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WWII timeline

By HannahSchildwachter
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles

    Held Germany responsible for starting WW1
  • Hitler voted to power in Germany

    Hitler voted to power in Germany

    Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany by electoral votes from the Nazi Party.
  • Hitler Olympics

    Hitler Olympics

    Originally opened to spread propaganda. It was a international event.
  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland

    It was the beginning of World War 2, the germans claiming that they thought Poland was planning to attack Germany with Great Britan and France.
  • Tripartite pact

    Tripartite pact

    Created alliance between Italy, Japan, and Germany
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    A suprise attack on a US base on in island near Hawaii by the Japanese.
  • Gas chambers established

    Gas chambers established

    Gas Vans were used in June of 1941 but the actual gas chambers weren't created until 1942
  • Japanese Americans sent to internment camps

    Japanese Americans sent to internment camps

    Forced to camps by US
  • Axis Powers surrender

    Axis Powers surrender

    Japan surrendered because of the atomic bomb being created. Germany surrendered because Hitler died. Italy surrendered because one of they didn't have a chance.
  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima

    The US marines invaded the island of Iwo Jima. About 70,000 marines and 18,000 Japanese soliders fought on the island.
  • Atomic Bombs dropped on Japan

    Atomic Bombs dropped on Japan

    Two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan and estimated to have killed 214,000 people in total.