The road to second world war 2

By martu merighi

  • 1936

    1936
    Hitler defied the Treaty of Versailles. He ordered Germany troops to march into the Rhineland.
  • Period: to

    The Road to Second World War

    In this timeline we can see the different events that took part between 1936 and 1939

  • 1936 - Poncet

    Francois Poncet was the French ambassador to Germany

  • Small Army - 1937

    The USA had a small standing army.

  • The Purges 1937

    The Purges 1937
    The Purges reached the Red Army

  • April 1938

    There was a change of goverment in France

  • Agreement 1938

    Britain and France signed the Munich agreement that broke up Czechoslovakia and gave much of it to Germany

  • 28 of March

    Hitler met Henlein to give him instructions (he told the Suddeten leader to keep making demands that the Czechoslovakia goverment could not possibly accept)

  • May 1938

    Hitler decided to smash Czechoslovakia by military action in the near future

  • July 1938

    Hitler was ready to go to war against Czechoslovakia

  • September 1938

    Henlein left Czechoslovakia and Chamberlain met Hitler in Germany at Berchtesgaden

  • September 1938

    The president of Czechoslovakia realized that he was poweless to resist without allied support,so he reluctantly agreed to take over

  • 1939

    1939
    Stalin amazed the world by doing a deal with his enemy,Hitler.

  • 1939 April

    The Soviet forehein minister outlined the bases for a treaty to France and Britain

  • spring 1939

    Possibility of Britain and France going to war with Germany

  • 1939 The public talks

    1939 The public talks
    The public talks between the western powers and the Soviet carried on,but they got nowhere

  • Summer 1939

    Summer 1939
    Public talks between the Western powers and the Soviets carried on,but got nowhere

  • Auguust 1939

    British,French and Soviet military leaders met for talks in Leningrad.

  • August 1939

    The public talks ended in failure

  • August 1939

    The Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact was signed

  • September 1939

    September 1939
    The british and the French goverments declared war on Germany. The second World war began

  • Between otober 1939 and April 1940

    Between otober 1939 and April 1940
    Between October 1939 and April 1940,there was little fighting between Britain,France and Germany known as the PHONEY WAR