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A treaty, following war world one: pinning a large number of war costs onto Germany for its large part in it. this lead to the insane inflation of German currency,and left many disgruntled and angry at those who had brought this upon them -
Hitler is voted into the seat of chancellor, but further expands his power to gain more control and even rival president Hindenburg. -
Hitler, using his SS and Gestapo killed political opponents and their families then blamed it on those who were better saved for target practice or to further his position -
Olympics hosted in berlin Germany, where the Olympic flame tradition began. it was intended as a propaganda boost,but when a African American man beat the "Aryan" german in a foot race,it only furthered the hatred for minorities in Germany and it's sphere of influence -
Germany invades Poland, taking warsaw and subjugating them resulting in a fierce hatred of the germans. also essentially began the war -
an "alliance between the axis powers (Germany,Italy and Japan) one year after the war started,meant to deter the U.S's involvment. -
Germany turns on Russia and cuts deep, close to Moscow before the Russian's secret weapon: the winter -
soviet prisoners were gassed and died,at an unknown date in august -
the Japanese issue a sneak attack on shipyard row in pearl harbor, Hawaii but miss many of the carriers and other crucial pieces of infrastructure that means America is able to rebuild its navy. this is the catalyst for the pacific theatre, America's involvement in WW2, and ends in the bombing of japan with atomics. -
a two-month-long battle for an island with the strategic advantage of having fighter planes being able to launch from there, also being close to japan. this allowed for great pressure on Japan,and began to end the brutal island-hopping campaign -
the Americans drop an atomic on japan, the first recorded use of atomic weaponry. -
Nagasaki is bombed with atomic weapons by the Americans -
on September 8, 1943, Italy surrenders conditionally to America
on September 2, 1945, japan surrendered after the bombings.
on may 7,1945 Germany surrenders unconditionally to The joint Allied forces