Lead Up to WW2 - Sean Sugrue

By Sean.Sugrue.PCEP

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    Treaty of Versailles created resentment and anger. Germany was mad at all the other countries and ended up in Germany making a colossal army.

  • Failure of League of Nations

    Failure of League of Nations
    League of Nations failed and Germany broke many of its guidelines. No one enforced the laws and the league became irrelevant.

  • Totalitarianism

    Totalitarianism
    Mussolini's fascist government made an expanded military. Mussolini had total control over the government. Hitler's nazism made a huge army and scapegoated the Jewish people. This provided fuel for the start of WW2.

  • Mussolini

    Mussolini
    Mussolini became leader of Italy. He establsihed a facist government and sided with Germany

  • Japan Militarism

    Japan Militarism
    Japan increased its army. They proceeded to Ivan’s China and then soon bomb Pearl Harbor.

  • Enabling Act

    Enabling Act
    Gave Hilter full authority over the government. Hitler could do whatever he pleased.

  • Rise of Hitler

    Rise of Hitler
    Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles and made a giant army. He then sent troops to the Rhineland and no one did anything to stop him.

  • Germany annexes Austria

    Germany annexes Austria
    German troops march into Austria. They seize the givernment and control Austria

  • Munich Agreement

    Munich Agreement
    Hitler gets France and Britain to let him annex a part of Czechoslovakia. This shows that other European countries are scared.

  • German invasion of Poland

    German invasion of Poland
    Germany invades Poland which makes the other European countries declare war on Germany. This started WW2.