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January 8, 1918
Congress rejects Woodrow Wilson’s 14 points. -
November 11, 1918
Germany surrenders to the Allied powers, armistice signed to stop the war. -
June 28, 1919
The Treaty of Versailles officially ends World War I. -
January 30, 1933
Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany. -
1934
Hitler increases size of the army, builds warships and creates an air force. -
1936
German troops entered the Rhineland. -
1936
Hitler forms alliances with Japan and Italy -
May 1937
Neville Chamberlain, new Prime Minister of Great Britain, accepts Hitler’s demands to prevent another war. -
March 1938
German troops march into Austria for Anschluss or union with Germany. 99% of Austrians accepted. -
September 1938
Neville Chamberlain and Hitler signed the Munich agreement giving Hitler the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia provided that he promised not to invade the rest of Czechoslovakia. -
September 1st, 1939
German troops invade Poland, starting World War II. -
March 1939
Hitler and his army invaded the rest Czechoslovakia.