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World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, between Germany and the Allied Powers.
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The Great Depression ( 1929-1930s ) was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the world. It was origined in E.E.U.U.
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On this day in 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or fÜhrer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany.
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It was fought between the Republicans and the Nationalists, led by General Francisco Franco. The Nationalists won, and Franco then ruled Spain for the next 36 years.
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Germany and Italy signed a formal alliance which came to be known as the Rome-Berlin Axis
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Anschluss was the annexing of Austria into Nazi Germany in March 1938, as one country to form a "Greater Germany"
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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. It was signed by Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Italy.
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On this day, 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.
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On August 23, 1939, representatives from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, which guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other
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Nazis invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe.
