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the Gestapo were German police officers that were sent into germany to keep order in cities. The gestapo were often very violent when keeping order.
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Poland and Germany agree to sign the ten year German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact. The pact allowed Germany to maintain an eastern border. Five years after signing the pact, Germany invades Poland without much resistance.
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Hitler leads Germnay to invade the Rhineland. Hitler militarized the Rhineland and went under the treaty.
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Germany gave support to the spanish. Germnay helped with many victories for the spanish.
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Nazi Germany completes the Annexation or Anschluss of Austria. Austria was the first country to be annexed by Hitler’s Germany.
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Signed by Italy, the UK, France and Nazi Germany. This was an agreement to allow the annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland borders
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Germany entered prague to capture Czechoslovakia. Hitler agreed to not invade Czechoslovakia but went againsat his word.
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Nazi Germany invades Poland. France and Britain delcared war on Germany
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Winston Churchill became the became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after Chamberlain resigns.
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Roosevelt met with Churchill to create the Atlantic Charter. The charter addresses numerous concerns between Britain and the US in relation to WWII
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The Japanese forces dropped bombs on Oahu, Hawaii. The United States were entered into the war when Japan attacked their territories.
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Battle of Midway, Japanese Fleet turned back with heavy losses
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Mao Zedong become the First Chairman of China's Communist party
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The Allies invade Europe starting with the Normandy Landings
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Benito Mussolini was killed when he was trying to flee from Italy to Switzerland
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Knowing he had lost the war, he committed suicide.
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Germany finally surrendered to Great Britain and the US.
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Japan finally surrenders and completes the end of World War II
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Japanese surrendered to the United States when the US destroyed thier naval and air force.