pre ww2 time line

  • germany burns

    May 10 - Nazis burn books in Germany.
  • hitler

    1935
    March 16 - Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription.
  • gestapo

    1936
    February 10 - The German Gestapo is placed above the law
  • occupado

    March 7 - German troops occupy the Rhineland.
  • stalin

    1937
    June 11 - Soviet leader Josef Stalin begins a purge of Red Army generals
  • austria

    1938
    March 12/13 - Germany announces 'Anschluss' (union) with Austria
  • assassination

    November 8, 1939 - Assassination attempt on Hitler fails.
  • union

    December 14, 1939 - Soviet Union expelled from the League of Nations