Events in Europe 1933-1945

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    Events From 1933-1945

  • Hitler's Rise

    Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
  • Germany's Withdrawl

    Hitler makes the decision to withdraw Germany from the League of Nations
  • Nuremberg Laws

    The Nuremberg Laws are created and enforced
  • Rome-Berlin Axis

    Germany and Italy signed the Rome-Berlin Axis
  • Austria

    Austria becomes part of the German Empire
  • Czechoslovakia

    Germany takes over Czechoslovakia
  • Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

    Hitler and Stalin sign the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, a non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union
  • Invasion

    Germany invades Poland
  • Stalingrad

    German forces defending Stalingrad surrender
  • Auschwitz

    Auschwitz is transformed into a concentration camp
  • France Surrenders

    France surrenders to Germany
  • Soviet Union

    German forces invade the Soviet Union, breaking their non-agression pact
  • Pearl Harbor

    Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
  • Paris

    Germany's allies liberate Paris
  • Auschwitz Free

    Auschwitz is liberated by Russia
  • Germany

    Germany surrenders
  • Atomic Bomb

    The U.S. drops an atomic bomb in Hiroshima
  • End

    End
    The end of WWII