THE ROAD TO WORLD WAR II

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    THE ROAD TO WORLD WAR II

  • The Treaty of Versailles signed

    The Treaty of Versailles signed
    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 Global Depression begins
    1929-1939. Was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history. The depression originated in the United States.

  • Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

    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
    took place from 1936 to 1939 and was fought between the Republicans, who were loyal to the democratic, left-leaning Second Spanish Republic, and the Nationalists, a falangist group led by General Francisco Franco.

  • Rome Berlin Axis: Hitler-Mussolini Alliance

    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. Hitler then began planning to draw fascist Italy into an alliance with Nazi Germany.

  • Anschluss with Austria

    Anschluss with Austria
    was the Nazi propaganda term for the annexing of Austria into Nazi Germany in March 1938.

  • The Munich Agreement

    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

    Nazis invade Czechoslovakia
    Hitler’s forces invade and occupy Czechoslovakia–a nation sacrificed on the altar of the Munich Pact

  • The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

    The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
    nonaggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union that was concluded only a few days before the beginning of World War II and which divided eastern Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence.

  • Nazis invade Poland

    Nazis invade Poland
    Also known as the September Campaign,was a joint invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, Danzig, Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent, that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe.