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Events Leading up to World War II

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    Hyperinflation in Germany

    Back in 1914, the marx-dollar exchange rate was 4.2 to 1. By the peak of the hyperinflation, however, the exchange rate was 4.2 trillion marx to one dollar.
  • Mussolini Named Prime Minister of Italy

    Mussolini Named Prime Minister of Italy
    Mussolini named prime minister Mussolini allied himself with Hitler, relying on him to give him more power
  • Hitler Writes "Mein Kampf"

    Hitler Writes "Mein Kampf"
    Hitlers autobiography " Mein Kampf" was a blueprint for his plan for a third "reich", or realm or ruling.
  • Hitler Becomes the Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler Becomes the Chancellor of Germany
    His plan was to do away with politics and make Germany a powerful, unified one party state.
  • Hitler Becomes President of Germany

    Hitler Becomes President of Germany
    Hitler is named President of GermanyNot only was Hitler appointed Chancellor, but he also received the title of President one year later.
  • Hitler sends troops into Rhineland

    Hitler sends troops into Rhineland
    Hitler Sends Troops into RhinelandViolating two agreements (the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact), Hitler sent military forces into Rhineland.
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    The Spanish Civil War

    Francisco Franco led a revolt that started the bloddy civil war. Germany, Italy, and Russia all got involved and eventually Franco won, but at a price. Now Spain was being ruled by a dictator just like Germany.
  • U.S. Passes Neutrality Act

    U.S. Passes Neutrality Act
    This act prohibited the export of arms, ammunition, and implements of war. This act was renwed on Feb. 29, 1936.
  • Italy invades Ethiopia

    Italy invades Ethiopia
    Italy invaded Ethiopia due to their rejection of arbitration offers. The Ethiopians fought back for a long time, but the fierceness of the Italians and their ruthlessness and technology was no match. A year after invading, Italy conquered Ethiopa.
  • Japan Invades Eastern China

    Japan Invades Eastern China
    After Japan left the League of Nations when they tried to condemn them for the Manchurian Incident where the Japanese planted their own bomb and blamed it on China. Because of this, the Japanese justified their invasions into eastern China.
  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference
    The Munich Conference is where British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and the French leader Eduoard Daladier agreed to allow Germany to annex Czechoslovakia in the attempt to avoid another outbreak of fighting.
  • Germany takes the rest of Czechoslovakia

    Germany takes the rest of Czechoslovakia
    Germanys take over of Czechoslovakia Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Eduoard Daladier, and Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich pact which handed Czechoslovakia over to germany.
  • Germany Annexes Sudetentland

    Germany Annexes Sudetentland
    One day after the Munich Conference where Germany was given permission to this small bit of Czechoslovakia, German troops were sent into Sudetenland and it was occupied.
  • Hitler and Stalin sign non-aggression pact

    Hitler and Stalin sign non-aggression pact
    Also called the Nazi-Soviet Pact, the non-agression pact allowed Hitler and Stalin to have peaceful relations, but secretly it was the Soviets agreeing to allow Germany to access Poland without any repercussions from the the Soviet Union.
  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland
    Exactly a week after the Nazi-Soviet pact, or the non-agression pact, Germany invaded Poland. Two days later, Britain and France decalred war on Germany thus starting World War II.
  • Rome-Berlin-Tokyo axis formed

    Rome-Berlin-Tokyo axis formed
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    Germany, Italy, and Japan all signed the ten year tripartite pact