WWII and The Holocaust

By CobyJQ
  • Period: to

    Kordell's Part - 1935-1939

  • Hitler announces the creation of a new air force and began a draft that expanded the German army from 100,000-550,000 violating the treaty of Versailles

    Hitler announces the creation of a new air force and began a draft that expanded the German army from 100,000-550,000 violating the treaty of Versailles

  • Hitler sends troops into rhineland a demilitarized area of Germany

    Hitler sends troops into rhineland a demilitarized area of Germany

  • Hitler and Mussolini form the Berlin Rome Axis

    Hitler and Mussolini form the Berlin Rome Axis

  • Germany and Japan form an alliance

    Germany and Japan form an alliance

  • Hitler and the nazi party took over Austria through political pressure and threat of invasion

    Hitler and the nazi party took over Austria through political pressure and threat of invasion

  • Hitler demands control of Sudetenland and germany inhabited part of Czechoslovakia

    Hitler demands control of Sudetenland and germany inhabited part of Czechoslovakia

  • Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia

    Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia

  • Nazi soviet non-agression pact

    Nazi soviet non-agression pact

  • Germany invades poland

    Germany invades poland

  • France and Great Britain declare war on Germany

    France and Great Britain declare war on Germany
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    Coby's Part - 1940-1945

  • Lodz Ghetto

    Lodz Ghetto
    (Litzmannstadt) sealed: 165,000 people in 1.6 square miles.

  • Germany invades

    Germany invades
    The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France.

  • Germany attacks Yugoslavia and Greece

    Germany attacks Yugoslavia and Greece
    Occupation follows.

  • Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

    Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

  • Extermination begins in Belzec

    Extermination begins in Belzec
    By end of 1942 600,000 Jews murdered.

  • Germans establish Treblinka concentration camp Summer Deportation of Jews to killing centers from Belgium, Croatia, France, the Netherlands, and Poland; armed resistance by Jews in ghettos of Kletzk, Kremenets, Lachva, Mir, and Tuchin.

    Germans establish Treblinka concentration camp Summer Deportation of Jews to killing centers from Belgium, Croatia, France, the Netherlands, and Poland; armed resistance by Jews in ghettos of Kletzk, Kremenets, Lachva, Mir, and Tuchin.

  • German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad

    German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad

  • Warsaw Ghetto revolt begins as Germans attempt to liquidate 70,000 inhabitants; Jewish underground fights Nazis until early June

    Warsaw Ghetto revolt begins as Germans attempt to liquidate 70,000 inhabitants; Jewish underground fights Nazis until early June

  • D-Day: Allied invasion at Normandy.

    D-Day: Allied invasion at Normandy.

  • Group of German officers attempt to assassinate Hitler.

    Group of German officers attempt to assassinate Hitler.

  • Hitler commits suicide, liberation of Ravensbruck.

    Hitler commits suicide, liberation of Ravensbruck.

  • Japan surrenders; end of World War II

    Japan surrenders; end of World War II

  • Credits

    Credits
    Pictures from google
    Information from http://www.jewishgen.org/forgottencamps/general/timeeng.html