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The Treaty of Versailles, signed in 1919,ended World War I between Germany and the Allied Powers, imposing harsh penalties on Germany, including the economy decreasing rapidly leading to Germany ending up broke. -
In 1933 Adolf Hitler rose through legal appointments and manipulating crises, becoming Chancellor in January 1933 and then this built up the base to the Holocaust and militarization. -
a 1940 military alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan, forming a their partnership as the Axis powers during World War II -
Adolf Hitler used the Olympics as a massive propaganda event to project an image of a peaceful, powerful, and racially superior Nazi Germany, this hid the gas chambers and military at the time, but the games were ultimately overshadowed by the success of African-American athlete Jesse Owens -
The invasion of Poland, and Polish Defensive War of 1939, was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, this is also when World War 2 had begun. -
The US wasn't initially involved with WWII until America got caught in the crossfire with Japan bombing Pearl Harbor. Leading to the entrance of the US in WWII -
The Nazis first tested the gas chambers on Soviet prisoners and polish prisoners by using Zyklon B. -
During World War II, the U.S. government forced Japanese Americans to be separate from the Americans only from fear and racism after the bombing of Pearl Harbor this was also a executive order called 9066 signed by FDR. -
The Axis powers surrendered in stages with Germany and Italy surrendering in May 1945 after Hitler's suicide, marking Victory in Europe (V-E Day) on May 8th, Japan surrendered in August 1945 following atomic bombings -
The Battle of the Bulge was Adolf Hitler's last major offensive on the Western Front in World War II -
Iwo Jima a small Japanese island famous for the brutal, iconic World War II battle in 1945 where U.S. Marines fought fiercely to capture its strategic airfields from Japan and to get closer to Japan -
The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan during World War II one on Hiroshima on August 6 1945, and one on Nagasaki on August 9 1945. This was to show how dangerous the US could be with their invasion -
V-J Day marks the end of World War II for the main announcement of Japan's surrender which sparked huge celebrations