Apbooks world war ii

World War II

By LPalmer100

  • The Axis of Italy and allies

    Benito Mussolini coins the name "Axis" for Italy and its allies when he states that the "line between Rome and Berlin is not a partition but rather an axis around which all European states...can also collaborate."
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  • Anti-Comintern

    The Anti-Comintern Pact is signed by Nazi Germany and Japan against the International Comintern but not against the Soviet Union.

  • Munich Agreement

    Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement which forces the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland

  • Peace for our time!

    Chamberlain declares 'Peace for our time' on return from Munich

  • Britain and France declare war on Germany

  • Nazi-Soviet non-Aggression Pact

    Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact, stunning the world, given their diametrically opposed ideologies.

  • Germany invades Poland from the west

  • The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east.

  • German troops invade Denmark and Norway

  • France signs armistice with Germany.