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Treaty of Versailles
The Peace conference in Versailles after the World War I forced Germany to accept humiliating conditions of peace. -
Start of WWI
Germany invades Poland, inciting Poland’s allies Britain and France to declare war on Germany. -
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WWII
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Fall of Paris
Nazis occupied Paris -
USA enters the war
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, starting war with the US. Sensing weakness, Hitler declares war on America 4 days later. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Stalingrad was the turning point of the war in Europe. It ended any realistic plans of Hitler dominating Europe. Soviet troops forced Nazi armies to retreat toward Germany -
Italian Offensive
Mussolini was defeated and forced to resigned and arrested -
D-day
The D-Day invasion was officially called Operation Overlord and involved landing 21 American divisions and 26 Polish, British, and Canadian divisions on a 50-mile stretch of beaches in Normandy, France. The Allies created a fake army of wood and cardboard tanks and ships to convince the Germans that the invasion would come to Calais and not in Normandy. -
Day of Victory
Hitler commited suicide -
End of WWII
Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender, Japan formally surrenders, bringing the end of the war.