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Treaty of Versailles
one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers -
Benito Mussolini
was an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 until his ousting in 1943. -
Rome-Berlin axis
Coalition formed in 1936 between Italy and Germany. An agreement formulated by Italy’s foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano informally linking the two fascist countries -
The stock market crash
16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost -
japan invades manchuria
when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident -
Italy invades Ethpia
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a colonial war that started in October 1935 and ended in May 1936 -
Hitler becomes chancellor of germany
Adolf Hitler was appointed as the chancellor of Germany by President Paul Von Hindenburg. This appointment was made in an effort to keep Hitler and the Nazi Party “in check” -
Remilitarization of the Rhineland
German military forces entered the Rhineland. This was significant because it violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties, marking the first time since the end of World War I that German troops had been in this region. -
Spanish Civil War
was a civil war fought from 1936 to 1939 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 -
Anschluss
was the Nazi propaganda term for the invasion and forced incorporation of Austria to Nazi Germany -
Germany invades Czechoslovakia
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. -
Soviet - Nazi Pact
Economic agreement where Germany would exchange manufactured goods for Soviet raw materials -
Invasion of Poland
Germany invades poland and takes over the country in a month and 5 days. -
Britain declairs war on Germany
On this day in response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany -
Canada joins the War
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Munich Coference
leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia.
