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WWII

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles

    At the end of WWI the Paris Peace Conference signed the Treaty of Versailles
  • Hitler voted to power in Germany

    Hitler voted to power in Germany

    Hitler was elected as chancellor of Germany.
  • German Invasion of Poland

    German Invasion of Poland

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

    Battle of Britain

    The air campaign fought between the German Luftwaffe and the British Royal Air Force
  • Tripartite pact signed

    Tripartite pact signed

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

    Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was bombed by Japan in a surprise attack.
  • Gas chamber established at Aushwitz

    Gas chamber established at Aushwitz

    The second gas chamber was established after the first experimental one was made in 1941
  • Japanese Americans sent to internment camps

    Japanese Americans sent to internment camps

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

    D-Day

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

    Iwo Jima

    U.S. Marines invade Iwo Jima after months of naval and air bombardment
  • Axis powers surrender

    Axis powers surrender

    Germany surrenders when the unconditional surrender of the third Reich was signed
  • Atomic Bombs dropped on Japan

    Atomic Bombs dropped on Japan

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

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