WWll Timeline

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    This treaty caused Germany and other central powers to be blamed for all that happened in world war 1, bringing the war to an end.
  • Hitler voted to power in Germany

    Hitler voted to power in Germany
    After the burning of the Reichstag Hitler gains power over Germany, after the Enabling act of 1993.
  • Hitlers Olympics

    Hitlers Olympics
    Hitler hosting the Olympics in japan was to prove to other countries the vast majority of his white race was "Aryan". The Olympics this year was used mostly as a propaganda strategy for a new and strong version of Germany.
  • German Invasion of Poland

    German Invasion of Poland
    Germany was ordered to invade Poland to regain lost territory and gain territory from the East. This was the official start of WWll.
  • Tripartite pact was signed

    Tripartite pact was signed
    Germany, Italy, and Japan signed an agreement for a defense alliance to keep the US from entering the war.
  • Nazi's establish gas chamber in Aushwitz

    Nazi's establish gas chamber in Aushwitz
    The gas chambers were invented to kill a large number of people in the concentration camps. These chambers are sealed once people are in sprays toxic gas resulting in death. These were tested in 3 days on soviet POWS and sick polish people.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japanese planes attacked US Navy Base in Hawaii completely destroying battleships and the U.S.S, hundreds died that day causing the US to retaliate.
  • Japanese Americans sent to internment camps

    Japanese Americans sent to internment camps
    During WWll president Roosevelt decided to send 127,000 people of Japanese descent to incarcerated camps, in fear of them being spies or saboteurs.
  • d-day

    d-day
    This is the largest invasion in the history of warfare. Britain, America, France, and Canada all allied and attacked Germany on the shores of Normandy, France. This led to the victory of the allied forces and changed the course of the war for the Nazis from thereon.
  • liberation of Auschwitz

    liberation of Auschwitz
    The Soviets liberated Auschwitz to free all survivors that were left after the death march. They also found hundreds of thousands of men's and women's clothing including 5+ tons of human hair.
  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima
    The island of Iwa Jima was primarily fought by US Marine Corps against Japan at their base used to intercept US air attacks on Japan and for Japan to launch air attacks on the US. Resulting in horrific amounts of casualties on both sides, Japan was defeated.
  • atomic bombs dropped on japan

    atomic bombs dropped on japan
    An American bomber dropped the first atomic bombs over the city Nagasaki and Hiroshima killing thousands of people. This bombing of the major cities resulted in Japan's surrender in WWll.
  • Axis powers surrender

    Axis powers surrender
    Italy is the first of the Axis powers to surrender on September 8, 1943, two months after the Italian dictator and fascist party leaders were removed from office. Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945, after Adolf Hitler's death. After both allied countries Italy and Germany surrendered Japan fought alone until finally surrendering on September 2, 1945.