WWII

Treaty of Versailles

Jun 28, 1919

At the end of WWI the Paris Peace Conference signed the Treaty of Versailles

Hitler voted to power in Germany

Jan 30, 1933

Hitler was elected as chancellor of Germany.

German Invasion of Poland

Sep 1, 1939

When Germany invaded Poland, WWII started and led to Great Britain and France declared war on Germany

Battle of Britain

1940

The air campaign fought between the German Luftwaffe and the British Royal Air Force

Tripartite pact signed

Sep 27, 1940

The leaders of the Axis powers, Japan, Italy and Germany, signed the Tripartite pact which was an alliance between all of them.

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was bombed by Japan in a surprise attack.

Gas chamber established at Aushwitz

1942

The second gas chamber was established after the first experimental one was made in 1941

Japanese Americans sent to internment camps

1942

All descendants of Japanese people, even if they were citizens, were incarcerated in Isolated camps.

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

Allied invasion of Normandy, France, leading to the liberation of Western Europe from German occupation

Iwo Jima

Feb 19, 1945

U.S. Marines invade Iwo Jima after months of naval and air bombardment

Axis powers surrender

May 7, 1945

Germany surrenders when the unconditional surrender of the third Reich was signed

Atomic Bombs dropped on Japan

Aug 6, 1945

The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the attack of Pearl Harbor and Japan didn't surrender