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World War I Ends
German defeat leads to the end of The Great War. -
Treaty Of Versailles Is Signed
To punish Germany and the other Axis powers the Treaty of Versailles is created. -
Black Tuesday
Stock Market Crash occurs, leads to the Great Depression. -
Germany's new Chancellor
Hitler becomes head of Germany. -
Germany occupies the Rhineland
This act defied the Treaty Of Versailles. -
Italians invade Ethiopia
An act of agression from the Italians. -
Germany invades Poland
World War II begins. -
Dunkirk
Hundreds of thousands of Allied troops are evacuated at Dunkirk. Largest evacuation to ever occur. -
Yellow Stars
The Nazis force Jews in Europe to wear Yellow Stars as a sign of inferiority. -
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
United States join the War because of the Japanese attack. -
Holocaust
The gassing of Jews in the concentration camp of Auschwitz begins. -
Italians surrender!
The Italians officially surrender to the Allied powers -
D-Day
The allies invade Nazi-Occupied France. -
Fall of Mussolini
Mussolini is hanged. -
The end of Hitler
Hitler kills himslef. War in Europe ends. -
Germany Surrenders
The war in Europe ends. -
Hirsoshima
The first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. -
Nagasaki
The second atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. -
Japan surrenders!
World War 2 officially ends globally. -
UN is formed
Due to the strife between the world over the last half a century, a group called the United Nations is created to promote world wide peace.
