World War ll

World War l Ends

Nov 18, 1918

World War l ends with German defeat

Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi party.

Jul 29, 1921

Germany admitted to the League of Nations.

Sep 8, 1926

Germany elects Nazis.

Sep 14, 1930

This made them the second largest political party in Germany.

Germany's first transformation

Period: Jan 30, 1933 to Oct 14, 1933

Adolf becomes Chancellor of Germany. The German Reichstag burns. The first concentration camp was opened. Books were burned. Germany was declared the only political party. Germany quits the League of Nations.

Germany's president, Hindenburg dies.

Aug 2, 1934

Josef Stalin begins a purge of Red Army generals.

Jun 11, 1937

Britain, France, Australia ,and New Zealand declare war

Sep 3, 1939

Canada declares war on Germany; Battle of the Atlantic begins.

Sep 10, 1939

Soviets invade Poland.

Sep 17, 1939

Nazis and Soviets divide Poland.

Sep 29, 1939

Hitler asassination fails

Nov 8, 1939

Norway surrenders to the Nazis; Italy declares war on Britain and France.

Jun 10, 1940

Nazis murder 33,771 Jews at Kiev.

Sep 29, 1941

Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor.

Dec 7, 1941

United States and Britain declare war on Japan.

Dec 8, 1941

Declaration of the United Nations signed by 26 Allied nations.

Jan 1, 1942

Assassination attempt by German Army officers against Hitler fails.

Jul 20, 1944

Anne Frank and family arrested by the Gestapo in Amsterdam, Holland.

Aug 4, 1944

Adolf Hitler commits suicide.

Apr 30, 1945

United Nations is born.

Oct 24, 1945

Hermann Göring commits suicide before execution.

Oct 16, 1946