Road to WW II

Germany and Italy

Jan 1, 1936

Germany and Italy intervened in the name of anticommunism, in the civil war began in 1936.

Road to WW II

Period: Jan 1, 1936 to Dec 31, 1938

The remilitarization of the Rhineland

Mar 7, 1936

The remilitarization of the Rhineland by the German Army took place on 7 March 1936 when German military forces entered the Rhineland. This was significant because it violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. Marking the first time since the end of World War I that German troops had been in this region.The first troops were ordered to retreat if they met with French resistance. Hitler refuse to retreat.The French decided to protest but not to fight.

Anti-comitern pact

Nov 25, 1936

Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan signed the Anti-Comintern Pact, directed against the Soviet Union and the international communist movement.

More countries

Jul 7, 1937

Japan invaded China and starts World War II in the Pacific.

Ocupay

Mar 1, 1938

In March 1938, Hitler sent German troops to occupy Austria

Conflic with Austria

Mar 12, 1938

The Austrian leader, Schuschnigg, visited Hitler for crisis talks. He demanded that Nazis be allowed to join the Austrian government and be given control of law and order. Schuschnigg announced that there would be a Plebiscite to decided whether Austrians wanted their country to remaind independent. Hitler heard the plan and ordered the army to invade before it. On 11 March 1938 the Germany invaded Austria. "Povidence gave me a mission to restore my dear homeland to the German Reich"

Henlein and Hitler

Mar 28, 1938

Hitler met Henlein, the local Nazi leader, to give him instructions. He told the Sudeten leader to keep making demands that the Czechoslovak government could not possibly accept. By dragging out the negotiations, Hitler hoped to create a crisis over Czechoslovakia

Mussolini

Mar 30, 1938

Mussolini told Hitler that he will support him. Britain and France wouldn´t intervene if Hitler attack Czechoslovakia, so on 30 May he let his generals know that he had decided to smash it.

Like a pact

May 30, 1938

Mussolini told Hitler that he will support him. Britain and France wouldn´t intervene if Hitler attack Czechoslovakia, so on 30 May he let his generals know that he had decided to smash it.

against Czechoslovakia

Aug 9, 1938

Many of Hitler leading gnerals disagreed to go war against Czechoslovakia, he refused to listen them. In September Henlein ordered to attack Czech and Jewish targets, as a result, negotiation between the sudeten Germans and Prague were broken off. Henlein left Czechoslovakia on 15 September

Chamberlain flies to Germany

Sep 15, 1938

Chamberlain met Hitler at Berchtesgaden on 15 September. Hitler complained him about the treatment of the Sudeten Germans.He agreed with him that the Sudetenland should be annexed by Germany, he asked Hitler not to use force to take control. Hitler did not want a peacefull settlement, he made now demands: the German take-over should be immediate.

Divided

Sep 17, 1938

On September 17, Soviet troops entered the eastern part of Poland, which in this way was divided between Germany and the Soviet Union.

An invitation to munich

Sep 28, 1938

Hitler agreed to a conference at Munich with representatives of Britain, France and Italy. The conference would try to explore a peaceful. It began on 29 September. The British and Frnch agreed with Hitler on the terms of the annexation of the Sudetenland.On 1 October German troops marched unopposed into the Sudetenland. The Czech President was forced to go inte exile

Sir Wilson visited Hitler

Sep 29, 1938

Chamberlain sent Sir Wilson to tried to find a peaceful solution. Hitler was not in a mood for negotiation, so he told Wilson several times that he was going to ´smash the Czechs´

Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Hitler ordered an invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939.