Road To War

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    Nazi's Rise To Power

    Over a period of 15 years, the Nazi party was trying to take control of the German government. It was in 1933 when the president of Germany appointed Adolf HItler as the chancellor of Germany which ended the Nazis rise to power
  • Armistice

    Armistice

    An agreement made by the Allies and Germamy to stop fighting in the war for a certain time
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles

    Ended World War 1 and was design to dismember Germany.
  • Invasion of Manchuria

    Invasion of Manchuria

    Kwantung army of Japan invaded Manchuria after the Mukden incident
  • Rome-Berlin Axis Pact

    Rome-Berlin Axis Pact

    An agreement between Italy and Germany that united the two countries as one axis power
  • Neutrality Acts

    Neutrality Acts

    The first 2 neutrality acts were designed to embargo weapons and ammo dealing, while the third neutrality act lifted the embargo and further enhanced trading.
  • Italy Invades Ethiopia

    Italy Invades Ethiopia

    Italy invaded Ethiopia to boost national prestige, to take revenge on Abyssinia for the incident at Wal Wal Oasis, and an opportunity to provide land for unemployed Italians and acquire more resources.
  • Neutrality Acts

    Neutrality Acts

    The first 2 neutrality acts were designed to embargo weapons and ammo dealing, while the third neutrality act lifted the embargo and further enhanced trading.
  • Anti-Comintern Pact

    Anti-Comintern Pact

    Agreement between Italy, Japan, and Germany to join forces as the Axis powers and combat other countries.
  • Blitzkrieg

    Blitzkrieg

    Germany invades Poland by using the first ever tactic of Blitzkrieg which consisted of excessive bombing and attacking at the heart of the enemy
  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference

    The agreement permitting Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland was signed.
  • Policy of Appeasement

    Policy of Appeasement

    Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, French Premier Edouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich Pact which hands over Czechoslovakia to Germany in the name of peace
  • Non Aggression Pact

    Non Aggression Pact

    Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years
  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland

    Marks the beginning of World War 2 where German forces bombard Poland to gain lost ground
  • Neutrality Acts

    Neutrality Acts

    The first 2 neutrality acts were designed to embargo weapons and ammo dealing, while the third neutrality act lifted the embargo and further enhanced trading.
  • Tripartite Pact

    Tripartite Pact

    Germany, Italy, and Japan become allies with this pact in Berlin
  • Lend Lease Act

    Lend Lease Act

    Provides US military aid to foreign nations during World War 2
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes bombed the American Naval Base near Honolulu, Hawaii