The Road to World War II

  • The Treaty of Versailles signed

    The Treaty of Versailles signed
    The Paris Peace Conference began with 21 nations in attendance. The representatives of Germany and the other defeated Central Powers were not allowed to sit at the conference tab.
  • The Global Depression begins

    The Global Depression begins
    was a severe worldwide economic depression.Depression varied across nations
  • Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
    In the election the Nazis won 37%of the vote, and became the largest single party in the Reichstag. Hitler demanded the right to become Chancellor, but President Hindenburg appointed Franz von Papen instead.
  • Rome Berlin Axis: Hitler-Mussolini Alliance

    Rome Berlin Axis: Hitler-Mussolini Alliance
    The Italian invasion and annexation of Abyssinia had strained relations between Italy and its allies Britain and France, and Benito Mussolini finally repudiated Italy's alliance with them. Hitler then began planning to draw fascist Italy into an alliance with Nazi Germany.
  • the Spanish Civil War

    the Spanish Civil War
    took place from 1936 to 1939 and was fought between the Republicans,and the Nationalists, a falangist group led by Franco.
  • Anschluss with Austria

    Anschluss with Austria
    was the unio between Germany and Austria.
  • The Munich Agreement

    The Munich Agreement
    was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was coined
  • Nazis invade Czechoslovakia

    Nazis invade Czechoslovakia
    On this day, Hitler’s forces invade and occupy Czechoslovakia–a nation sacrificed on the altar of the Munich Pact
  • Nazis invade Poland

    Nazis invade Poland
    some 1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory.
  • The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

    The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
    in which the two countries(Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union) agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years.