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Treaty of Versailles
This treaty was signed at the end of WWI. the Treaty of Versailles subjected Germany to strict punitive measures. The treaty of Versailles makes Germany really poor and Hitler blames the Jewish people running the banks and money institutions. -
Hitler voted to power in Germany
Adolf Hitler was appointed as Germany's new chancellor. -
"Hitler's Olympics" (1936 Summer Olympics)
Hitler saw the 1936 Games as an opportunity to promote his Nazi Party paper, the Völkischer Beobachter, that says that Jews should not be allowed to participate in the Games. -
German Invasion of Poland (the start of ww2)
German troops invaded Poland, triggering World War II. In response to the invasion, Great Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany. -
Soviet Union Invades Poland
The invasion of Poland was a military conflict by the Soviet Union without a formal declaration of war. The Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east, 16 days after Nazi Germany invaded Poland from the west. -
Glowworm destroyer sinks
The German cruiser Admiral Hipper sank the British destroyer Glowworm in the Norwegian Sea. -
Tripartite pact signed
Alliance of the Axis Powers- Germany, Italy, Japan -
Nazi's establish gas chambers at Auschwitz
After September 5, 1941 the morgue at crematorium I in the main camp was adapted for use as a gas chamber. Several hundred people at a time could be killed in this room. -
Pearl Harbor
The island of Oahu, Hawaii was attacked by 177 aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy. -
Japanese Americans sent to internment camps
Japanese-American West Coast residents had a forced evacuation and detention on a 48-hour notice. -
Italy Surrenders
The Armistice of Cassibile was an armistice that was signed on 3 September 1943 between Italy and the US and UK during World War II. It was made public five days later. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
A battle where the United States Marine Corps and Navy captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. -
Germany Surrenders
"The unconditional surrender of the German Third Reich was signed in the early morning hours of Monday, May 7, 1945, at Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) at Reims in northeastern France." archives.gov -
Atomic Bombs dropped on Japan
the United States dropped two atomic bombs over 2 Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Japan Surrenders
On this day, the surrender was officially signed by Emperor Hirohito.