WWII Events

By Jaret

  • Treaty of Versailles

    A treaty signed to end the war, also setting laws like restricted submarine warfare, and restricted total war.

  • 1929 Geneva Convention

    The 1929 Geneva convention was about prisoners of war, and how they were supposed to be treated and all the rules.
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    Nazi Soviet non-aggression pact

    A pact made by the USSR and Germany to not attack each other, the pact was broken when HItler invaded the USSR in 1941

  • Battle of El Alamein, Invasion of Egypt

    Italy invaded Egypt to get to Ethiopia faster

  • Restoration of peace, post war occupation of Japan

    War started for the U.S and Japan when Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941, and the U.S fought back until Japan was destroyed

  • Rommel in the African Theater

    Rommel was sent to be in charge of the Afrika Corps in 1941.

  • Italy Surrenders to the Allies

    Italy surrendered to the Allied forces and later joins them against the Axis

  • Dwight Eisenhower appointed as Supreme Allied Commander

    Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed supreme allied commander in 1943 after proving himself in battle

  • Operation Torch

    Operation torch began in 1943, ended three days later. the involved countries were vichy-france, britian, the u.s., and germany

  • Tunisia Campaign

    Tunisia brought the U.S into war so Britian would have another ally. The whole point of the campaign was to help capture back what Hitler invaded of Tunisia

  • Japanese Internment

    The relocation of Japanese-Americans during WWII was argued over in 1944, and decided on in December

  • Dumbarton Oaks Conference

    A conference held in 1944 at the United Nations to negotiate peace