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The road to world war II
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The Treaty of Versailles signed
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. -
The Global Depression begins
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place during the 1930s. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
When Adolf Hitler walked into the presidential office of Paul von Hindenburg to become chancellor, the Old Gentleman was so annoyed he would hardly look at him -
Rome Berlin Axis: Hitler-Mussolini Alliance
Benito Mussolini finally repudiated Italy's alliance with them. Hitler then began planning to draw fascist Italy into an alliance with Nazi Germany. -
The Spanish Civil War
The Nationalists won, and Franco then ruled Spain for the next 36 years, from April 1939 until his death in November 1975. -
Anschluss with Austria
There had been several years of pressure from supporters in both Austria and Germany (both Nazis and non-Nazis) for the "Heim ins Reich" movement -
The Munich Agreement
The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was coined. -
Nazis invade Czechoslovakia
The German occupation of Czechoslovakia began with the Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia's northern and western border regions, known collectively as the Sudetenland, under terms outlined by the Munich Agreement. -
The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
representatives from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, which guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other. -
Nazis invade Poland
German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory.
