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Treaty of Versailles
Of course, it was Hitler's rise to power that brought WWII about. As Hitler tried to make Germany great again, he eventually went too far and forced the Allies to go to war with Germany. This was the start of WWII. ... Thus, the Treaty of Versailles led to WWII. -
Holocaust
Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especiall caused by fire or nuclear war. -
Italy conqures Ethiopia
Italy conquered Ethiopia becuase Benito Mussulini wanted to expand the German territories. -
Axis Powers
The major Axis Powers were Germany, Italy, and Japan -
Munich Conference
Hitler met up with leaders, and they had an agreement that Hitler could annex sutenland, and he had to promise not to invade anywhere else. -
War is declared
Germany invades Poland. Britain and Frace declares war -
Ghettos
Enclosed districts that isolated Jews by separating Jewish commuinities and non-Jewish communities. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany fianlly decided to strike and slowly take over lands to become the main power. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
A surprise military attack from Japan made it a day that will live in infamy. Japan bombed the military site at Pearl Harbor and many boats being desttroyed. The main one being the USS Arizona. 2,403 people died and 1,178 were injured. -
Allied Powers
The Allied Powers were Great Britain, The United States, France, and the Soviet Union -
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Japanese-American internment camps
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans were put into camps. This was because of so many Americans hated them, and everyone thought it would be best if everyone couldn't harm them. These camps were in the west and 110,00-120,000 people were in these camps. -
D-Day
Allied forces invaded Northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. -
Human experiments
Doctors, in the concentration camps, would experiment on many people. Those including twins, gypsies, and the jews. These acts were crucial, and it was a big step cruelty. -
Truman becomes President
Truman becomes president after FDR dies. Truman carried on with actions, and he helped end the war -
Nazis defeated
The Allied powers had finally defeated the Nazis. This lead to many countries going back to their ways before war. -
Auschwitz
Auschwitz was a giant concentration camp to hold many people that the Germans found as un-clean. It turned into a labor camp, and people that were unable to work were deemed unworthy, and were sent into gas chambers, or they were shot. -
Hitler dies
Hitler kills himself in one of the bunkers, which finally leads to the Nazi's defeat. But many people reported seeing him after he "killed himself." -
Hiroshima
This was the first attack on Japan by the U.S. This is revenge for The attack on Pearl Harbor. -
Nagasaki
A second atom-bomb was dropped onto this location by the U.S. This destroyed the whole town. This devestation finally made Japan make a treaty. -
Treaty of Japan
This was the surrender of the imperial Japan. This treaty was finally the end of World War II
