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World War II

1889 Adolf Hitler born in Austria

1914-1918 WWIDisaster for GermanyTreaty of Versailles

Treaty of Versailles

Treaty of VersaillesSigned in Versailles, FranceUnconditional SurrenderLimited Army (100,000)No Manufacturing of “Instruments of

War” (cannons, tanks, weapons, etc.)

War Reparations (repayment)

Nazi Germany1924 National Socialist German

Workers’ Party Hitler spying for German Army Racist Antidemocratic Nationalistic Beer Hall Putsch 5 years for treason Mein Kampf Yuletide Amnesty

Nazi Rise to Power1929 Wall Street crashes1933 Hitler elected Chancellor 18 months eliminated other political parties and abolished

freedoms Restored economy-Ignored Treaty of Versailles and

created jobs Dachau-first concentration camp

1935-1939 Anti-Jewish laws Nuremburg Laws of 1935-citizenship

1937-1938 Germany invades Austria and Czechoslovakia

1939 Germany invades Poland World War II begins

Axis Allies Germany England Italy France Russia

Japan

1940 Germany invades Holland, Belgium, and France

1941 Germany invades Russia Russia joins Allies Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

1944 D-Day The Normandy Invasion June 6D Day

1945 April 30 Hitler commits suicide Germany surrenders, May 7, VE Day Japan surrenders Aug.14, VJ Day