Timeline
1918- World War I ends
1920- League of Nations formed 1923- Adolf Hitler, leader of the National Socialist German Worker’s Party (Nazis), is in charge of the Munich Beer Hall Putsch, a failed attempt to take over the German government, for which Hitler serves a short prison term. 1933- Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany. Within a few months he and his National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazis) have taken control of the country. 1938- Austrians vote in favor of the Anschloss, an agreement that makes their country part of Germany. 1938- The Nazis stage Kristallnacht (“night of broken glass”), in which the homes, businesses, and synagogues of German Jews are destroyed and tens of thousands of people are sent to concentration camps. 1939- Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and German dictator Adolf Hitler sign an agreement promising that neither will invade the other’s country; Hitler will break the agreement two years later. 1939- Germany invades Poland, and World War II officially begins when Great Britain and France respond by declaring war on Germany. 1940- German tanks roll into France, and soon the French sign an agreement allowing Germany to control the country. 1940- The Germans begin bombing England in a long air campaign that is fiercely resisted by the British. 1941- Germany invades the Soviet Union and quickly takes control of much of the country. 1945- Auschwitz liberated by Soviet troops. 1945- Soon after German leader Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his underground bunker in Berlin, Germany surrenders to allies. 1945- President Harry S. Truman and other world leaders sign the charter establishing the United Nations as an international peacekeeping organization. -Kelly King Howes |
These events show Hitler coming to power in
Germany after the big loss during WWI. Hitler was the leader of Germany at the time of the invasion and the one who decided to invade Poland and take back Danzig. The rest of the events show Hitler growing stronger all the way to his death. Following the end of WWII is the creation of the United Nation. |