world war ll events

  • Hitler becomes chancellor

    Hitler becomes supreme leader of 1933
  • Hitler pledges to undo the Treaty Of Versailles

    Hitler rebuild his army and navy , enters the Rhineland and takes over many German lands
  • Germany, Italy, Japan form pact known as Axis Powers

  • Germany, Italy, Japan form pact known as Axis powers

    Germany, Italy, Japan signed agreement towards united states to gain peace during and after war
  • Italy invades Ethiopia

    leader of Italy took over Hitlers to expand their land and invaded Ethiopia
  • Germany annexes Austria.

    Austria was Hitlers birth country and he wanted the Austria government to combine with their government
  • Germany, italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich Agreement (Appeasement)

  • Germany breaks the Munich Agreement and occupies the rest of Czech lands

    The Munich Agreement was an agreement with Nazi Germany which let them annex parts of czechoslovakia
  • Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact, dividing Eastern Europe into spheres of influence.

    The Nazi-Soviet Pact was an agreement between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that was made so the two countries would have no military fight for the next 10 years.
  • Germany invades Poland

    This battle was a for Germany to regain territory they had lost, this battle was a start of a new war technique called the ¨blitzkrieg¨ strategy which was an an air attack followed by a big attack on land with many troops and tanks
  • Honoring their support of Poland, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.

    Great Britain and France were allies with Poland so when Germany tried to take over Great Britain and France Joined up to get Poland back from Germany
  • Soviet Union invades Poland.

    Germany uses Blitzkrieg tactics to go against Poland. Germany attacked many fronts at once to take down the Polish army quickly.
  • Period: to

    phony war

    France and British troops went along the France and Germany border. Nether of the fought for months
  • Germany invades Denmark and Norway

    Hitler launched a Surprise attack on Denmark and Norway during the Phony war . Within a month Germany controlled Denmark and Norway
  • France falls and Germany controls Paris

    Hitler invades France with blitzkrieg , the French than left Paris leaving it an open city, allowing the Germans into it after fighting for so long the French government calls Germany for something that will end the war.
  • Operation Sea Lion

    Operation Sea Lion was a code name for a plan to invade the United Kingdom but Hitler decided to call it off because it was hard to cross the channel and Hitler would need naval force & air support.