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Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the piece treaties at the end of the first wolrd war. It ended te state of war between Germany and the Allied powers. It was singned on the 28th of June 1919. The other central powers on the German side were dealt with in seperate treaties. Although the armistice, signed on 11 November 1918, ended the actual fighting, it took six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference to conclude the peace treaty. The treaty was registered by the Secretariat of t -
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Key Events of WWII
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Treaty of Munich
The Treaty of Munich, or Munich Agreement, was a settlement allowing Nazi Germans to claim the german speaking parts of Czechoslavakia. The agreement was negotiated at a conference in Munich, among the powers of Europe, excluding Czechoslavakia. -
Hitler Invades Poland
The invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign or the 1939 Defensive War, was an annexation of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union and a small slovak group that marked the beginning of World War 2 in Europe. The invasion strated on the 1st of September, a week after an alliance was made between Germany and the Soviet Union. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
The declaration of war by France and Britain against Germnay, was in response to the invasion of poland by the Germans. Britain and France had sworn to protect Poland. Honoring these obligations, the two countries sent ultimatums to Hitler demanding his withdrawel from Poland, which adolf delcined. On September 3, Prime Minister Chamberlain went to the airwaves to announce to the British people that a state of war existed between their country and Germany. World War II had begun. -
Blitzkrieg (no exact date)
Blitzkrieg is a military tactic that the Germans used to fight against their opponents during World War II. Blitzkrieg was this German notion of fighting with speed and precision so strong in opposition to armies lacking either one of those elements, that a German victory would be guaranteed. This was a strong force which didn't require much time to bring about the desired consequence since it was so massive in numbers both in machinery and people. Naturally, a speedy attack ensued. That is an i -
Italy enters war on the side of the Axis powers.
taly's declaration of war against the Western Allies of Britain and France in June 1940 as the following: "We are going to war against the plutocratic and reactionary democracies of the West who have invariably hindered the progress and often threatened the very existence of the Italian people". In 1938 Mussolini and foreign minister Ciano issued demands for concessions by France, particularly regarding the French colonial possessions of Djibouti, Tunisia and the French-run Suez Canal. -
Tripartite Pact
On this day in 1940, the Axis powers are formed as Germany, Italy, and Japan become allies with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin. The Pact provided for mutual assistance should any of the signatories suffer attack by any nation not already involved in the war. This formalizing of the alliance was aimed directly at "neutral" America--designed to force the United States to think twice before venturing in on the side of the Allies. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain took place between August and September 1940. After the success of Blitzkrieg, the evacuation of Dunkirk and the surrender of France, Britain was by herself. The Germans needed to control the English Channel to launch her invasion of Britain (which the Germans code-named Operation Sealion).
They needed this control of the Channel so that the British Navy would not be able to attack her invasion barges which were scheduled to land on the Kent and Sussex beaches. -
Hitler attacks Russia- Operation Barbarossa
Hitler sent 3 million soldiers and 3,500 tanks into Russia. The Russians were taken by surprise as they had signed a treaty with Germany in 1939. Stalin immediately signed a mutual assistance treaty with Britain and launched an Eastern front battle that would claim 20 million casualties. The USA, which had been supplying arms to Britain under a 'Lend-Lease' agreement, offered similar aid to USSR. -
Pearl Harbor - Bombing
hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. The day after the assault, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on war on Japan. Congress approved his declaration with just one vote. -
Britain and US declare war on Japan
The declaration of war by tthe United States and the British Empire on the Japanese Empire was published on December 8, 1941 after Japanese forces had executed an attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor and attacks on British forces in Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong.The document was subsequently printed again on the eighth day of each month throughout the war (until Japan surrendered in 1945), to re-affirm the resolve for the war. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway, fought in June 1942, must be considered one of the most decisive battles of World War Two. The Battle of Midway effectively destroyed Japan’s naval strength when the Americans destroyed four of its aircraft carriers. Japan’s navy never recovered from its mauling at Midway and it was on the defensive after this battle. -
Battle of El Alamein
By the summer of 1942, the Allies were in trouble throughout Europe. The attack on Russia - Operation Barbarossa - had pushed the Russians back; U-boats were having a major effect on Britain in the Battle of the Atlantic and western Europe seemed to be fully in the control of the Germans. Hence the war in the desert of North Africa was pivotal. If the Afrika Korps got to the Suez Canal, the ability of the Allies to supply themselves would be severely dented.
