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The Paris Peace Conference is held and the Treaty of Versailles is signed, leaving Germany humiliated.
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Hitler becomes the Chancellor of Germany leading the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party)
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A series of attacks take place on Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues across Germany and Austria
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Germany attacks Poland. This causes Brittian and France to delcare war on Germany
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France, Belgium, Norway, Denmark and Norway fall to Germany
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This was Germany's code word for the invasion of the USSR
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Japanese forces undertake surprise attacks on Pearl Harbour and Singapore.This marks the beginning of the war in the Pacific.
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Darwin is bombed by Japanese forces and Australia put on ‘total war’ footing.
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The Japanese army ventures south in an attempt to capture Port Moresby. This also marks the point when Japan’s supplies became scarce and ended in an Australian victory.
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Allies (largely British and American) land in North West Europe on the beaches of the Normandy coast in France. It was a massive joint services operation with naval, aerial and paratroop elements supporting the main amphibious assault (project military power ashore e.g. naval firepower).
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There is controversy over whether Hitler died by gunshot or poison (or both!) and his body was set alight in the Reich Chancellery garden outside his bunker. Soviet propaganda surrounds Hitler’s death as they claimed possession of his burnt remains.
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This date marks the official end of the War in Europe and the end of Nazi Germany. World War II Allies accepted the surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany.
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These were the only nuclear weapons used during the war and to date. Although the war in Europe had ended, it was still continuing in the Pacific. America gave Japan an ultimatum of surrender or “prompt and utter destruction”. Japan ignored the ultimatum and America deployed the nuclear weapons.
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Japan’s surrender signifies the end of the war in the Pacific and also WW II.
