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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 -
The Global Depression begins
When the stock market collapsed on Wall Street on. It sent financial markets worldwide into a tailspin with disastrous effects. -
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. -
Rome Berlin Axis: Hitler-Mussolini Alliance
The Italian invasion and annexation of Abyssinia had strained relations between Italy and its allies Britain and France, and Benito Mussolini finally repudiated Italy's alliance with them. -
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. -
Anschluss with Austria
The Versailles Treaty forbids the union of Germany and Austria in one state. However, this was one of the main demands expressed in Adolf Hitler's book Mein Kampf. -
The Munich Agreement
British and French prime ministers Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier sign the Munich Pact with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. -
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
This pact guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other. (Germany and URSS) -
Nazis invade Poland
At 4:45 a.m., some 1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory
