Mason's WWII Timeline

  • Hitler Came to Power

    Hitler Came to Power

    Hitler was NOT elected to power. Hitler staged the burning Reistazht so he could claim that Germany is not safe to he could get more power.
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles

    Ends WWI; limits Germany's power, and makes them pay for WWI.
  • Hitlers Olympics

    Hitlers Olympics

    The Olympics was hosted in Germany where Nazis and Hitler youth were there
  • Tripartite Pact Signed

    Tripartite Pact Signed

    Axis powers are formed as Germany, Italy and Japan become allies with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin. The Pact provided for mutual assistance should any of the signatories suffer attack by any nation not already involved in the war.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    A surprise airstrike on a US naval base in Hawaii by the Japanese.
  • Japanese Americans sent to intern camps

    Japanese Americans sent to intern camps

    The US put people in these so that spy's were not among the Americans.
  • First Gas Chambers

    First Gas Chambers

    The Nazi's first established gas chambers to kill Jewish people in Germany
  • D Day

    D Day

    The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Code named Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

    The last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. The battle lasted from 16 December 1944 to 28 January 1945
  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima

    The US navy captured the island of Iwo Jima during WW2
  • Axis Powers Surrender

    Axis Powers Surrender

    Germany, Japan, Italy all have separate dates. Italy was first, Germany was second, and Japan was last provoked by a nuke.