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WW2 TIMELINE

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  • Nazis become 2nd largest political party in Germany

    Nazis become 2nd largest political party in Germany

  • Adolph Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany

    Adolph Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany

  • Hitler becomes Fuher of Germany

    Making him in complete rule.

  • Hitler violates the treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription.

  • German troops occupy the Rhineland

    German troops occupy the Rhineland

    further violating the Treaty of Versailles. (Rhineland was lost in the treaty)
  • Hitler reveals plans for war at the Reich Chancellery

    Hitler reveals plans for war at the Reich Chancellery

    The hossbach memorandum
  • Nazi Germany military take Czechoslovakia

    Nazi Germany military take Czechoslovakia

    Land taken back that was lost in the treaty of versailles

  • Germany invades Poland

  • France officailly surrender to Germany

  • France officially surrenders to Nazi Germany

    France officially surrenders to Nazi Germany

  • Japanese attack Pearl Harbor

    Japanese attack Pearl Harbor

    Japaneese attack pearl harbor bringng the USA into war with the AXIS POWERS
  • America declares war on Japan

    America declares war on Japan

    The United States Congress declares war on Japan in response to Pearl Harbor. Picture of Presdent Rosevelt signing
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    Six months after Pearl harbor. One of the most important naval war of world war 2.
  • D Day

    D Day

    D day landing, allied powers troops storm the beaches of Normandy.
  • Allied powers liberate Paris from Nazi control

    Allied powers liberate Paris from Nazi control

  • Operation Market Garden begins

    Operation Market Garden begins

    Operation Market Garden was a Allied airborne attack on Nazi controlled Holland. Soldiers came down parachuting frrom airborn planes.
  • Auschwitz

    Auschwitz

    Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp. Aushwitz was known to be one of the worst concentration camps to be sent to.

  • Hitler commits suicide

    HItler and his newly wed wife commit suicide together. Hitler commited suicide because he knew the end was near for him.
  • "VE DAY - ITS ALL OVER" Allied powers rejoice

    "VE DAY - ITS ALL OVER" Allied powers rejoice

    The day allied powers anounce the surrender of Germany in Europe
  • USA drops nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. Japan

    USA drops nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. Japan

    The first of two bombs dropped on Japan.

  • Soviets declare war on Japan

    Soviets declare war and invade Manchuria
  • America drops nuclear bomb on Nagasaki Japan

    America drops nuclear bomb on Nagasaki Japan

    dropped 11:02 Japan time.
  • "JAPAN GIVE UP" VJ DAY

    "JAPAN GIVE UP" VJ DAY

    Victory over Japan day. THe day the Allied Powers announced the surrender of Japan. VJ is celebrated on august 15 in the UK but september 2nd in america.
  • Nuremburg Trial Begins

    Nuremburg Trial Begins

    Nuremburg Trials was for war crimes commited by the Nazis and the Axis powers