World War 2

Treaty of Versailles

Mar 17, 1920

The Treaty ended the state of World War 1 between Germany and the Allied Powers.

Hitler becomes leader of Nazi Party

Mar 17, 1921

Joseph Stalin becomes leader in Russia

Mar 17, 1922

Japan invades Manchuria

Mar 17, 1931

When the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria following the Mukden Incident.

Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

Mar 17, 1933

Nazis begin roundup of Jews

Mar 17, 1933

Widespread military tactic to round up Jews.

Neutrality Act passed by U.S.

Mar 17, 1935

Congress passed the first Neutrality Act prohibiting the export of arms, ammunition, and implements of war from the United States to foreign nations at war and requiring arms manufacturers in the United States to apply for an export license.

Italian Army invades Ethiopia

Mar 17, 1935

Hitler sends troops into Rhineland

Mar 17, 1936

Japan attacks Nanjing, China

Mar 17, 1937

Munich Pact signed

Mar 17, 1938

A settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers.

Germany incorporates Austria into the Anschluss

Mar 17, 1938

Adolf Hitler announces an “Anschluss” between Germany and Austria, in fact annexing the smaller nation into a greater Germany.

Hitler invades Poland

Mar 17, 1939

Nazi-Soviet Pact signed

Mar 17, 1939

Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years.

Germany and Italy sign a treaty of cooperation and Axis born

Mar 17, 1939

Italy and Germany agree to a military and political alliance, giving birth formally to the Axis powers, which will ultimately include Japan.

Great Britain and France declare war on Germany

Mar 17, 1939