6 events of aggression that led up to the war.

The Treaty of Versailles

Jun 28, 1919

The Treaty of Versailles set out the terms for Germany's punishment which caused anger and resentment in Germany. Its 15 parts and 440 articles reassigned German boundaries and assigned liability for reparations.

Economic Crisis 1929

1929

The effects of the great economic crisis of the Great Depression (1929 to 1939) are felt in virtually all corners of the world. Anti-democratic countries form Totalitarianism governments that assert absolute and total control over the public and private lives of people and begin to adopt policies of expansion and aggression led by dictators.

Hitler becomes Chanceller

Jan 30, 1933

Adolf Hitler (1889 – 1945) becomes Chancellor of Germany and and head of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, better known as the Nazi Party.

Hitlers becomes dictator

1934

Hitler establishes himself as dictator assuming the title of "Fuhrer". Nazism shared many features of Fascism but also featured racism.

Rome-Berlin Axis Treaty

Oct 25, 1936

Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy form the Rome-Berlin Axis treaty on October 25, 1936.

Appeasement of Germany

1938

France and Britain enact a policy of appeasement, agreeing to the German annexation of Czechoslovakia.