World War two Timeline

  • Treaty of Versailles is signed

    Treaty of Versailles is signed
    The treaty of Versailles was a treaty signed after the world war one saying that it was the Germanys falt for the war. It was signed by Germany and Allied Nations ( Britian, France, Italy, and Russia).
  • The Stock Market Crash

    The Stock Market Crash
    The stock markeet crash was not one of the main causes of the Great Depression. By 1933 nearly half of the American banks had failed.
  • Japan invades Manchuria

    Japan invades Manchuria
    Japan Invaded Manchuria on Septemberr 18, 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria The Japanese established a puppet state called Manchukuo, and their occupation lasted until the end of World War II.
  • Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
    German citzens wanted did not agree with what the treaty of Versailles said and the only candidate that said they were going to rip up the treaty was Adulf Hitler so the Germans voted him in.
  • Italy invades Ethiopia

    Italy invades Ethiopia
    The leader of Italy, had adopted Adolf Hitler's plans to expand German territories by acquiring all territories it considered German. Mussolini followed this policy when he invaded Ethopia.
  • Remilitarization of the Rhineland

    Remilitarization of the Rhineland
    Adolf Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany.
  • Spanish Civil War

    Spanish Civil War
    When an initial military coup failed to win control of the entire country, a bloody civil war ensued, fought with great ferocity on both sides.
  • Rome-Berlin Axis is signed

    Rome-Berlin Axis is signed
    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.
  • Mussolini take power in Italy

     Mussolini take power in Italy
    Mussolini was the fascist prime minister of Italy, with dictatorial powers, from 1922 until he was overthrown in 1943. In May 1938, Mussolini promised to fight alongside Adolf Hitler in any war against the democracies of the world.
  • Anschluss

    Anschluss
    Anschluss, was the Nazi propaganda term for the invasion and forced incorporation of Austria to Nazi Germany in March 1938.
  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference
    during which the leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia.
  • Germany invades Czechoslovakia

  • The Soviet-Nazi Pact

    officially the Treaty of Non-aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was a non-aggression pact signed between Nazi Germany and the Soviet union.
  • the Invasion of Poland

  • Britain declares war on Germany

  • Canada enters the War