Events Leading up to WW2

Treaty of Versailles

Mar 17, 1919

Treaty of Versailles was the most important treaty out of all the treaties. It helped end World War 1. The treaty ended the state war between Germany and the Allied powers.

Hitler becomes leader of Nazi Party

Mar 17, 1921

Joseph Stalin becomes leader in Russia

Mar 17, 1924

Japan invades Manchuria

Mar 17, 1931

Japan invaded the Chinese.

Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

Mar 17, 1933

Nazis begin roundup of Jews

Mar 17, 1933

It was a military idea.

Neutrality Act passed by U.S.

Mar 17, 1935

Neutrality Act passed by U.S.. This Act prohibited the us of ammunition, arms and the implements of war from the United States to foreign nations, You had to have a license to have those things.

Italian Army invades Ethiopia

Mar 17, 1935

Hitler sends troops into Rhineland

Mar 17, 1936

Japan attacks Nanjing, China

Mar 17, 1937

Munich Pact signed

Mar 17, 1938

The Munich Pact was an agreement between France, Italy, Nazi Germany and Britain.

Germany incorporates Austria into the Anschluss

Mar 17, 1938

Germany incorporates Austria into the Anschluss

Mar 20, 1938

Hitler invades Poland

Mar 17, 1939

Nazi-Soviet Pact signed

Mar 17, 1939

The Nazi-Soviet Pact was a pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

Germany and Italy sign a treaty of cooperation and Axis born

Mar 17, 1939

Great Britain and France declare war on Germany

Mar 20, 1939