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Things that sparked WW2
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Treaty of Versailles signed
On june 28th 1919 the treaty of versailles was signed by Germany.The terms in this treaty were War Guilt Clause, this is so Germany accepts responsibility for starting WW1. Reparations, This made it so Germany had to pay for the damage that they've done in the war.Disarmament, this ment that Germany could only havea small army and territorial clauses, That land was taken away from Germany and givin to other countries. -
Mussolini take power in Italy
Benito Mussolini was a politiian in Italy and the leader of the National Fascist Party. In 1922 october first he rose to power and was apointed prime minister. Mussolini bought his power by promising the working class and industrial bosses things like more work anda reduction of death duties. -
The Stock Market Crash
October 29 1929 was the day called black tuesday and it was when the stock market crashed. Black tuesday hit wall street when investors traded 16 million shares in the new york stock exchange. That day billions of dollars were lost taking down thousands of investors. After black tuesday america and the industrialized world went into the great depression. This depression was the longest lasting economic depression in the the Western industrialized world. -
Japan invades Manchuria
On september 18th 1931 a japanese army invaded manchuria. This was called the Japanese invasion of Manchuria . The japanese invaded manchuria right after the mukden accident. Japanese made a puppet state and named it Manchukuo. The japanese occupied this state until the end of world war 2 -
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor
January 30 1933 was when Adolf hitler became chancellor of Germany. He was made chancellor by president Paul Von Hindenburg. Hitler was made chancellor as an effort to keep Hitler and the Nazi party in check. But this was a bad idea because it had extremely terrible results for Germanys future.Hitler exploited the death of Paul Von Hindenburg and became chancellor aswell as the supreme leader of Germany. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
The Italo-Ethiopian War started on the 3rd of October 1935. The war lasted from 1935 to 1936 and was a very short war. This war was started from Ethiopia’s subjection to Italian rule. This war was said to have helped spark world war 2 and helped proove the uselessness of the league of nations. -
Remilitarization of the Rhineland
The Remilitarization of the Rhineland was when the German army re militerized Rhineland breaking a term on the Treaty of Versailles. This order was carried out by hitler and Hitler gambled that the western powers would not intervene. -
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War started on the 17th of Jula 1936. This war lasted from 1936 to 1939. The Nationalists were aided by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. The Republicans received aid from The Soviets and from International Brigades. About 500,000 to 1 000 000 people died in the Civil war and this war ended with a Nationalist victory. -
Rome-Berlin Axis is signed
The Rome-Berlin Axis was a Coalition formed in 1936. This was an agreement between Germany and Italy. This agreement was made by Italy’s foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano allying the two fascist countries. Later on Japan joined and it became a "pact of steel". -
Anschluss
Anschluss or “Union” was a union with Germany and Austria in it. This was formed by a takeover by Adolf Hitler in 1938. Austrian and German Nazis tried to overthrow but failed. In February 1938 Hitler invited the Austrian chancellor and forced him to agree to give Austrian Nazis a free hand. Later the Austrian chancellor made a plebiscite on the Anschluss question but cancelled it dew to bullying and then resigned. -
Munich Conference
The Munich Conference was a conference held in Munich held on september 28-29 1938. The conference included the leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy.The agreement alowed Germany to occupie certain areas of Czechoslovakia. -
Germany invades Czechoslovakia
On 15 March 1939, after the Munich agreement was signed Germany took over parts of Czechoslovakia. Benito Mussolini, French Premier Edouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich pact to keep peace with Germany. Czechoslovakia handed over all their resources to Germany and was left to complete German domination -
The Soviet-Nazi Pact
On the 23 augest 1939 The Soviet-Nazi Pact was signed. Also known as the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact thatGermany would exchange manufactured goods for Soviet resources.They also signed a ten-year nonaggression pact that means Germany and Russia cannot attack eachother for 10 years -
the Invasion of Poland
On the 1st of september 1939 German forces invaded Poland. Because of The German-Soviet Pact of August 1939 that stated that poland would be shared between Germany and the Soviets the Germans could invade without the fear of the Soviets intervening. -
Britain declares war on Germany
Britain declared war on Germany after the German invasion of Poland. The britsh and France declared war on Germany because they swore to protect Poland and after Germany invaded it they declared war. Prime Minister Chamberlain told the British people that they were ina war between their country and Germany, And WW2 was born -
Canada enters the war
Canada entered the war on the 10th of September 1939. Canada's role was to defend the British Isles. Small forces of Canadian troops went to hong kong to fight of the Japanese invasion. and fought till the surrender on Christmas Day 1941.
