Transcript DMS_WWII Timeline

WWII Timeline
David Shepke
Treaty of Versailles (End of WWI)
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On the 11th hour, of the 11th day,
of the 11th month of 1918 WWI
ended. To make it official, outside
of the palace of Versailles in Paris,
Germany signed a peace treaty
with the Allies. This treaty was
called the Treaty of Versailles and
later after the war there would be
many conflicts with its efforts to
create peace. One way they tried
to create peace was to create a
league of nations but their powers
were limited because of sanctions
so the members could do what
they wanted. They then created a
pact including all 63 countries,
except the USSR, that stated war
did not need to happen but
instead they could resolve their
problems.
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Holocaust
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During a 14 year period after the
war ended, the Nazi party was
being formed. Their leader was
Adolf Hitler and once he became
chancellor the Nazi party became
greatly respected. Hitler then
wanted to create a master race
consisting of blonde hair, blueeyed, Aryans. In the process of
doing so he confined anyone who
did not meet this status or was a
Jew. Some people died in these
confined areas but others survived
and were saved and Hitler then
committed suicide because he
knew what would happen to him.
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Appeasement of Hitler
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After the signing of the Treaty of
Versailles many countries thought
was being treated unfairly. So the
prime minister of Britain appeased
Hitler which meant he could have
what he wanted as long as he
didn’t start a war or didn’t hurt
anyone. Unfortunately, he was
falsely informed but instead Hitler
did the opposite. He was breaking
rules of the treaty left and right
because he wanted to see how
much he could get away with
before France or Britain jumped in
to stop him. He then knew that
nobody would stop him so he then
decided to take over
Czechoslovakia.
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Germany Invading Czechoslovakia
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In 1938 Hitler met with the British
prime minister and threatened to
invade Czechoslovakia unless
Britain aided Germany in Hitler’s
plan to take over Sudetenland.
The prime minister said no so
Hitler and Benito Mussolini
decided to have a meeting with
Germany, France, Britain, and
Italy. The British prime minister
then agreed that Germany could
have Sudetenland but Hitler could
not make anymore territorial
demands. Hitler and Germany’s
army invaded Sudetenland in
1938. By 1939 Germany had total
control of Czechoslovakia.
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Germany Invading Poland
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After Germany invaded
Czechoslovakia France and
Britain retaliated by insuring
the safety of Poland. Then
Germany retaliated by signing
a non aggression pact with the
Soviet Union. The GermanSoviet Pact was then signed
stating Poland was going to
split up between the two
powers. It also allowed
Germany to attack Poland
without having to worry about
the Soviet Union intervening.
Then on September 1, 1939
Germany invaded Poland
destroying their army and
conquering them.
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Germany Invading France
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After taking over many countries,
Germany now focused its
attention on Britain and France.
Unfortunately, France thought
Germany would attack them along
the German-French border but
they were very wrong. They
decided to go through the north of
France and surprise attack them.
On June 4, 1940 Germany
captured Paris and destroyed the
French army which shocked the
whole world because Germany
had just captured and destroyed
one of the most powerful armies
in the world in 9 days. They
forced the leader of the French
government to resign and later
France signed a truce with
Germany.
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Battle of Britain
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After defeating France, there was
only one enemy left for Germany,
Britain. Germany later launched
the largest air strike in history on
Britain. After German Luftwaffe's
began hitting British convoys
Germans thought Britain would
surrender but they were wrong.
Britain launched a huge air strike
destroying most of Germany’s
planes. In the end it ended up
being the first major loss for the
Germans. Even though the war
was over, German planes were still
dropping bombs British warships
and were still having air battles.
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Pearl Harbor
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On December 7, 1941 Japan
dropped bombs on US naval ships
at a naval base in Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii. Everyone in the US was
afraid that after Hawaii was
bombed that other major cities
might be bombed also so back on
the home front many people
would hide in shelters in fear of
the Japanese. FDR gave a famous
speech the next day saying that
the attack on pearl harbor is a
date that will live in infamy. Then
he formally said that the US would
be going to war with the
Japanese. On that day, all of the
US had finally become united as
one because they wanted to
defeat the Japanese.
Work Cited 8
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D-Day
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D-Day or operation overlord was a
plan devised by the British and
American governments to take
down Hitler. More than 5,000
ships were used to carry assault
teams to Normandy, France. They
were also used to support troops
on ground by using naval gunfire
to ward off the enemy’s. The
British and Canadians landed on
the Gold, Juno, and Sword beach
on the eastern part of Normandy.
The Americans landed on the
Western part of Normandy on the
beaches of Omaha and Utah. It
was the largest land, air, and sea
battle.
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VE Day
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VE day also known as victory in
Europe day came around on May
8, 1945 after the British and
Canadian forces drove the German
army out of Normandy the year
before VE day. Then they pushed
the German army out of Europe
completely by 1945. This forced
the Soviet union into Poland and
Czechoslovakia. The allies then
surrounded Berlin and forced
Germany to surrender while the
Soviet Union was still occupying
1/3 of Germany at the time. This
caused the German army to
collapse and on April 30, 1945,
Adolf Hitler committed suicide.
Work Cited 10
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