world war 2

  • The War Guilt Clause

    The War Guilt Clause
    June 28, 1919
    The War Guilt Clause, was the opening article of the reparations section of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended the First World War between the German Empire and the Allied and Associated Powers
  • Nazi Party

    Nazi Party
    The Nazi Party that existed from 1919 to 1945 is Germany's political parties. and In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was formed against the people, invited representatives of Anton Drexler.
  • Adolf Hitler comes to power in Germany

    Adolf Hitler comes to power in Germany
    Hitler's rise to power was based upon long-term factors - resentment in the German people, the weakness of the Weimar system - which he exploited through propaganda, the terror of his stormtroopers, and the brilliance of his speeches.
  • The Holocaust

    The Holocaust
    in Germany in January 30, 1933
    The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.
  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland
    Almost immediately after the invasion of Poland began the British and French ambassadors in Berlin delivered identical messages to the German Foreign Ministry Stating that if Germany did not withdraw their troops from Poland Britain and France would fulfil their obligations to Poland without hesitation. The German Foreign Minister refused to halt the invasion and at 5pm France declared war, and World War 2 began
  • World War II

    World War II
    1 September 1939 WW2 began
  • The Axis Powers

    The  Axis Powers
    Axis leaders Adolf Hitler and Italian prime minister Benito Mussolini meet in Munich, Germany, 1940
  • Japan bombs Pearl harbor U.S. Naval Base

    Japan bombs Pearl harbor U.S. Naval Base
    President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy." On that day, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. It completely destroyed the American battleship U.S.S. Arizona and capsized the U.S.S. Oklahoma. The attack sank or beached a total of twelve ships and damaged nine others. 160 aircraft were destroyed and 150 others damaged. The attack took the
  • Operation Torch

    Operation Torch
    8–16 November 1942
    US and British forces, commanded by American General Dwight D. Eisenhower, carried out this campaign. Three task forces landed on the beaches near Casablanca on the Moroccan Atlantic Coast; near Oran in western Algeria; and near Algiers, more than 250 miles to the east in Algeria.
  • d-day

    d-day
    June 6, 1944
    The attack began when allied planes and warships bombarded German positions along the coastline. This was to damage the defences making it easier for the troops to get ashore.
  • Bloody Anzio

    Bloody Anzio
    The Battle of Anzio began on January 22, 1944 and concluded with the fall of Rome on June 5. The campaign was part of the Italian Theater of World War II.
  • Benito Mussolini

    Benito Mussolini
    Benito Mussolini was the fascist prime minister of Italy, with dictatorial powers, from 1922 until he was overthrown in 1943.
    In May 1938, Mussolini promised to fight alongside Adolf Hitler in any war against the democracies of the world. His armies, however, poorly led and ill-prepared for war, were defeated quickly by Allied forces. Italian resistance to his dictatorship ultimately led to his fall from power and to his death; Mussolini was overthrown in 1943, and in April 1945, It
  • U.S. JOINS WW2

    U.S. JOINS WW2
  • Treaty of Versilles

    Treaty of Versilles
    This article is about the Treaty of Versailles of 28 June 1919, at the end of World War I