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WWII
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The Treaty of Versailles signed
World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. Negotiated among the Allied powers with little participation by Germany. -
The Global Depression begins
The Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or fÜhrer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany. -
The Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War begins as a revolt by right-wing Spanish military officers in Spanish Morocco and spreads to mainland Spain. -
Rome Berlin Axis: Hitler-Mussolini Alliance
Germany and Italy had come to an informal agreement that in case of war, Italy would stand by Germany. -
Anschluss with Austria
Adolf Hitler announces an union between Germany and Austria.Austria was now a nameless entity absorbed by Germany. -
The Munich Agreement
British and French prime ministers sign the Munich Pact with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. The agreement averted the outbreak of war but gave Czechoslovakia away to German conquest. -
Nazis invade Czechoslovakia
Hitler’s forces invade and occupy Czechoslovakia, a nation sacrificed on the altar of the Munich Pact, which was a vain attempt to prevent Germany’s imperial aims. -
The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
Nazis invade Poland
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France were not convinced. On September 3, they declared war on Germany, initiating World War II.
